India's Fast Breeder Reactor To Start Generation In September

"The physical progress achieved by the PFBR is 98 percent. The balance is mainly intellectual or knowledge inputs," Chellapandi said.

He reiterated that there are no external items that are needed for the project's completion.

He said various stages of the project are being tested and officials from Atomic Energy Regulatory Board are regularly visiting the project.

"We are trying to make sure that the deadline is not slipped," Chellapandi said.

The dummy fuel  pins numbering 1,757 were loaded in 2013.

Meanwhile, the operators are being trained to run the plant.

The successful commissioning of the reactor will be a big feather in the cap of Indian nuclear scientists.

The PFBR is designed by Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research.

If PFBR gets commissioned this calendar year then it will be the second mega atomic power plant that would go on stream in Tamil Nadu giving the much needed relief to the power starved state.
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