Russian Ambassador spoke about cooperation with India in nuclear energy

Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov MOSCOW, Feb 10 Russia awaits India's official approval of the new site for the construction of a nuclear power plant on Indian territory according to Russian projects, Denis Alipov, the appointed Russian ambassador to New Delhi, said in an interview with RIA Novosti. Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi noted the importance of further discussion of the issue of allocating a second site in India for construction Nuclear power plant of Russian design.Russia has proposed to India to develop a new tank based on the Armata platform. «We are waiting for the official approval in India of a new site for the construction of nuclear power plants according to Russian projects. This will allow us to achieve strategic goals that provide for the construction of at least 12 power units on Indian territory according to Russian design within 20 years,» Alipov said. According to him, Russia and India have good multilateral cooperation in the nuclear energy sector. He noted that the Rooppur NPP project is being successfully implemented in a trilateral format with Bangladesh. Russia is one of India's key partners in the peaceful use of nuclear energy. In accordance with an intergovernmental agreement of 1988 and an addendum to it of 1998, Russia is building the Kudankulam NPP with VVER-1000 reactors in India in the state of Tamil Nadu. Block No. 1 of the station began generating electricity in 2013, in the summer of 2016 it was finally handed over to the customer. Unit 2 of the plant in August 2016 was first connected to the national power system of India, and at the end of March 2017 it was put into warranty operation. year — the construction of the fifth unit. Power units No. 3, 4 and No. 5, 6 are the second and third stages of the Kudankulam NPP, which are being built according to the AES-92 project with a reactor plant of the VVER-1000 (V-412) type. The technical solutions implemented in the Kudankulam NPP project characterize the ways of further evolutionary development of NPP power units with a large-capacity VVER reactor and the transition to the creation of a qualitatively new, reliable, safe and economical power unit.Shoigu announced good prospects for military cooperation between Russia and India