Live! Kudankulam N-plant to attain criticality by midnight
July 13, 2013 20:31
The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant will attain criticality by midnight today, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman S K Sinha announced.
Talking to newsmen, Sinha, flanked by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Chairman K.C.Purohit and Executive Director, NPCIL, Nageswara Rao, said four operators were monitoring the "Boron dilution process", which would allow neutron concentration to go up and start nuclear fission, generating heat.
The heat would start operating the turbine to generate power, he said. "The Boron dilution process will be over by mid-night and the reactor will go critical," he said adding the entire process was well in compliance with the established principles.
Talking to newsmen, Sinha, flanked by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Chairman K.C.Purohit and Executive Director, NPCIL, Nageswara Rao, said four operators were monitoring the "Boron dilution process", which would allow neutron concentration to go up and start nuclear fission, generating heat.
The heat would start operating the turbine to generate power, he said. "The Boron dilution process will be over by mid-night and the reactor will go critical," he said adding the entire process was well in compliance with the established principles.
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