A division bench of Justices P Jyothimani and P Devadoss issued the directive during the hearing of a petition by an NGO which sought a direction to the TNPCB's Member-Secretary to personally inspect the KNPP with a team of experts and then issue the order of consent.
In his oral observations, Justice Jyothimani said, "You say 45 degree Celsius at the point of discharge (effluent). It is wrong. It is a nuclear power plant. That shows PCB has not applied its mind at all. As a board you must apply your mind."
The TNPCB in its July 23 consent order given to KNPP had fixed the tolerance temperature limit of trade effluent of KNPP at the point of discharge at 45 degree Celsius.
After the judge's direction, TNPCB submitted that a fresh order would be filed on Thursday.
Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, one of the respondents, submitted that, "Based on the safety review of commissioning reports of hot run and resolution of the issues subsequent to hot run, the clearance for next stage of commissioning i.E. IFL (initial fuel loading) was granted."