Rumour of cyber attacks on Kudankulam nuclear unit baseless: NPCIL

India’s atomic power plant operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) on Tuesday termed as false the information on social media that its nuclear power plants at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu suffered cyber attack.

“This is to clarify Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) and other Indian Nuclear Power Plants Control Systems are standalone and not connected to outside cyber network and Internet,” R Ramdoss, Training Superintendent & Information Officer, said in a statement.

“Any Cyber attack on the Nuclear Power Plant Control System is not possible,” he added.

According to him, the KNPP units 1 and 2 are operating at 1,000 MW and 600 MW respectively without any operation or safety concerns.