page_title: Kalpakkam
hierarchical_section_title: Kalpakkam
caption_attribution_description: English: Skyline of Kalpakkam. View from 1st Street near Ladies Hostel
context_page_description: Kalpakkam is a beautiful town in Tamil Nadu, India, situated on the Coromandel Coast 70 kilometres south of Chennai. A conglomerate of two villages and a DAE township, it is about 55 kilometres from Thiruvanmiyur and 85 kilometres from Pondicherry. This costal town is rather humid, since it is very close to the sea.Summers here prevail from early March till
  late May. Temperatures in the Summer vary from 32 degree Celsius and can go up to 41 degree Celsius. There is no particular Monsoon season for Kalpakkam as rains are unpredictable here, although there is heavy rainfall in the months of October and November, Usually turning into a storm.Coolest months are December and January. A study by the Madras Atomic Power Station revealed that the pollution in Kalpakkam is very low, which when compared to the neighbouring city Chennai is 50 times less.
  Kalpakkam is known for its nuclear plants and affiliated research installations. These include the Madras Atomic Power Station, one of India's nuclear power plants, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, an affiliate of the Department of Atomic Energy and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
context_section_description: Kalpakkam is a beautiful town in Tamil Nadu, India, situated on the Coromandel Coast 70 kilometres south of Chennai. A conglomerate of two villages (Puduppattinam and Sadurangappatinam) and a DAE township, it is about 55 kilometres (34 mi) from Thiruvanmiyur and 85 kilometres (53 mi) from Pondicherry. This costal town is rather humid, since it is very close to the sea.Summers here prevail from early March till
  late May. Temperatures in the Summer vary from 32 degree Celsius and can go up to 41 degree Celsius. There is no particular Monsoon season for Kalpakkam as rains are unpredictable here, although there is heavy rainfall in the months of October and November,Usually turning into a storm.Coolest months are December and January. A study by the Madras Atomic Power Station(MAPS) revealed that the pollution in Kalpakkam is very low, which when compared to the neighbouring city Chennai is 50 times less.
  Kalpakkam is known for its nuclear plants and affiliated research installations. These include the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS), one of India's nuclear power plants, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), an affiliate of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). Eminent scientists from various different fields of science work here for research and development in nuclear science and engineering. Kalpakkam hosts the only nuclear plant in India with a Fast Breeder Test Reactor(FBTR) and a Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor(PHWR).
  Due to increasing congestion in Kalpakkam arising from the need to accommodate more employees, a new township of Anupuram/Amaipakkam, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Kalpakkam, was inaugurated in 1998.
  One of the most tragic events in the history of Kalpakkam took place on 26 December 2004 on a Sunday. Kalpakkam was held in a panic which led to chaos and a lot of people evacuating the town.The tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake generated widespread damage and resulted in 200 deaths in and around Kalpakkam. There is a tsunami memorial having a white oval plaque engraved with the names of 39 people who lost their lives in the tsunami.
caption: 1st Street, Kalpakkam Township
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