A President, a Prime Minister and a Chief Minister
sitting in three different cities met virtually to dedicate the first
unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) to the nation.
Nearly 28 years after Russia and India signed the agreement to set up
the plant, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir
Putin and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday did the
honours through a video conference organised from Moscow, Delhi,
Chennai, and Kudankulam.
The 1,000-MWe KNPP-1 is the
largest single unit of electrical power in India. “In years ahead, we
are determined to pursue an ambitious agenda of nuclear power
generation. At Kudankulam alone, five more units of 1,000 MWe each are
planned,” Mr. Modi said.
He said the government planned to build a series of bigger nuclear power units in cooperation with Russia.
But Mr. Modi, a big proponent of solar power, also made a case for building partnerships “for green growth.”
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