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Nuclear-assisted hydrogen production facility opens in Kalpakkam, India

July 17, 2026, 6:57AMNuclear News
Ajit Kumar Mohanty (foreground), secretary of the Indian Department of Atomic Energy and chair of the Atomic Energy Commission, and Shri Sreekumar G. Pillai (left background), director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, participate in the inauguration of the Hydrogen Production Facility at the center on June 29. (Photo: DAE)

At the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) in Kalpakkam, the Indian Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has inaugurated a hydrogen production facility based on the copper-chlorine thermochemical cycle that uses nuclear process heat generated by the fast breeder test reactor (FBTR).

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