Question: Recently the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear plant was dedicated to the nation jointly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin through video conferencing. The project is located in which of the following state?
(a)Gujarat
(b)Tamil Nadu
(c)Karnataka
(d)Kerala
Ans: (b)
Related facts:
- On 10 August 2016 Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin jointly dedicated the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear plant to the nation via video conferencing.
- The project is located in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu state.
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa also participated in video conferencing from Chennai.
- While the Prime Minister of India and Russian President Vladimir Putin participated from New Delhi and Moscow respectively.
- The plant is connected to the southern grid.
- The operation of the first 1,000 MW units at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project started from midnight of the December 31, 2014 generating 1,000 MW.
- Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited. (NPCIL) is setting up two Russian reactors of 1000 MW capacity at Kudankulam.
- The Kudankulam 1 has been jointly built by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India and Russia’s Rosatom and it had started generating electricity in 2013.
- The unit 1 and 2 of Kudankulam plant were built at a cost of Rs 20,962 crore. A major share of power generated in the plant goes to Tamil Nadu, followed by Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=148683
http://www.ptinews.com/news/7750769_1st-unit-of-Kudankulam-dedicated-to-nation-
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/modi-putin-jayalalithaa-dedicate-kknpp1-to-the-nation/article8968903.ece
http://ddinews.gov.in/Home%20-%20Top%20Story/Pages/Kundankulam.aspx