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Saturday, July 28, 2012

India touts plutonium prototype-fast-breeder reactor

India touts plutonium prototype-fast-breeder reactor

R.K. Sinha, chairman of India's Atomic Energy Commission, announced that because of a shortage of uranium fuel, the AEC's nuclear project will shift to plutonium reactors that are "prototype fast breeder" types. Sinha said local industries developed the reactors, which will be used at the Kalpakkam site in 2014. The Economic Times (India)

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