Kaiga unit shut down after smoke alarm

NPCIL said it has shut down one reactor unit of Kaiga Generation Station.

The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) today said it has shut down one reactor unit of Kaiga Generation Station (in Karnataka) as a precautionary measure after a smoke alarm went off yesterday.

In its statement,the NPCIL said the step to shut the 220 MW nuclear power plant was taken after a smoke detection alarm went off in the control room of Unit 3 of Kaiga Generation Station at around 4.30 am on Friday. It was a false alarm. There is no cause of concern. No incident has happened. The unit has been shut down as a precautionary measure, said J P Gupta,station director at Kaiga.

The NPCIL said it is would use this opportunity to carry out routine surveillance tests on Unit 3,which were anyway slated to be conducted in May.

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Having the unit in shutdown state,decision is taken to utilise this opportunity and carry out these tests now itself, the NPCIL said. It added that the unit will be made online by April 17 after completing the routine surveillance tests.

Kaiga,which is situated in North Kannada district in Karnataka,has four pressurised heavy water reactor units of 220 MW each,using indigenous fuel for generating power. While Unit 3 has been shut down,the other units 1,2 and 4 remain operational.

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