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IEA Welcomes India’s PFBR at Kalpakkam Reaching Criticality

IEA Welcomes India’s PFBR at Kalpakkam Reaching Criticality

India’s indigenously built Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam has achieved criticality, a key step toward power generation. The milestone, hailed by the IEA, advances the country’s second-stage civil nuclear program and underscores progress in energy security and engineering capability.

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IEA hails India as nuclear reactor achieves criticality