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The Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) is still in the
process of complying with the pre-conditions laid down by the atomic regulator
for fuelling the first reactor at the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP),
the sectoral regulator said.Speaking to IANS on phone from Mumbai, Atomic Energy
Regulatory Board (AERB) chairman S.S. Bajaj said: "We are waiting for
NPCIL to comply with the stipulations that we had laid in our main clearance
given in August for loading the fuel."NPCIL officials had earlier told IANS that they were
confident of complying with AERB stipulations and that between Sep 11-15 the
163 fuel bundles would start getting loaded in the first reactor.The AERB gave its fuel loading clearance to NPCIL Aug 10
subject to certain stipulations.NPCIL had completed a major AERB stipulation -- flushing the
reactor with boric acid solution -- Sep 11.Officials of NPCIL were not available for comments on the
status of AERB stipulations."AERB is not waiting for the (anti-nuclear) agitation
at Koodankulam to subside to give the final clearance for fuel loading. We are
concerned with the safety aspects of the reactor and not with other
issues," Bajaj added.The anti-KKNPP protests at Koodankulam turned violent Sep
10.One person was killed in a police firing when a mob attacked
a police checkpost in Tuticorin district, around 600 km from here.NPCIL is setting up the KKNPP at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu's
Tirunelveli district, around 650 km from here with two Russian-made VVER 1,000
MW reactors.After the reactor is fuelled, activities to approach first
criticality-starting fission chain reaction, for the first time in a reactor,
will be taken up.Then the power generation will be gradually scaled up on
AERB'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, the
project construction began in 2001.According to NPCIL officials, the fuel-loading process would
take around a week and observers from the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) may arrive at the start or end as KKNPP reactors fall under the
safeguard agreement.
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