Commercial Generation begins at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plat

Commercial power generation in Kudankulam nuclear power plant in
Tamilnadu started Tuesday  midnight after getting approval from
Nuclear Power Corporation according to its site director R S Sundar.
The hot run of second unit will start from end of January after
fulfilling technical requirements.

Of the 1000 Mega Watt electricity generated in the first unit, 562
will be given to Tamil Nadu, 221 MW to Karnataka, 133 MW to Kerala, 33
MW to Puducherry. Till now more than 335 crore units of electricity
has been generated from Kudankulam nuclear power plant.

The electricity will be sold at Rs 4 per unit. The Kudankulam Nuclear
power plant with the help of Russian expertise was started in March
2002 and power generation which was to be started in December 2007 got
delayed because of anti-nuclear protests by various organisations in
Idinthakarai.