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 ...

In an important milestone, the prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam achieved criticality on April 6. The term ‘criticality’ is familiar to India: over the decades, it has been associated ...

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NEW DELHI: India has taken a major step towards nuclear fuel self-reliance after its indigenously developed Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam attained criticality, marking the start ...

India’s most advanced nuclear reactor has reached a self-sustaining stage that marks a major leap for the country’s atomic energy programme, and takes it a step closer to cutting dependence on uranium ...

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 ...

Kalpakkam milestone boosts fuel self-reliance and advances thorium-based energy strategy The PFBR is a 500 MWe fast breeder reactor, designed to both generate power and produce more fuel than it ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...