Tamil Nadu Timeline

Kudankulam

3 events, 1988 to 2013.

  1. 1988

    1. 20 Nov 1988Diplomacy

      India and the Soviet Union sign the Kudankulam nuclear agreement

      Rajiv Gandhi and Mikhail Gorbachev signed an agreement to build two nuclear reactors at Kudankulam in Tirunelveli district.

  2. 2011

    1. Sep 2011 to 2014Protest

      Protests against the Kudankulam nuclear plant

      Fishing villages around Idinthakarai led a sustained movement against the Kudankulam nuclear plant, which nonetheless began operating in 2013 and 2014.

  3. 2013

    1. 22 Oct 2013Infrastructure

      Kudankulam reactor 1 connected to the grid

      Following years of delay and protest, the first VVER-1000 reactor at Kudankulam was synchronised with the power grid.