India's Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam reached criticality, advancing nuclear power. The PFBR uses plutonium fuel and produces more fissile material than it consumes. This milestone marks ...

NEW DELHI: India has taken a major step towards nuclear fuel self-reliance after its indigenously developed Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam attained criticality, marking the start ...

India’s most advanced nuclear reactor has reached a self-sustaining stage that marks a major leap for the country’s atomic energy programme, and takes it a step closer to cutting dependence on uranium ...

Kalpakkam milestone boosts fuel self-reliance and advances thorium-based energy strategy The PFBR is a 500 MWe fast breeder reactor, designed to both generate power and produce more fuel than it ...

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In an important milestone, the prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam achieved criticality on April 6. The term ‘criticality’ is familiar to India: over the decades, it has been associated ...

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