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To: JPR who wrote (7164)	9/24/1999 7:46:00 PM
From: JPR	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 12475

Kaiga plant attains criticality DH News Service KAIGA, September 24 Bolded words are mine Kaiga Nuclear reactor goes critical; Pakistani scientists poring over Chinese and N.Korean manuals gave a bad prognosis, since they felt that Kaiga went on a critical list. ,<LMAOROTF> The first nuclear reactor of the much-debated Kaiga power plant attained criticality today and it was announced to the world with a lot of jubilation by the Atomic Energy Commision Chairman R Chidambaram. The occasion was described as 'momentous`` and 'historic`` by the scientists who were gathered there in a large number. Addressing a press conference immediately after the attainment of criticality at 2.51 pm, Dr Chidambaram said the Kaiga plant would start commercial production by the turn of the current year. It would add 220 mw to the total power production of the country. The State would share 28 per cent of the total production. It is the first reactor in the State and sixth in the country. The plant would be 'synchronised`` with the grid in a short span of four weeks. Technically, the first reactor which attained criticality, is the Kaiga-II unit as the Kaiga-I work has been delayed due to the collapse of its dome in 1994. The Kaiga-I might also become critical within nine months. The Kaiga-III and Kaiga- IV units are yet to get the financial clearence from the Government, he said. The transmission line had been laid between Kaiga and Sirsi so far and there was a small hitch while laying the line between Sirsi and Davanagere, Dr Chidambaram said hoping to sort it out soon. Describing the moment as the 'happiest,`` Dr Chidambaram described the nuclear energy as 'inevitable.``