India's Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant - Caveat Emptor
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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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