Kaiga nuclear plant re-starts 3rd unit
Wednesday, 20 April 2011, 19:36 IST
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Karwar (Kar):The third unit of Kaiga Nuclear Power plant which was shut down on April 8 following a fire alarm, was restarted, authorities said. "Kaiga generation station Unit-3 which was shut down, was synchronised to the Southern grid at 2325 hours last night after successful completion of all surveillance tests," Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd said in a release. The 220-MWe unit is presently operating at 120MWe and its power would be raised gradually, it said. Presently all four units of the Kaiga generating stations are operational, it said. The third unit was shut down on April 8 after a fire alarm went off. Authorities later declared the plant safe and said the level of radiation was below prescribed standards.
Source: PTI
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