The Kudankulam Atomic Power Station is located in the Tirunelveli district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Location: 8°10′08″N 77°42′45″E
Date of Opening: Unit 1: 22 October 2013 Unit 2: 15 October 2016
Operator: Nuclear Power Corporation of India. (NPCIL)
About: Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (Kudankulam NPP or KKNPP) is the largest nuclear power station in India. KKNPP is scheduled to have six VVER-1000 reactors built in collaboration with Atomstroyexport, the Russian state company, and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), with an installed capacity of 6,000 MW of electricity. Unit 1 was synchronized with the southern power grid on October 22, 2013, and since then, it has been generating electricity at its warranted limit of 1,000 MW.
