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Business News/ Politics / Policy/  Power generation at Kudankulam nuclear plant suspended after steam pipe leak
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Power generation at Kudankulam nuclear plant suspended after steam pipe leak

The power generation at the plant had resumed on 30 January after seven months of shutdown for maintenance

A file photo of Kudankulam nuclear power plant. Photo: MintPremium
A file photo of Kudankulam nuclear power plant. Photo: Mint

Chennai: Barely a week after operations resumed following regular maintenance, power generation at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tirunelveli district has been suspended due to a “steam leak".

“Following a steam leak, the turbine generator was shut down by around 10.30pm last night. At that time the power generation was about 730 MW," an official of the KNPP, an Indo-Russian collaborative venture, told PTI.

The power generation at the plant had resumed on 30 January after seven months of shutdown for maintenance. Asked when the operation would resume again, the official who declined to be named, said it was expected to restart within two days. “May be by (7 February) we may restart it again," he said.

The plant officials had on Thursday said they expected the generation to touch its capacity of 1,000 MW by tomorrow, but the snag forced its suspension. Tamil Nadu has been allocated 563 MW from the 1,000 MW capacity of the first unit.

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Published: 05 Feb 2016, 06:16 PM IST
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