Kudankulam (nuclear)
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Overview
Kudankulam in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, is India's largest nuclear power station. It was built with Russia using VVER-1000 reactors. Units 1 and 2 are running, and units 3 to 6 are under construction.
Each unit has a capacity of 1,000 MWe; unit 1 began commercial operation in 2014 and unit 2 in 2017.
It was set up under a 1988 agreement between India and the Soviet Union, revived in the late 1990s.
The project faced local protests over safety after the 2011 Fukushima accident, and the Supreme Court allowed it to go ahead in 2013.
Geography and key facts
- Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu
- Russian VVER-1000 reactors
- Units 1–2 operating; 3–6 being built
- 1,000 MWe per unit
- Unit 1 commercial: 2014
- 1988 Indo-Soviet agreement
Why it matters for UPSC
Asked on India–Russia ties and reactor types.
Note for UPSC
Tamil Nadu; built with Russian cooperation; India's largest nuclear station.
Power plants are asked as plant–state pairs and by type of energy.
Asked in PYQs
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Key facts
- Type
- Power plant
- State / UT
- Tamil Nadu
- Kind
- nuclear
- Coordinates
- 8.169°N, 77.713°E
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.