US Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) has replaced a key component in its liquid metal test loop, which is used ...

which in the fast-breeder reactor (FBR) configuration can use uranium fuel significantly more efficiently by using fast neutrons to change (‘breed’) 238 U into 239 Pu, which can then be mixed ...

Fast Breeders Want To Close The Fuel Cycle The Superphénix reactor in France is one of a handful of operational fast-neutron reactor designs. One of the primary forms of waste from a typical ...

Maharashtra on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Russia's state-owned company ROSATOM for development of a Small Modular Reactor based on thorium fuel.

India's first prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR) in Kalpakkam is set to be commissioned by 2025-26, marking a crucial step in the nation's three-stage nuclear program. Developed by Bhavini ...

The 500 MW prototype fast breeder reactor at Kalpakkam near Chennai is expected to attain first criticality by March 2026 while completion of the reactor is likely by September 2026, according to ...

TerraPower’s reactor will use liquid sodium as a cooling agent such as the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor, which Japan decided to decommission after a series of accidents. Japan can ...

India's first prototype fast-breeder reactor in Tamil Nadu's Kalpakkam is expected to be commissioned next year, nearly two years after it got the go-ahead from the nuclear regulator, officials ...

Given that India has multiple times more thorium than uranium, fast breeder reactors (FBR) appeared to offer a solution for our problems. Bhabha, optimistically, predicted that the country would ...

India's first prototype fast-breeder reactor in Tamil Nadu's Kalpakkam is expected to be commissioned next year, nearly two years after it got the go-ahead from the nuclear regulator, officials ...

NEW DELHI: India's first prototype fast-breeder reactor in Tamil Nadu's Kalpakkam is expected to be commissioned next year, nearly two years after it got the go-ahead from the nuclear regulator ...