Kaiga Atomic Power Station
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The nuclear power plant Kaiga (English Kaiga Atomic Power Station ) is a nuclear power plant in India. The facility is located near the town Kaiga in Karnataka, Uttara Kannada district on the south bank of the river Kali, which is something 5 km west dammed by Kadra Dam.
In Kaiga are currently four pressurized water reactors with heavy water as moderator ( heavy water pressurized reactor ( PHWR ) with a CANDU -like design ), each with 220 megawatts of capacity in operation. Kaiga 1 was critical on 26 September 2000. Kaiga 2 was on 24 September 1999 critical and commercial operation began on 16 March 2000. The fourth reactor is in commercial operation since 20 January 2011.
The planning two further reactors was adjusted.
On the grounds there is also a facility for disposal of the resulting radioactive waste.
Notwithstanding the power of the nuclear power plant there in the immediate vicinity still villages that are waiting to be connected to the electricity grid.
Incidents
Because of a Bauunfalls on 13 May 1994 in which a portion of the inner containment collapsed, there were delays in the construction.
Elevated tritium levels were on November 24, 2009 in a cooling tank on the site, its content was determined as drinking water, measured. According to official figures, this was the result of an act of sabotage. Then security measures such as metering and monitoring has been reinforced.
Environmental impact
According to the " Western Ghats Task Force ", the number should be increased cancer rates around the plant in the first ten years of operation of the power plant from five to 40.
Security
As a result of the Tōhoku earthquake in Japan, the safety of the work has been checked and according to official figures, all reactors in operation, an earthquake of magnitude 6 can withstand. In addition, the factory located out of reach of tsunamis.
Data of the reactor units
The Kaiga nuclear power plant has a total of four blocks, information on the proposed Units 5 and 6 are not currently available to the IAEA.