'Russia keen to build more nuclear reactors for India'

Tirunelveli, Nov 12 (PTI) Russia, currently assisting
India in the construction of two 1,000 MWe nuclear power
reactors at Koodankulam nuclear plant here in the southern
Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is negotiating with New Delhi to
build more reactors, its Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Sobyanin
has said.
"Russian Federation is prepared to construct new
cost-effective nuclear reactors for India, considering its
energy needs, and negotiations are going on in this
direction," Sobyanin, on a visit to the Koodankulam nuclear
power plant Wednesday, told reporters.
Heading a nine-member high-level delegation, Sobyanin
inspected the progress of the work on construction of the 2 X
1000 MWe reactors in collaboration with Russia at a cost of Rs
13,171 crore at the plant.
Russia was keen to build two more such reactors for the
plant, he said.
Expressing satisfaction over the progress of the work, he
said the process of installation of equipment was going on.
"Many systems have been commissioned and put into
operation. The process of commissioning other systems are on."
The first reactor of Koodankulam Nuclear Power plant would
go critical next year and the negotiations for constructing
third and fourth reactors were on. PTI SSN
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