NEW DELHI: India is set to
cross a major hump in its nuclear power programme with the Kudankulam
plant expected to begin generating power within a month after it goes
critical in the next 10 days, marking an end to prolonged delays due to
local protests and anti-nuclear activism.
The first unit of the Russian-built nuclear plant is close to a landmark moment after post-Fukushima public unease over atomic
power and a powerful alliance of church groups and activists threatened
to thwart India's ambitious plans to build 20 plants in the 12th Plan.
Kodak moment
With Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa
backing the project that will ease the state's power deficit and having
faced a Supreme Court scrutiny of the $3 billion plant's safety
features, the government is anticipating a Kodak moment when turbines
begin to turn at Kudankulam.
Successful commissioning of the
Kudankulam unit will help translate the promise of power into tangible
benefits that the government hopes will help sway public opinion,
particularly in the plant's neighbourhood. It will also pave the way for
faster work on nuclear plants planned at Maharashtra's Jaitapur and
Haryana's Fatehabad.
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