Russia could start construction work of four additional nuclear reactors at Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu next year with a formal Indo-Russian atomic agreement expected to be inked during President Dmitry Medvedev's maiden visit to India in December.
"We are planning to build with the Russian help four more nuclear reactors with a capacity of 1000 Mw each in Kudankulam," Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar was quoted as saying by NTV channel.
The NSG waiver will enable the two countries to launch the construction of these reactors by early next year, he said.
Russia along with France and US companies are the major bidders for India's plans to boost nuclear power generation by 10,000 Mw.
In anticipation of bagging part of Indian order for new reactors, Russian experts have almost completed design of two VVER-1000 light water reactors with a total capacity of 2000 Mw, Russian Nuclear Corporation RosAtom sources said here.
In February this year, India and Russia signed a MoU for the construction of four additional units of Kudankulam in the presence of the then Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov, who was on a visit to India.