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Thursday, August 9, 2012

India's Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant - Caveat Emptor

India's Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant - Caveat Emptor

As India’s nationwide power outage last week showed, the country needs new energy resources – fast. And New Delhi sees nuclear power as a shortcut to alleviating its energy shortages, adding to its six current nuclear power plants (NPPs) containing 20 reactors which generate 4,780 megawatts, an additional seven reactors are expected to generate an additional 5,300 megawatts. The poster child for this expansion is the $2.5 billion, Kudankulam NPP in Tamil Nadu state, containing six 1,200 megawatt and two 1,000 megawatt reactors.…Read more...

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