Russia Completes Preliminary Nuclear Gasoline Supply for TN Nuclear Plant’s Third Unit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (PTI picture)

NEW DELHI: A cargo flight transported the primary batch of VVER-1000 gas assemblies from the Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant in southwestern Siberia to India, Rosatom stated in a press release on Thursday.A complete of seven flights from Russia are deliberate to provide all the reactor core and a few reserve gas. These shipments are offered below a contract signed in 2024, which incorporates gas provide for the third and fourth VVER-1000 reactors of the Kudankulam plant for all the service life, ranging from preliminary loading.The Russian facet stated that since 2022, newer TVS-2M gas had been launched at India’s two operational VVER-1000 crops Kudankulam unit-1 and unit-2, which led to “improved efficiency” and longer 18-month working cycles.In line with Rosatom, the Kudankulam unit-3 and unit-4 would be the first VVER-1000 items to start operation instantly on an 18-month cycle.On the Kudankulam plant, there are two operational items and 4 extra – items 3, 4, 5 and 6 – are below building. All six may have VVER-1000 reactors with a complete put in capability of 6,000 MW.The primary two reactors at Kudankulam have been linked to India’s energy grid in 2013 and 2016. Throughout the operation of the primary two reactors, Russian and Indian engineers had performed appreciable work to extend their effectivity by way of the introduction of superior nuclear gas and prolonged gas cycles, Rosatom stated.India has 21 reactor items in business operation with a complete capability of about 7.5 GW, offering nearly 3.5% of the nation’s electrical energy era. 5 large-scale reactors are below building.