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In an important milestone, the prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam achieved criticality on April 6. The term ‘criticality’ is familiar to India: over the decades, it has been associated ...

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On March 4, for the first time in eight years, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved a construction permit for a commercial nuclear reactor, which is to be built in western Wyoming, the ...

LIMERICK TWP., Pa. - Major upgrades are coming to Montgomery County's sole nuclear power plant. Constellation Energy, the plant's owner, today announced that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ...

Earlier today, Trump claimed that Iran was on the verge of developing missiles capable of reaching the American homeland, framing the ongoing war as a pre-emptive necessity to neutralise a growing ...

****Uncertainty shrouds the US-Iran dialogue in Pakistan as there is no official word about arrival of delegates on Friday Foreign Secretary Misri, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio discusses trade, ...

India has brought a long-delayed but strategically important nuclear project to a key operational milestone. The 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, has now reached ...

India on Monday achieved a major milestone in its civil nuclear programme, with the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu attaining “criticality”. External Affairs Minister ...

The 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) has successfully attained first criticality (start of controlled fission chain reaction) on 6th April 2026. India on Monday moved a step closer to ...

It’s been two years since the biomass plant on Fort Drum shut down. New York state removed forest scraps from its list of renewable energies, and therefore, the tax credits provided the company that ...