Kakrapar 3 achieves first criticality : New Nuclear - World Nuclear News

Kakrapar 3 achieves first criticality : New Nuclear - World Nuclear News: Unit 3 of the Kakrapar nuclear power plant in the Surat district of the Indian state of Gujarat has attained a sustained chain reaction for the first time. It is the country's first indigenously-designed 700 MWe pressurised heavy water reactor to reach the commissioning milestone. Loading of fuel into the reactor's core was completed in mid-March.