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Kalpakkam (nuclear)
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Overview
Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu is the home of India's fast-breeder programme, the second stage of the three-stage nuclear plan. The Fast Breeder Test Reactor started here in 1985. The 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor, built by BHAVINI, began core loading in March 2024.
Geography and key facts
- Tamil Nadu
- Fast Breeder Test Reactor, 1985
- PFBR core loading, 2024
- Stage 2 of the nuclear programme
Why it matters for UPSC
Central to questions on the three-stage nuclear programme.
Note for UPSC
Tamil Nadu; also hosts the fast-breeder programme.
Power plants are asked as plant–state pairs and by type of energy.
Asked in PYQs
No question in our Prelims bank names Kalpakkam (nuclear) yet.
Key facts
- Type
- Power plant
- State / UT
- Tamil Nadu
- Kind
- nuclear
- Coordinates
- 12.557°N, 80.175°E
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In the lessons
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