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The Madras High Court on Friday gave the green signal for the operationalisation of the much-awaited Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP). The court said there are no impediments against the unit-I and II of the mega atomic power project. The court has asked the Tamil Nadu government to set up port and cold storage facility for fishermen and quality schools in Kudankulam. The project, which is being set up as a joint collaboration between India and Russia , envisages to build two 1,000 MW type reactors by the end of December 2011. However, in the wake of the Fukushima incident in Japan , several nuclear projects across India such as one at Jaitapur in Maharashtra have run into rough weather as protesting locals and activists argue that such plants could adversely affect the environment. There are 20 nuclear reactors in operation in six power plants, generating over 4,000 megawatts of electricity while five other plants are under construction.

Madras High Court gives green signal for Kudankulam nuke project