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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has witnessed the start of fuel loading at the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu. The PFBR is a 500 MWe sodium-cooled fast breeder nuclear reactor being constructed at Kokkilamedu, near Kalpakkam. The Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) designed the reactor based on the decades of experience gained from operating the lower power Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR).

Date: Wednesday, 06 March 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfuel-loading-begins-at-indias-pfbr-11572275

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi witnessed the start of fuel loading at the 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu. Fast breeder reactors form the second stage of India's three-stage nuclear programme.

Date: Tuesday, 05 March 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fuel-loading-begins-at-Indian-fast-breeder-reactor

Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd has announced that Kakrapar 4 was connected to the grid on 20 February. The 700 MWe unit reached first criticality on 17 December.

Date: Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/India-s-newest-nuclear-unit-connected-to-grid

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dedicated to the nation the Demonstration Fast Reactor Fuel Reprocessing Plant (DFRP) at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) at Kalpakkam in Chengalpattu district. The DFPR was built at a cost of about INR4bn ($48m) and is the world's only industrial-scale plant capable of handling both carbide and oxide used fuels from fast reactors, according to an official statement.

Date: Thursday, 11 January 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsindian-pm-dedicates-demonstration-fuel-reprocessing-plant-to-nation-11425550

The Demonstration Fast Reactor Fuel Reprocessing Plant (DFRP) is a precursor to large-scale plants for the reprocessing of fast reactor fuel.

Date: Friday, 05 January 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Indian-PM-dedicates-demonstration-reprocessing-pla

Hot conditioning of unit 7 at the Rajasthan Atomic Power Plant has been completed, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd has announced. The unit is the third in a series of indigenously designed 700 MWe pressurised heavy water reactors.

Date: Saturday, 02 December 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Indian-unit-reaches-construction-milestone

Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd started loading the first fuel into the core of the pressurised heavy water reactor unit on 20 October, after receiving permission from India's Atomic Energy Regulatory Board.

Date: Tuesday, 24 October 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fuel-loading-begins-at-Kakrapar-4