Unit-II should also attain critical stage by 2014 end The Unit-I, with a capacity of 1000 MWe, of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) is expected to reach 100% power production in less than two months. The project is expected to go on commercial production by the end of 2014, according to a senior official from KNPP. R S Sundar, site director, KNPP said that the Unit I is producing 680 MW, which is 73% of the total capacity in Unit-I. "We have applied for necessary approvals from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) to increase it to 90% and then to 100%". Commercial production is expected to commence by the end of this year. The power produced from KNPP will be sold at Rs 3.50 per KW, said Sundar. He added that so far the plant has generated 1,136 million units. The first unit of KKNPP was synchronised in the early hours of October 22, 2013 . The Unit-II, with another 1000 MWe capacity, is getting ready, and works for hot run test have started so by the end of the year it should attain critical stage, he said. With the addition of KKNPP Unit-1 of 1,000 MWe capacity, the Nuclear Power contribution in the country will increase from 4,780 MWe to 5,780 MWe. KKNPP Unit-1 is the 20th nuclear power station of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), connected to power grid in the country. The project, which will have Russian reactors at Kudankulam in Tirunelveli district, is located around 650 km from Chennai. The total outlay for the project is over Rs 17,270 crore. It may be noted that initially the project was estimated at around Rs 13,171 crore. But it went up to Rs 17,270 crore due to delays, rupee depreciation and other factors. Also, the construction of the first two units was halted in September 2011 following protests by villagers around the plant. Work then resumed in March 2012. Of the 2,000 MWe that would be generated from this plant, Karnataka would get 442 Mw, Tamil Nadu 925 Mw (including 10% home state entitlement), Kerala 266 Mw and Puducherry 67 Mw. The remaining 300 Mw is yet to be allocated. KNPP is India's first pressurised water reactor belonging to the light water reactor category.