India’s Indigenous Fast Breeder Reactor Marks Major Nuclear Milestone
India’s indigenously developed atomic reactor, the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu, has achieved ‘criticality’, according to a statement by the Centre. This means the reactor can now achieve a self-sustaining nuclear fission reaction without external intervention. A nuclear fission reaction usually produces neutrons. The Prime Minister hailed the achievement. India,…