KUDANKULUM POWER STATION

KUDANKULUM POWER STATION

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In the present era where the energy demand is raising continuously day by day, it is now have became mandatory to be less reliable on fossil fuel. Renewable energy is a good option but due to its less efficiency and lack of modern technology in India, this option will take time to be successful.

The second and more efficient option is Nuclear energy as it is considered to be Clean energy as the carbon emission is almost negligible and the power production is also more for same amount of the fossil fuel.

In India the power generation from the Nuclear energy accounts only 3% which is a lot less than the other developed nations. The KUDANDULUM POWER STATION is a big step for India to raise its Nuclear energy capabilities.

ABOUT KUDAMKULUM

Kudamkulum power station, TamilNadu has been established by the help of India's most reliable friend Russia. Its total power generation capacity is 6800 MW. Two of its unit has been completed and one of which has started power production and the other is expected to start in 2017. It is a joint project of India's Nuclear power corporation of India Limited and Russia's ROSATOM.

It is considered to be the world's safest Nuclear power plant as it is capable of resisting natural disasters like Tsunami, earthquake, Hurricanes etc.

During the inauguration ceremony Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Chief Minister of Tamilnadu Jayalalita congratulate each other through video conferencing.

HISTORY OF KUDAMKULUM

India and the Soviet Union signed for this project in 1988, India's then PM Rajiv Gandhi and Makhail Gorvachov signed the agreement. But due to the breaking down of Soviet Union the project got delayed and after a long period of time the construction begin in March 2002. This project gave a solid boost to India-Russia friendship.

WHY INDIA NEED NUCLEAR POWER

1. India is a raising economy and a raising economy is directly proportional to the energy
consumption and at present 72% of electricity is produced by coal.

2. India in the Paris Climate Summit has promised to reduce its carbon emission by 40% till 2030.

3. India's plan is to increase its electricity production through nuclear power to 10% by 2024.

For all this it is necessary for India to increase its nuclear energy power production and this is the responsibility of developed nations and Indian's alley to help India