Kudankulam nuclear plant safe: NPCIL
November 01, 2019 19:59
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India on Friday said its reactors at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu are "safe".
The NPCIL, a public sector undertaking on Wednesday admitted to a malware attack on one of the computers in Kudankulam plant, a day after the plant authorities had asserted that cyber attacks on its systems are not possible.
"Security, be it physical or cyber, is one area which we should not discuss the details. But be rest assured the reactors are safe and are being monitored by the experts," NPCIL Chairman and Managing Director SK Sharma told PTI on the sidelines of an event in Mumbai when asked about the safety of the reactors.
The NPCIL, a public sector undertaking under the department of atomic energy, had, in its statement, also said that the plant systems were not affected.
"Computerisation in nuclear power stations had taken a tremendous amount of time for implementation because the nuclear power generating countries were having doubts about the safety. Therefore, the systems that are involved in operating of our plants are completely independent and are never connected to any other system or the internet. This is as per international safety standards," DAE Secretary KN Vyas said.
The DAE, which carried out the investigations at the plant had revealed that the infected computer belonged to a user who was connected in the internet network used for administrative purposes.
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