First Consignment Of Russian Uranium Fuel Reaches India
The first consignment of uranium fuel from Russia for unit-1 of 1000 MW Kudankulam Nuclear power project-KKNPP in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has reached here on Monday.
Nuclear Power Corporation of India limited-NPCIL spokesperson A I Siddiqui said KKNPP, comprising of two units of 1000 MW (e) each, are at an advanced stage of completion in technical collaboration with the Russian Federation and the Low Enriched Uranium-LEU fuel for its first unit has arrived at Kudankulam.
“The life time fuel supply for Kudankulam reactors is covered through a sovereign guarantee of Russian Federation,” he said.
The KKNPP project was set up through a bilateral agreement between the former USSR and India.
