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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.
Yilin Liang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Yunzhao Li (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Yuancheng Zhou (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Yisong Li (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Shilong Zhou (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Hengrui Zhang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Weiguo Wang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Yuxiang Ou (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Songzhe Wang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Junwei Qin (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Ruizhi Shao (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Xiaoying Li (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Wei Shen (Candu Owners Group)
Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1948-1957