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New Delhi, April 6 Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated scientists on Monday for successfully building the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam, as it achieved criticality, a development he described as a "new era" in India's civil nuclear program.India's 500 MWe Prototype Fast...

New Delhi, March 19 Total energy generation from India's nuclear power plants was 45,855 million units (MU) in 2022-23; 47,971 MU in 2023-24; and 56,681 MU in 2024-25, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Thursday.In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, the minister said the country currently...

New Delhi, March 2 – The CIRUS (Canada-India Reactor US) reactor, a cornerstone of India’s early nuclear program that helped establish the country’s capabilities in atomic research and the production of fissile materials, was permanently shut down by the Congress-led UPA government in December...

Washington, February 16 – The US military airlifted a miniature nuclear reactor for the first time, marking a significant step in President Donald Trump’s push to expand nuclear power and bolster military base energy security.Three C-17 transport planes carried components of the Valar Atomics...