Start-up operations at the third unit of the Kudankulam NPP may begin in the spring of 2027

Start-up operations at the third unit of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in India may begin in the spring of 2027, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said on Saturday.

“We are on the eve of the physical launch of the third unit, we hope that it will go into the category of launch operations sometime in the spring, in February-March,” Likhachev told reporters on the sidelines of the BRICS summit.

More than 99% of the equipment for the third unit of the nuclear power plant has already been delivered.