Russia has begun construction of Unit-5 of nuclear power plant at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu.
Russian company Rosatom is providing technology for construction of Kudankulam plant which is to have six units of 1,000 MWe generation capacity each. It is India's first light water reactor.
The first pouring of concrete was preceded by continuous preliminary work: concrete bedding for foundations of the reactor building, auxiliary reactor building with the main control room, turbine building and power supply building for normal operation, emergency power supply and safety control systems.
After signing the General Framework Agreement (GFA) for construction of Units-3 and -4 of the Kudankulam NPP, India and Russia began talks for construction of two more units at the same site. In June 2017, the two countries signed the GFA for Units-5 and -6. Units-1 and -2 are already operational.