Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is coming up fast in Tamil Nadu. Rosatom, the Russian state atomic energy corporation, is presently in addition is also helping in building nuclear power plants in Rooppur in Bangladesh, where Indian companies are to assist in construction and installation work.
India and Russia have now signed an agreement during the 19th India-Russia annual bilateral summit in New Delhi to jointly implement new nuclear projects. The agreement envisages the setting up of six Russian-designed nuclear power units at a new site in India, additional cooperation in other countries, nuclear technology research cooperation and the joint-construction of nuclear power plants.
The Action Plan was jointly drafted for the Prioritization and Implementation of Cooperation Areas in the Nuclear Field. It was signed by Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev and the Secretary of India’s Department of Atomic Energy and Chairman of its Atomic Energy Commission Kamlesh Vyas.
“We are satisfied with our strategic cooperation with India, where Russian-designed nuclear power units are operating and being constructed at the Kudankulam site. We expect to start implementation in the near future of the serial construction of new units at the second site in India.
This will significantly increase the level of equipment localisation within the framework of the Make in India policy, as well as optimise the timing and cost of the proper execution.
Moreover, India is our trusted partner, with whom we are already implementing projects in third countries, and we plan to enhance this cooperation,” Alexy Likhachev said.
