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28 Jun

After brief operation, one n-plant of MAPS shut down

Chennai: After restarting power generation for some time on Sunday, the Unit 2 at Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) belonging to Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) stopped operation due to steam leak.According to Power System Operation Corporation Ltd (POSOCO), the 220 MW Unit 2 of MAPS stopped generation at 4.35 p.m. on Sunday due to "H/T to attend steam leak". The unit which was shut down on April 7, 2021 for annual maintenance was revived on Sunday at 00.52 hours and had generated 78 MW and later stopped generation.The 220 MW Unit 1 at MAPS was shut down on…

25 Nov

440-MW of Nuclear power plants in TN, Karnataka soon

Chennai: A total of 440-megawatt (MW) of Nuclear Power generation is expected to begin in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka between November 27 and December 1 this year, as per Power System Operation Corporation Ltd (POSOCO). The two units of 220 MW each belongs to India's nuclear power operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL).The first nuclear power unit that is expected to restart generation is the third unit 220 MW unit at Kaiga Generating Station in Karnataka that stopped generation on November 5, 2019 for 'Generator Protection Operated' said POSOCO. Come December 1, 2019, the first 220 MW units at…

19 Sep

Second Kudankulam 1,000 MW n-plant to restart on Oct 7

Chennai: The second 1,000 MW nuclear power unit at Kudankulam is expected to restart power generation on October 7, the Power System Operation Corporation Ltd (Posoco) saod. The mega nuclear power plant was shut down on August 4, due to hydrogen concentration in the stator. The unit was earlier expected to restart generation on September 4. India's atomic power plant operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has two 1,000 MW nuclear power plants at KNPP built with Russian equipment. Kudankulam is in Tirunelveli district around 650 km from here. However, officials of NPCIL at Kudankulam were not available for…