Kudankulam nuclear power plant safe: DAE official

NEW DELHI: The Kundankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu is safe and functioning normally, a senior official of the Department of Atomic Energy said shortly after a country-made bomb exploded near the facility.

"The plant is running fine and is safe", the official said when asked about the explosion at Idinagarai Tsunami colony in Tirunelveli district that left six persons dead and two injured.

A Home Ministry spokesman said in New Delhi that the country-made bomb went off "accidentally" when some miscreants were making the explosive in their hut at around 1840 hours in Idinagarai Tsunami colony, about 15 km from the nuclear power plant.