It was the news S.K. Jain, Chairman and Managing Director of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), was waiting for in the past several months. The news of the Tamil Nadu Cabinet decision to allow the resumption of work on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) also sparked a wave of euphoria through the NPCIL's township near Kudankulam in Tirunelveli district.