The government informed the Lok Sabha today that Unit-1 of the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station was shut down on the 11th of March this year following a leakage. The safety systems actuated automatically and the unit was shut down. The leakage was subsequently located and the affected channel defueled and isolated. Minister of State in PMO Jitendra Singh said, the plant is safe. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India and the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board are investigating the cause of the leakage.