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India’s PFBR attains criticality at last
Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed it “a proud moment for India” when on April 6 the 500-MWe, sodium-cooled Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achieved initial criticality. This milestone, which comes some 22 years after the continually delayed PFBR project began, marks India’s entrance into the second stage of its three-stage nuclear program, which has the ultimate goal of supporting the country’s nuclear power program with its significant thorium reserves.
November 17–21, 2019
Nuclear Technology for the U.S. and the World
Washington, DC|Marriott Wardman Park
General Chair:
John L. Hopkins (Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, NuScale Power, LLC)
Program Chair:
Jeff Brault
Assistant Program Chairs:
Jared Johnson (Chemical Engineer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
James Behrens (U. S. Navy (Ret.))
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Catherine Perego (Westinghouse Electric Company)
Program Chairs:
Alyse Huffman (ANS Congressional Fellow)
Nicolas Stauff (Argonne National Laboratory)
