After the main framework agreement for 5-6 units of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu was signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit to Russia, India and Russia have signed contracts for priority design works and supply of main equipment. This project has just been implemented.
India and Russia signed the General Framework Agreement (GFA) and credit protocol for Units 5 and 6 of the Kudankulam NPP on June 1. On July 13, an approval for these three key contracts was obtained from the Rosatom State Corporation, the RF Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Finance. On July 19, the NPCIL Board of Directors approved the signing of the three contracts on Units 5 and 6 of Kudankulam NPP.
Three main contracts were signed between state-owned Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) and Russia’s JSC Atomstroyexport for priority design works, working design and supply of the main equipment for stage III of Kudankulam NPP.
SC Atomstroyexport is a key foreign trade engineering company of State Corporation “Rosatom” for the construction of nuclear power facilities abroad.
The Kudankulam NPP is the single largest nuclear power station in India. The power station was envisaged to have six units with the total capacity to generate 6,000 MW of electricity (1,000 MW each).