NEW DELHI: In a big boost for India’s civil nuclear energy production, the indigenously designed and built Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu has attained ...

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 ...

Marking a significant step forward in India’s nuclear power programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, via a post on X, late on Monday (April 6, 2026), said that the prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR ...

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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.

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 ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed a major milestone in India's civil nuclear programme, announcing that the indigenously built Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam, Tamil ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. India’s most advanced nuclear reactor has reached a self-sustaining stage that marks a major leap for the country’s atomic energy ...

India took a significant step towards energy independence on 6 April 2026, when the indigenously designed and built Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam attained first criticality. This ...

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India is advancing its civil nuclear program with its Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam now able to self-sustain a nuclear chain reaction. In other news, nine police officers have been sentenced to ...

The first Indian-built fast breeder nuclear reactor has achieved criticality, the stage at which the atomic reaction becomes self-sustaining, according to a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...