Kudankulam nuclear power plant is one of the safest in the world: Alexey Pimenov of ROSATOM

The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant has all post-Fukushima safety requirements in place, said Alexey Pimenov, chief executive of ROSATOM South Asia, the Russian partner for the state-run NPCIL in supplying reactors and running the plant. Pimenov told ET's Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury that commercial agreements for units 5 and 6 of the plant will be concluded soon. Excerpts: Can you provide any update on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant project? Unit 1 of the Kudankulam NPP was put into commercial operation in December 2014, and unit 2 in late March this year. Units 3 and 4 are under construction. The nominal capacity of units 1 and 2 is 2000 MW. Unit 1 produced over 13 million units of power by January 26 this year. It had been continuously in o.....