Russia’s state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom has made the first delivery of nuclear fuel for India’s Kudankulam-3 nuclear power plant, in Tamil Nadu state, a statement said.

Rosatom said a cargo flight transported the first batch of VVER-1000 fuel assemblies from the Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant in southwestern Siberia to India. Seven flights are planned to deliver the full initial load and reserve fuel.