Small modular reactors, 2nd nuclear plant feature in talks
New Delhi, Dec. 6 -- Cooperation on small modular reactors and the selection of a site for building a second nuclear power plant with Russian reactors figured in the India-Russia Summit on Friday, people familiar with the matter said on condition of anonymity.
The two sides are holding extensive discussions on bolstering cooperation in the field as part of New Delhi's efforts to ramp up the generation of clean energy.
Energy security is a "strong and vital pillar" of the India-Russia partnership and the decades-old cooperation in civil nuclear energy has played an important role in advancing the shared clean energy priorities of the two countries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a joint media interaction following his talks with President Vladimir Putin.
"We will continue to take this win-win cooperation forward," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, speaking in Hindi.
Both sides emphasised the implementation of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu, which is being built with the assistance of Rosatom - Russia's state-run nuclear corporation that is supplying six VVER-1000 reactors for the plant, which will have a total installed capacity of 6,000 MW.
"Getting this nuclear power plant to full power output will make an impressive contribution to the energy requirement of India," Putin said.
"It will help supply Indian enterprises and houses with cheap and clean energy," Putin said, noting that two reactors had already been connectedto the energy grid," Putin added.
"We presume that we could talk about the construction of small modular reactors and floating nuclear power plants and non-energy application of nuclear technologies, for example in medicine or agriculture," Putin said....
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