CHENNAI: The breakdown of the two units at the 440MW Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) early on Sunday may result in power outages and voltage fluctuations in several parts of Chennai in the next few days, say power managers.
Engineers are working overtime to restore generation at the two units. While one of the units is likely to be ready on August 23, the second one is likely to start generation on August 24 or 26, said sources.
The tripping was caused by a defective breaker on one of the feeders at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, it is learnt. When the feeder suffered a fault, it should have been isolated from others by the breaker. As the breaker did not function properly, it resulted in a breakdown of other feeders as well. Chennai is heavily dependent on MAPS, which supplies 75% of its generation (330 MW) to meet city's requirement of 2,500MW.
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