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Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (or Kudankulam NPP or KKNPP) is the largest [5] nuclear power station in India, situated in Kudankulam in the Tirunelveli district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Construction on the plant began on 31 March 2002, [6] but faced several delays due to opposition from local fishermen.
The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy is an anti-nuclear power group in Tamil Nadu, India, founded by S. P. Udayakumar. Since September 2011 the aim of the group is to close the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant site and to preserve the largely untouched coastal landscape, as well as educate locals about nuclear power. [1] [2]
Kudankulam: 2: 1,834 [note 27] ... The site of former Greifswald Nuclear Power Plant. This table lists stations that are permanently shut down. Listed on 1985, 2005 ...
Public sector undertaking National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and several other state level power generating companies are engaged in operating coal-based thermal power plants. Apart from NTPC and other state level operators, some private companies also operate the power plants. [9] One coal plant was given environmental clearance in 2021 ...
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in 2009 Wind farm in Muppandal, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu. North Chennai Thermal Power Station.. To satisfy the energy needs of the state, Tamil Nadu Electricity Board has a total installed capacity of 10,214 MW which includes shares from the State government, Central government and Independent power producers.
As of 2023, 54.6% of power is generated from renewable resources. [6] [7] Tamil Nadu is the only state with two operational nuclear power plants at Kalpakkam, the first fully indigenous nuclear power station in India and Kudankulam, the largest nuclear power station in India and generates nearly one-third of the total nuclear power generated in the country.
S. P. Udayakumar was born in 1959 in Nagercoil in Tamilnadu. [3] [4]He studied M. A. in Peace Studies from Notre Dame University, receiving the degree in 1990. [3] [5]In 1993, Udayakumar, along with wife Meera, purchased 15 acres of land near Nagercoil ("at the southern tip of India") and founded the South Asian Community Center for Education and Research (SACCER).
Kudankulam is a town in the Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu, India. It is 20 km northeast of Kanyakumari, 30 km from Nagercoil, 70 km from Tirunelveli and about 105 km from Thiruvananthapuram. The town is notable as the construction site of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant.