South Asia Mail: Dummy fuel for Kudankulam nuclear power project received - 0 views
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Energy Net on 18 Sep 09With the receipt of dummy fuel from Russia, India has moved a step forward towards commissioning the first unit of 2x1,000 MW Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tamil Nadu. IANS reliably learns that the dummy fuel landed in Tuticorin port Saturday and has reached Kudankulam where the Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) is putting up the project with Russian equipment. Kudankulam is in Tirunelveli district, about 600 km from Chennai. Dummy fuel is similar to real fuel in terms of weight and other features, but without uranium. It will be inserted into the reactor core to test the functioning of all systems, a process technically called status of hot operation. If the systems function as per norms, the real fuel will be loaded so that the reactor attains criticality.