World Nuclear News website and The Times of India reported on November 12 that Rosatom, the Russian state atomic energy company, and the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) of India held talks on November 10 regarding the development of nuclear power projects in India and the expansion of cooperation in the nuclear fuel cycle. Both sides evaluated the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), the flagship project of Russia-India nuclear energy cooperation. KNPP is currently India's largest nuclear facility, with units 1 and 2 coming online in 2013 and 2016 respectively, supplying power to southern India; unit 3 has entered the pre-testing phase and is about to conduct safety system tests for an open reactor; unit 4 is still steadily advancing with construction, installation, and equipment delivery work; units 5 and 6 are the core projects of the third phase of this project and are also under construction. In addition to the KNPP project, Russia and India plan to jointly develop small modular reactors (SMRs) and advanced nuclear fuel cycle technologies. Furthermore, the Russian side is working on developing technical specifications for building new nuclear power plants using Russian VVER-1200 units in India, and exploring the possibility of constructing Russian small-scale nuclear power plants in India.
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