Explore India's pursuit of fast-breeder nuclear reactors, focusing on criticality, efficiency, and long-term energy security.

On 6 April 2026, inside a contained steel vessel on the southern coast of Tamil Nadu, something quietly extraordinary ...

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 ...

Inside the reactor, plutonium atoms get split, releasing heat and neutrons that sustain the reaction and generate power, while a blanket of uranium surrounding the core gets converted into more ...

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

The country's indigenously designed and built Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) is located at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu. A ...

India’s Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam has achieved criticality, marking a major step in the country’s nuclear ...

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 ...

A reactor in Tamil Nadu achieved something six decades in the making. The celebration is warranted. So is the sober ...

India enters Stage II of its nuclear programme as the Kalpakkam PFBR reaches first criticality, a breakthrough in global ...

As per the department of atomic energy (DAE), the technology development and design of PFBR was indigenously done by the ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed a landmark achievement in India’s nuclear programme, congratulating the nation’s scientists and engineers after the indigenously designed Prototype Fast ...