TN short of 330 MW of power after MAPS units trip

Chennai:
Tamil Nadu will be short of 330 MW of power for the next two days after 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 the state losing 330 MW of power.

“It was due to electrical beaker fault. We have identified the problem. It will be rectified within a day but the power supply will resume only after Aug 22 or August 23,” Ramamurthy said.

The shutting down of the two reactors did not affect the fast breeder test reactor (FBTR), a spokeswoman 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.