Kalpakkam - Wikipedia

Kalpakkam is a township 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 coastal town is humid. Summers here prevail from early March till late May. Temperatures in the Su

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"Kalpakkam was in the news and a cause of concern when it was initially reported that Madras Atomic Power Station has been damaged by the 2004 tsunami. However, it was successfully shut down without incident. Power production has since resumed at MAPS."