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Nuclear Power Corp. Shuts Plant in South India Amid Cyclone 

Bloomberg by Rajesh Kumar Singh December 13, 2016, Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd., the nation’s monopoly atomic power producer, shut one of its plants in southern India after a cyclone made landfall in Tamil Nadu state.

Safety mechanisms triggered the shutdown of both units Monday at the state-owned company’s 440 megawatt plant near the provincial capital Chennai after power lines from the plant were disrupted, spokesman and Human Resources Director N. Nagaich said by phone. The cyclone hasn’t affected Nuclear Power’s bigger plant at Kudankulam in the same state, he said.

“Both units at Kalpakkam have been safely shut down. There is no damage to the plant,” Nagaich said. The company plans to restart one 220-megawatt unit in three or four days. The second unit will take longer to resume operations because of maintenance work, he said…….https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-13/nuclear-power-corp-shuts-plant-in-south-india-amid-cyclone

December 14, 2016 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general