Three children from Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu have been selected to participate in ‘Nuclear Kids’, an international music programme in Russia. The programme is an international children’s art project of the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom, which brings together talented children of employees of the nuclear power industry from Russia and foreign partner-countries of Rosatom to set and play a bright musical show annually.
“The aim of the project is to strengthen friendly relationships between children of employees of the nuclear industry from different countries, encourage their creativity, and provide a platform where they can get to know the latest developments in nuclear energy,” Andrey lebedev, VP for projects in South-Asia of ASE Group of Companies, says.
The three students, who qualified are R Poorna Prakash, son of S Manimozhi Haripriya, Planning Department, Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP); R Surya Kumar, son of Ramakrishnan, Mechanical Department, KKNPP and K Hariharan, son of Kandeeban, employee at KKNPP study at Atomic Energy Central School, Kudankulam. “This is the fourth time that students from our school have been selected to go to Russia. Not only so they get an opportunity to perform with students of countries likeBangladesh, China, USA, Angarsk, they also get to visit the nuclear power plants in Russia,” R Velupillai says.
led by R Velupillai of Atomic Energy Central School, Kudankulam, these students have already left for Russia and will be receiving intense training for the next three weeks, along with fitness exercises including swimming, rehearsing, socialising with students from other nations and so on. The finale is to be held in the first week of August where over 50 participants will enthral the audience with a spectacular show.