11 Dec (NucNet): The Kaiga-1 nuclear power unit in India has reached 941 days of continuous operation, surpassing the world record of 940 days held by the Heysham A-2 unit in the UK, the National Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd said.
According to NCPIL, Kaiga-1 began its period of continuous operation on 13 May 2016.
Kaiga-1, which began commercial operation in December 2000, is one of four indigenously developed 202-MW pressurised heavy water reactor units at the Kaiga nuclear station in southwest India.
The units are all of a type that can be refuelled while remaining online.
