India’s first Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR) for commercial nuclear energy generation in Kalpakkam has the following capacity in MWe (megawatt equivalent):
Q. India’s first Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR) for commercial nuclear energy generation in Kalpakkam has the following capacity in MWe (megawatt equivalent):
Answer: 500 MWe
Notes: India's Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) is a sodium-cooled fast breeder nuclear reactor currently under construction at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research in Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu. The PFBR is designed to generate 500 MW of electricity using a combination of plutonium and uranium as fuel. The reactor is expected to be completed in 2022, and will be the first of its kind in India.

 

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