CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Rosatom State Corporation of Russia has supplied the first batches of more reliable and cost-efficient nuclear fuel over the existing one, the TVS-2M nuclear fuel, to India for the Units 1 & 2 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), the company said in a statement on Friday.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jitendra Singh says, Russian State-owned nuclear energy corporation, Rosatom has offered a more advanced fuel option to Kudankulam Nuclear power plant.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kudankulam 1&2: Russia’s Atomstroyexport supplied the country’s first large nuclear power plant, comprising two VVER-1000 (V-412) reactors, under a Russian-financed US$ 3 billion contract and 1988 Russia-India agreement with 1998 supplement.

Detailed explanation-4: -kudankulam nuclear power plant: Russia widens support for Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant - The Economic Times.

Detailed explanation-5: -Last June, Russia began the construction of the fifth nuclear power unit at Kudankulam. “For many years, the Kudankulam NPP (nuclear power plant) construction project has been a symbol of close cooperation between Russia and India.