The construction work for unit 5 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) commenced on Tuesday with the first concrete pouring into the foundation plate of the reactor building, said Rosatom — the Russian company tasked with building the atomic reactor. The first concrete pouring into the foundation plate is a critical development in building of a nuclear plant.
An official ceremony was held that was dedicated to the first concrete pouring into the foundation plate of the reactor building for Kudankulam NPP Unit 5 (Republic of India). The concrete pouring commemorated the official commencement of the main stage of the nuclear power plant stage 3 construction. “Due to anti-epidemiological restrictions, the ceremony was held via video conference,” the state-run Russian company said in a statement. The first concrete pouring was preceded by continuous preliminary work — concrete bedding for foundations of the reactor building, auxiliary reactor building with the main control room, turbine building and power supply building for normal operation, emergency power supply and safety control systems, the company said.
The General Framework Agreement between India and Russia was signed on April 10 2014, on construction of Units 3 and 4. Negotiations between the two countries began over construction of Kudankulam NPP Units 5 and 6 and upon the results of which the agreement was reached that these units would be constructed in compliance with the same design as it was stipulated for Units 3, 4.
