Tamil Nadu will be short of 330 MW of power for the next two days after the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) units tripped on Sunday.
Station director of MAPS K Ramamurthy told Express on Monday that two 230 KV units switchyard tripped at 1.15 am on Sunday morning resulting in loss of 330 MW of power. “We have identified the problem. It will be rectified within a day but the power supply will resume only after August 22 or 23,” Ramamurthy said.
The shutting down of the two reactors did not affect the fast breeder test reactor (FBTR), a spokesperson of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) said.
Interestingly, the two units of MAPs was supplying 440 MW power to the southern states. “Seventy five per cent of the supply worth 330 MW was to Tamil Nadu,” Ramamoorthy said.
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