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Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam achieves criticality
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Breeder Nuclear reactors(below) have the ability to create more nuclear fuel than they use
u/Thick-Ad-4168 — 13 hours ago
This reactor (Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor)in India creates more fuel than it uses!
u/Thick-Ad-4168 — 13 hours ago
PFBR has reached criticality! After 16 long years of delay!
u/Thick-Ad-4168 — 14 hours ago
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India's 3 stage nuclear power programme meant to exploit the world's largest thorium reserves which are present in India
India has built multiple state of the art nuclear research facilities researching primarily to research thorium based on the above plan.
India is currently on stage 2 with a 500MWe Breeder reactor in advanced stages of commissioning and has completed design of thorium nuclear power plant (AHWR-300)
u/Thick-Ad-4168 — 16 hours ago
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BARC developing an High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor along with 220 MWe . 55 MWe Bharat Small Modular Reactors
BARC, the premier Indian nuclear research organization, is developing SMRs to fulfill India's ambition of at least 100 GW of nuclear capacity by 2047. A 5 MW HTGR will be built by 2027 in Vishakhapatnam, whereas the Tarapur Atomic Power Station site in Maharashtra has been identified for lead units of BSMR-200 and SMR-55.
u/Thick-Ad-4168 — 1 day ago
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(Research paper)Indian Molten Salt Breeder Reactor. Thermophysical Properties of Frozen Coolant Salt
barc.gov.inu/Thick-Ad-4168 — 1 day ago
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Excavation work approved for India's Mahi Banswara units
Excavation work was approved for Indian Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors-700 (MWe) unit 1&2 at Mahi Banswara.
Interestingly this is a join venture between Nuclear Power Corporation of India and the National Thermal Power Corporation.
India currently has 13,100 MW under construction or pre project phase , the goal is to reach 100GW of Nuclear Capacity by 2047
u/Thick-Ad-4168 — 6 days ago
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What are the major technical differences between IPHWR-700 and CANDU?
Wikipedia lists IPHWR-700(pictured above) as a genIII+ reactor design.
Canada developed a 200MWe CANDU reactor in the 1960s in India but after sanctions , India primarily developed it's nuclear reactor in isolation and now uses IPHWR-700 as a backbone of it's reactor fleet
u/Thick-Ad-4168 — 7 days ago