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Updated - April 09, 2026 at 09:41 PM.

Kalpakkam: Prime Minister Narendra Modi witnesses initiation of core loading of India’s indigenous Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor, at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu, Monday, March 4, 2024.

India has taken a major step in its nuclear energy journey with the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam achieving “criticality” on April 6, 2026. Criticality means the reactor has started a controlled and self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction for the first time, the point at which it begins producing energy. This marks India’s entry into the second stage of its long-planned three-stage nuclear programme

Published on April 9, 2026

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