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 ...

NEW DELHI: India on Monday made a decisive breakthrough in its nuclear energy programme as the indigenously developed 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam attained criticality at ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India has taken a defining step in its civil nuclear journey as the indigenously built Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam attained criticality. In ...

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary Vaiko on Wednesday (April 8, 2026) urged the Union government to abandon the 500 MW Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor project at Kalpakkam, ...

NEW DELHI: India took a major step towards nuclear fuel self-reliance when its indigenously developed Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu attained criticality on 6 April.

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 ...

A MAN accused of raping a teenage girl in a park is to stand trial next year. Olimpio Ernesto, 51, faced the charge during a hearing at the High Court in Glasgow today. The rape charge includes a ...

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 ...

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 ...

India’s first indigenously designed and built prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR) has attained criticality at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu, taking the country a step closer towards achieving a viable ...

The disruption of the Strait of Hormuz has exposed a critical fragility in India’s energy architecture, its excessive geographic concentration of imports. With nearly 90 per cent of LPG supply routes ...

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