Koodankulam to comply with AERB stipulations

Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsThe Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) is still in theprocess of complying with the pre-conditions laid down by the atomic regulatorfor fuelling the first reactor at the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP),the sectoral regulator said.Speaking to IANS on phone from Mumbai, Atomic EnergyRegulatory Board (AERB) chairman S.S. Bajaj said: "We are waiting forNPCIL to comply with the stipulations that we had laid in our main clearancegiven in August for loading the fuel."NPCIL officials had earlier told IANS that they wereconfident of complying with AERB stipulations and that between Sep 11-15 the163 fuel bundles would start getting loaded in the first reactor.The AERB gave its fuel loading clearance to NPCIL Aug 10subject to certain stipulations.NPCIL had completed a major AERB stipulation -- flushing thereactor with boric acid solution -- Sep 11.Officials of NPCIL were not available for comments on thestatus of AERB stipulations."AERB is not waiting for the (anti-nuclear) agitationat Koodankulam to subside to give the final clearance for fuel loading. We areconcerned with the safety aspects of the reactor and not with otherissues," Bajaj added.The anti-KKNPP protests at Koodankulam turned violent Sep10.One person was killed in a police firing when a mob attackeda police checkpost in Tuticorin district, around 600 km from here.NPCIL is setting up the KKNPP at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu'sTirunelveli district, around 650 km from here with two Russian-made VVER 1,000MW reactors.After the reactor is fuelled, activities to approach firstcriticality-starting fission chain reaction, for the first time in a reactor,will be taken up.Then the power generation will be gradually scaled up onAERB's permission, based on the results of various studies.The KKNPP is an outcome of the Inter-Governmental Agreement(IGA) signed between India and the erstwhile Soviet Union in 1988. However, theproject construction began in 2001.According to NPCIL officials, the fuel-loading process wouldtake around a week and observers from the International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) may arrive at the start or end as KKNPP reactors fall under thesafeguard agreement.first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST
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