The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has decided to send Minister of State in the PMO, V Narayanasamy to Tamil Nadu today to address the issue of public protest against construction of Koodankulam nuclear power project in the state. Earleir, the Tamilnadu Chief Minister has urged Prime Minister to halt the work on the Koodankulam project and convince the people who are protesting against the project. In a letter to Dr.Singh yesterday, Ms.Jayalalithaa had explained the concerns and the fears of the people who are protesting as they were under apprehension in the wake of the related incidents in the nuclear projects.elsewhere. Reacting to the letter, the Prime Minister assured that he would be deputing Minister of State Mr.V.Narayanasamy alongwith a senior delegation of the Ministry to meet the protestors who have been on a fast for the last nine days. Social activist Medha Patkar met the protestors yesterday at Tirunelveli and expressed solidarity with them. Talking to Doordarshan, the MoS V. Narayanasamy said that the safety measures in the nuclear plant is the top priority of the government and asked people to call of their agitation. AIR Chennai correspondent reports that the agitation against the project has intensified since late last month after the authorities announced that the first of the two 1×1000 MWe reactors set up at the coastal village of Koodankulam would be commissioned in December. Preparations are underway for the hotrun of the of the first reactor of 1000Mwe capacity by the end the next month. This will be an important activity that will take place before the reactor is loaded with the real fuel assemblies made of enriched uranium.Precomissioning activities of the second reactor also of 1000 mwe capacity have already started. It will reach criticality about nine months after the first reactor does so The two reactors are of theVVER family which stands for water cooled water moderated energy sector.