The global demand for sustainable energy solutions is growing at an unprecedented pace. Governments and private institutions across the globe are working on increasing the adoption of renewable energy ...

Now that we can access uranium from the international market, the thermal reactor capacity is on a growth path. This scale-up is an opportunity to enable a faster transition to thorium-based nuclear ...

India’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) will allow the country’s flagship 500-MWe/1,250-MWth prototype fast-breeder reactor (PFBR) in Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, to approach criticality. The nuclear ...

The second stage uses this plutonium in fast breeder reactors to multiply fuel and prepare the ground for the final phase — thorium-based nuclear power, where thorium is converted into uranium-233 for ...

CHENNAI, (IANS) – On March 4 India stepped into a milestone second stage of its three-stage nuclear power program with the commencement of “core loading” at the first indigenous Fast Breeder Reactor ...

Having overcome multiple challenges, fuel loading at India's first prototype fast-breeder reactor in Tamil Nadu's Kalpakkam is expected to start next week. Nuclear scientists, working on the ...

Russia's new BN-800 nuclear reactor uses no expensive moderator, and could even produce no nuclear waste. Is this the future of nuclear power? Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

CHENNAI: The Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) in Kalpakkam has marked 40 years since the Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) first went critical on 18 October 1985, celebrating the ...

Theoretically, there's no better, more practical source of reliable, carbon-free energy than the current generation of nuclear reactors. In practice, the theory holds water, but there are still a few ...

China is building two advanced nuclear reactors with Russian assistance that will produce plutonium for Beijing’s rapid buildup of nuclear weapons, according to a new Air Force think tank study. The ...