Kudankulam power early next year

  • 14/08/2009

  • Frontline (Chennai)

Interview with S.K. Jain, Chairman and Managing Director, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited. In an interview to Frontline on July 14 in Chennai, S.K. Jain, Chairman and Managing Director, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), spoke on a variety of subjects, including the expansion of the KKNPP to accommodate four more reactors, the French reactors to come up at Jaitapur in Maharashtra and the arrival of nuclear fuel from Russia and France. Jain is also the Managing Director of Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI), which is building the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu. Excerpts from the interview: You had mentioned that the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project is