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India has to go for nuclear power generation in a big way using thorium-based reactors. Thorium, a non-fissile material is available in abundance in our country." [108] India has vast thorium reserves and quite limited uranium reserves. [109] [110] The long-term goal of India's nuclear program has been to develop an advanced heavy-water thorium ...
The reactor was designed to produce 40 MW of thermal power and 13.2 MW of electrical power. The initial nuclear fuel core used in the FBTR consisted of approximately 50 kg (110 lb) of weapons-grade plutonium. The FBTR has rarely operated at its designed capacity and had to be shut down between 1987 and 1989 due to technical problems.
India has the capability to use thorium cycle based processes to extract nuclear fuel. This is of special significance to the Indian nuclear power generation strategy as India has one of the world's largest reserves of thorium , which could provide power for perhaps as long as 60,000 years.
Monazite powder, a rare earth and thorium phosphate mineral, is the primary source of the world's thorium. India's three-stage nuclear power programme was formulated by Homi Bhabha, the well-known physicist, in the 1950s to secure the country's long term energy independence, through the use of uranium and thorium reserves found in the monazite sands of coastal regions of South India.
Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project is a proposed nuclear power plant in India. If built, it would be the largest nuclear power generating station in the world by net generation capacity, at 9,900 MW . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The power project is proposed by Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) and would be built at Madban village of Ratnagiri district in ...
Tarapur Atomic Power Station (T.A.P.S.) is located in Tarapur, Palghar, India. It was the first commercial nuclear power station built in India. [2] It is one of the largest nuclear power plant in the country. It has 4 reactors, 2 BWR-1 of 160 MWe each and 2 IPHWRs Of 540 MWe each.
The hardened finished product, which looks like black charcoal, can be safely held in-hand. This fuel is set to power the next generation of America’s nuclear reactors — small, modular power ...
The Fast Breeder Reactor-600 (FBR-600) or Indian Fast Breeder Reactor (IFBR) or Commercial Fast Breeder Reactor (CFBR) is a 600-MWe fast breeder nuclear reactor design presently being designed as part of India's three-stage nuclear power programme to commercialise the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor built at Kalpakkam.