Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R).\n **Assertion (A):** The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu uses light water reactors instead of pressurized heavy water reactors (PHWRs).\n **Reason (R):** Kudankulam was constructed in collaboration with Russia, which specializes in VVER-type pressurized water reactors.\n Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Options:

  • A: Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  • B: Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
  • C: (A) is true but (R) is false.
  • D: (A) is false but (R) is true.

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