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Madras Atomic Power Station

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Name: Madras Atomic Power Station

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

India's nuclear ambitions

India, May 7 -- Jaitapur, MaharashtraJaitapur Nuclear Power Project is a proposed 9900 MW power project of Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) at Madban village of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra. If built, it would be the largest nuclear power ... [Published Penn Energy - May 07 2013]

Entities: Reactor, Nuclear, Tarapur (India)

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd

Second unit of MAPS to be functional by June end

India's atomic power plant operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) is likely to install a new transformer for its second unit at Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) that was shut down last month, an official said.The second unit of MAPS ... [Published ProKerala.com - May 08 2013]

Entities: Reactor, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

US National Security Agency

Court quashes NSA charges against Ansari

Madras High Court on Friday quashed the invoking of the National Security Act (NSA) to frame charges against Tameem Ansari, who had allegedly videographed vital defence and atomic installations at the behest of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence ... [Published New Indian Express - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: US National Security Agency, Quash, Inter-Services Intelligence, Madras, Colombo (Sri Lanka)

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 2 reports

Transformer fire tied to tripping of MAPS Unit-II

When Unit-II of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam tripped on Monday morning, there was far more drama than the bland “fault-in-the-generator-transformer-high-voltage-bushing” statement put out by the authorities.For, the transformer ... [Published New Indian Express - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Reactor, Madras Atomic Power Station, Nuclear

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

MAPS to take at least 1 month for resumption of operations

CHENNAI: The resumption of operation of 110 MWe second unit of Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam near here, shut down after it tripped, would take at least a month, a senior official said today.Authorities were forced to 'cold shutdown' ... [Published Economic Times - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Madras Atomic Power Station, Chennai, Reactor

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 2 reports

Fire-struck reactor will take month to restart: MAPS director

Chennai, April 16 (IANS) It will take not less than one month to restart generation from Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) second unit that tripped Monday due to fire in a transformer, a senior plant official said."We are checking whether fault is outside ... [Published News Track India - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Reactor, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd, Madras Atomic Power Station, Chennai, Fukushima (Japan)

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

Power trips state again as thermal, atomic units fail

Tamil Nadu’s power crisis just got worse — and at the worst possible time of the year. Energy generation in the state dropped by 560MW, with one atomic power unit and two thermal plants tripping on Monday.Two units of Tuticorin Thermal Power Station went ... [Published Power Engineering - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Chennai, Madras Atomic Power Station, Wind Power, Energy Generation Inc, Thermal Power Station

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

MAPS Unit II trips, power deficit looms

Tamil Nadu is short of over 50 MW of power after the second unit of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) tripped on Monday morning due to a fault in the transformer feeding the grid. The unit was operating at 110 MW when it tripped, MAPS Station Director ... [Published New Indian Express - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Madras Atomic Power Station

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

MAPS Unit 2 restored

Chennai, Apr 15: Unit-2 of Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) which tripped this morning was now operating at 110 MWe. A press release from MAPS here said at about 0720 hrs, the Unit had tripped due to fault in the generator transformer high voltage bushing. ... [Published Chennai Online - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Madras Atomic Power Station, Chennai, Reactor

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

MAPS unit II trips; Reactor cold shutdown

Chennai, Apr 15 (PTI) The second unit of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam near here tripped today, forcing authorities to cold shutdown the reactor."The Unit-2 of Madras Atomic Power Station was operating at 110 MWe. At about 7.20 AM ... [Published Press Trust of India - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Reactor, Madras Atomic Power Station, Chennai

Quotes

"We are on the look-out for a transformer and in ten days the supplier will be finalised. Meanwhile, other connected works are in progress" MAPS station director T J Kotteeswaran told IANS over phone from Kalpakkam, around 70 km from here

Second unit of MAPS to be functional by June end [Published ProKerala.com - May 08 2013]

"Work is on since yesterday morning to check whether fault is outside the transformer or inside. The unit can be restarted if it is an outside fault."

MAPS to take at least 1 month for resumption of operations [Published Economic Times - Apr 16 2013]

"We are checking whether fault is outside the transformer or inside. If it is an outside fault, then the unit can be restarted in a month's time. On the other hand if the fault is inside the transformer, then it may take more time to sort it out" MAPS station director T J Kotteeswaran told IANS over phone from Kalpakkam, around 70 km from here

Fire-struck reactor will take month to restart: MAPS director [Published News Track India - Apr 16 2013]

"The Unit-2 of Madras Atomic Power Station was operating at 110 MWe. At about 7.20 AM today the Unit had tripped due to fault in the generator transformer high voltage bushing."

MAPS unit II trips; Reactor cold shutdown [Published Press Trust of India - Apr 15 2013]