CHENNAI: The annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR), released on Tuesday, at the Central European University in Budapest, has flayed the poor performance of Kudankulam nuclear power units and the overall slow progress of nuclear sector in India.
“The last major imported reactors operating in India are Kudankulam units (1&2). But, their performance has been poor. Unit-1 had a load factor of 54%, and Unit-2 had a load factor of just 35.2% in 2018. The problems have continued in 2019. Unit 1 has not generated power in March and according to TN Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco), the state’s distribution company, only one unit was functioning at any given time last year,” the report said.
