"Massive respect to the scientists and engineers who pulled off this incredibly complex indigenous feat." ...

The indigenously designed and built Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam attained first criticality on April 6.

India's first fast-breeder reactor in Kalpakkam achieves criticality, marking a significant milestone in the nation's nuclear ...

India’s most advanced reactor has set the country on a path towards potentially cutting its dependence on uranium.

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 ...

India has a major milestone by achieving the second stage out of the three-stage nuclear power program with the indigenously ...

India's Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam has attained a historic milestone. The 500 MWe reactor, which produces ...

The country has now entered stage 2 of its nuclear programme, pursuing a path largely abandoned globally, with only Russia ...

India has brought a long-delayed but strategically important nuclear project to a key operational ...

India has made history as the indigenously built fast breeder reactor at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu has attained criticality.

India's PFBR at Kalpakkam achieved first criticality on 6 April 2026. The full story of a 70-year nuclear gamble, the 22-year ...