300 Russian firms to supply equipment to Kudankulam plant

MOSCOW, Nov 10 (UNI) About 300 Russian enterprises will supply equipment to Indias largest nuclear power plant coming up in Kudankulam, with technical aid from Russia.

A Ria Novosti report quoted the Russian nuclear power ministry as saying that supplies of auxiliary, electric and monitoring equipment will begin early next year.

Russias major enterprises like the Podolsk machine building factory, Ural heavy machine building factory and the LMZ factory based in st petersburg, are among the companies taking part in the project.

Two nuclear VVER-1000 reactors, worth four billion dollars, will be the heart of the Kudankulam electric plant.

They will be delivered in the end of 2004.