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State ready to set up nuclear plant

HYDERABAD: Hours after the approval of the 123 Agreement by the US Congress, the Andhra Pradesh announced plans to set up a maiden nuclear plant in the State of 2,000 MW capacity.

In the first such initiative by any State government to leverage the scope for establishment of atomic power plants in the wake of the Agreement, it has entrusted the task of preparing the preliminary project report to AP Genco. “We have asked the power generation corporation to furnish its report within one week,” Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy told reporters here on Thursday night.

He made this announcement while congratulating Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the passage of the Indo-US nuclear deal in the US Senate on Thursday morning. “The nuclear plant will be established by AP Genco on a regular commercial and not on an experimental basis,” he said.

Asked about the financial implication, he said the issue would come up only when a preliminary report of AP Genco was available. AP Genco is generating nearly 6,600 MW of power, including 3,586 MW through hydel stations.

A nuclear power plant was proposed to be set up at Nagarjunasagar by the Centre about two decades ago, but it did not materialise. Another attempt to establish a n-plant in Srikakulam district is also facing a similar fate.

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