Archive · 27 Sep 2025
Holtec Ships Fuel Storage Modules to Kudankulam Plant
Holtec International is sending important equipment to India's Kudankulam nuclear power plant.
This equipment includes special storage racks for used nuclear fuel and a transport container.
These items, made with help from an Indian company, will be used to move and store the used fuel safely.
The Kudankulam plant uses a specific type of reactor that has fuel with a hexagonal shape, different from other types.
This new equipment is essential for the plant's operations, ensuring the used fuel is handled correctly.
Holtec International shipped spent fuel storage racks to NPCIL's Kudankulam plant.
The modules were co-produced by Holtec International and Holtec Asia.
The modules will be installed in a wet storage facility.
A transport cask with radiation-shielding technology is also being shipped.
The equipment is crucial for fuel management at the KKNPP.
- Who
- Holtec International and NPCIL
- What
- Shipment of spent fuel storage modules for Kudankulam plant
- When
- Not explicitly stated, but shipment is underway.
- Where
- Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu, India
- Why
- For fuel management operations at the nuclear plant.
- Company
- Holtec International
- Plant Name
- Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP)
- Location
- Tamil Nadu, India
- Fuel Type
- VVER-1000
- Modules
- Spent fuel storage racks