Work at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) is progressing rapidly with employees working even on holidays to get the atomic regulator’s nod to reopen the first reactor vessel and remove the dummy fuel, according to the Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL).

“Around 1,020 NPCIL officials at the project site and around 500 belonging to contractors are doing the preparatory activities needed to reopen the reactor vessel and unload the dummy fuel.