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India: Leaders Sign Deal to Build Russian-Designed Power ReactorsFrom Thursday, November 8, 2001 issue.
Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an agreement Tuesday to build a nuclear power plant in southern India (see GSN, Nov. 6). The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board also has established comprehensive mechanisms to review the safety of the plant’s two Russian light water nuclear power reactors, the Press Trust of India reported yesterday.
To reduce radioactive leaks, each of the two Russian 1,000-megawatt reactors would be doubly contained with negative pressure in the space between the two containment structures. The inner structure would consist of a one-meter layer of concrete lined with eight millimeters of steel on the inside. Vents would prevent pressure buildup in the event of an accident. The reactors would have passive heat removal systems, many control rods, fast-acting shutdown systems and “state-of-the-art” instrumentation and control systems, the Press Trust reported (Press Trust of India, Nov. 7).
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