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Russia's Rosatom Ships Equipment to Kudankulam NPP

© AP Photo / Arun Sankar K.In this Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 file photo, Indian coast guards ride on a boat near the Russian-built Kudankulam Atomic Power Project, background, during a protest at Kudankulam, about 700 kilometers (440 miles) south of Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India.
In this Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 file photo, Indian coast guards ride on a boat near the Russian-built Kudankulam Atomic Power Project, background, during a protest at Kudankulam, about 700 kilometers (440 miles) south of Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India. - Sputnik India, 1920, 15.06.2024
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The Kudankulam nuclear power plant, in India's Tamil Nadu state, is being modernised jointly by Russia's Rosatom and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited, with a total investment of around $14.91 billion.
Russia's nuclear energy agency has supplied new equipment to update India's biggest nuclear power station.
Russia and India are boosting energy-sector cooperation with the shipment of parts for two more units of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) from Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom.
The first batch includes 26 wedge valves, both high and low pressure.
Rosatom shipped pipe fittings for the Kudankulam NPP in India, while other equipment will be packed and transported after completing the drying process, Russian media reported on Saturday.
According to the report, the equipment will be transported from Petrozavodsk to St.Petersburg by rail, and then by ocean-going barge to India.
A view of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant at Ishwardi in Pabna, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Oct.4, 2023.  - Sputnik India, 1920, 02.04.2024
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