Authorities said on Sunday they shut down the Indira Gandhi Atomic Energy Centre in Kalpakkam, 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of Tamil Nadu capital, Madras, as a precaution. Tamil Nadu was the worst hit state on the mainland in India with 6,170 people dead.

Five senior members inspected the nuclear power reactors and other facilities at Kalpakkam Wednesday to assess the status of the plant in view of the tsunami hitting the east coast on December 26, Press Trust of India said, citing a statement from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board.

The team inspected all the important areas of the plant, including the reactor building, the control room, turbine building, pump house and firewater pump house and all structures were found to be in good condition, the statement said.

Water seeped into the facility located on the coast after the tsunami hit, officials said.

There are 2,290 scientists and engineers working at the nuclear power facility in Kalpakkam.

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