Kalpakkam

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Kalpakkam (Tamil: கல்பாக்கம் Kalpakkam [ kalpa ː k ː ʌm ] ) is a town in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located in the Kanchipuram district, about 60 km south of Chennai.

Kalpakkam is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. It was built by the Indian Atomic Energy Agency ( Department of Atomic Energy) for its employees in 1969, as there the Reactor Research Centre ( Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research - IGCAR ) and Madras nuclear power plant ( MAPS) emerged. Origin of the place were the two fishing villages Pudupattinam and Sadras. The newly founded for the workers of the nuclear plant settlement Kalpakkam Township lies between these two villages.

Supra-regional importance

About Regional importance acquired the site through the facilities of the nuclear power plant Madras. It involves the first to be built entirely in India heavy water pressurized water reactor ( PHWR ).

In the headlines and Kalpakkam nuclear power plant had fallen, as it was first called, the tsunami of 26 December 2004 have also damaged the nuclear power plant. The operators of the insured however, the power plant had to be shut down without incident. However, the tsunami left behind extensive damage in the town and also demanded in Kalpakkam numerous fatalities.