India's Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor symbolizes nuclear ambition but raises critical concerns over transparency, ...

The initiation of a controlled nuclear fission chain reaction at the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor sees India move into the second stage of a three-stage nuclear programme which ultimately aims to ...

India's Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam has attained criticality, moving closer to full power generation and advancing the second stage of the country's long-term nuclear energy strategy ...

India's first fast-breeder reactor in Kalpakkam achieves criticality, marking a significant milestone in the nation's nuclear journey.

India achieves PFBR criticality at Kalpakkam, earning IAEA praise. Milestone boosts nuclear fuel sustainability and supports ...

India achieved a significant milestone as its indigenously developed 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam attained criticality. This breakthrough signals a crucial step towards ...

India's first fast breeder reactor, delayed for 15 years, has gone critical, marking a significant milestone in nuclear energy.

India has brought a long-delayed but strategically important nuclear project to a key operational ...

In a post on the social platform X, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the country's long-anticipated Prototype Fast ...

The first breeder reactor, i.e., one that produces more nuclear fuel material as a byproduct than is used to generate energy, went online almost 75 years ago. So, it's hardly some form of sci-fi ...

Through subterfuge, ingenuity, and an unceasing love of chemistry, 17-year-old boy scout David Hahn more than earned his ...

The 500 MW prototype fast-breeder reactor is located at Kalpakkam, about 70 km south of Chennai. (Courtesy: Department of ...