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(a) Whether the Government proposes to constitute an Indo Russia Joint Group for setting up of two Atomic Energy Plants of 1000 Megawatts capacity in Kudankulam of Tamil Nadu;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
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(c) whether the Union Government had signed any agreement with the then Government of Soviet Union in the year 1988 for setting up of these plants at Kudankulam; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER`S OFFICE (SHRI PRITHVIRAJ CHAVAN) :
(a)&(b) The construction work for setting up two reactors of 1000 MWe each is already going on at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu. There are designated groups both in India and Russian Organisations for execution of this project. A Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) is also set up to monitor the progress and initiate corrective actions to ensure timely completion of the ongoing project.
(c) Yes Sir.
(d) The 1988 agreement envisaged setting up of the project on turnkey basis. A supplement to the agreement was signed in the year 1998 to execute this project on technical co-operation basis. The construction work is already taken up and the scheduled date of completion is December 2007/December 2008 for first and second unit respectively.