BHAVINI completing initial fuel loading of Prototype Fast Breeder reactor
India’s Nuclear Power generation capacity is to increase by around 70% in the next 5 years reaching 13.08 GWe by 2029, says Minister of State leading the Department of Atomic Energy, Dr Jitendra Singh, after convening a high-level meeting to review on 25 June.
“Installed capacity of 7.48 GWe will become 13.08 GWe by 2029, which is over 70% increase with addition of 7 new reactors,” he said at the review of 100 days Action Plan of the Department of Atomic Energy http://dae.gov.in .
Highlighting India’s progress in nuclear energy and renewable energy in the energy landscape, Dr Jitendra Singh gave directions for upcoming plans https://world-nuclear.org/ .
He directed the department to integrate and collaborate to harness full potential, by capacity building and sharing of knowledge, resources and expertise https://www.iaea.org/ .
The Minister emphasized on indigenous development of technology, “Indigenous technology development and promoting energy security should be our priority https://www.makeinindia.com/home/ .”
He recalled that this government has allowed Joint Ventures https://www.ibef.org/ with public sector units, increasing budget through collaboration, use of next generation technologies, and increasing cooperation.
Speaking on the ease of doing research and scaling up activities he said we are giving single point approval to promote ease of science and promote ease of living for citizens by application of nuclear technology https://www.ans.org/ .
Dr Jitendra Singh informed that the department is suitably designing the 220MW Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) to use a Bharat Small Reactor (BSR) for captive nuclear power generation https://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/ .
He also informed that DAE is also working on Bharat Small Modular Reactor (BSMR) 220 MW to use light water-based reactors by replacing Calandria by pressure vessel https://www.nseindia.com/ .
BHAVINI, a public sector undertaking, is in progress to complete initial fuel loading of Prototype Fast Breeder reactor and its 1st approach to criticality is expected in the coming months. “This is the 1st fast breeder reactor to produce more fuel than it consumes https://www.bseindia.com/ ,” he said.
The minister emphasized that along with energy security, health and food security, Radiopharmaceuticals & nuclear medicine, agriculture, and food preservation should also be focused https://pharmaceuticals.gov.in/ .
He elaborated on the development in radiation technology https://www.meity.gov.in/ , saying this will lead to economic and societal benefit of common citizens and promote ease of living and promote research in basic, applied and translational sciences using subatomic particles. Fiinews.com
