Officials will evaluate the performance of the turbine, valves, pipes carrying steam and other associated sections of the second reactor and fine-tune the equipment. Power generation stopped to pave way for the processThe scheduled fine-tuning of the turbine section of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project’s second reactor began on Wednesday after power generation was stopped. After the second reactor attained criticality on August 10, it was synchronised with the southern grid on August 29 to transmit power. Maintaining the quantum of power generated in the second reactor’s turbine between 280 – 290 MWe for a few days, it was reduced gradually before the shutdown. Power generationGeneration of power in the second reactor will be raised to 250 MWe, 500 MWe, 750 MWe, 900 MWe and then 1,000 MWe in stages after the ongoing mandatory tests.

Source: The Hindu September 07, 2016 20:53 UTC