{"id":14410,"date":"2026-04-07T07:18:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=14410"},"modified":"2026-04-07T07:18:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:18:43","slug":"india-moves-closer-to-nuclear-fuel-self-reliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=14410","title":{"rendered":"India moves closer to &#8216;nuclear fuel&#8217; self-reliance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>New Delhi: India has moved closer to producing its own nuclear fuel after a domestic-designed reactor began a controlled nuclear reaction, an important step before it can start generating power.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Energy-hungry India, the world\u2019s most populous country and third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, has ambitious plans to expand nuclear power capacity from its current eight to 100 gigawatts by 2047.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam attained \u201ccriticality\u201d, the stage at which a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday, India takes a defining step in its civil nuclear journey, advancing the second stage of its nuclear programme,\u201d Modi said in a statement late Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis advanced reactor, capable of producing more fuel than it consumes, reflects the depth of our scientific capability and the strength of our engineering enterprise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Modi called it a \u201cdecisive step towards harnessing our vast thorium reserves\u201d, a potential fuel for nuclear reactors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reactor does not yet generate electricity for the grid. That comes in the next stages, once the reactor moves to full power operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The development also comes at a time of global energy uncertainty, including war in the Middle East, which has heightened concerns about fuel supply disruptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India remains heavily dependent on coal, but has pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2070.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: India has moved closer to producing its own nuclear fuel after a domestic-designed reactor began a controlled nuclear reaction, an important step before it can start generating power. Energy-hungry India, the world\u2019s most populous country and third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, has ambitious plans to expand nuclear power capacity from its current eight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"no","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_3859443944190656_828796993651875":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[{"account":"facebook_3859443944190656_828796993651875","service":"facebook","timestamp":1775546338,"status":"success"}],"rop_publish_now_status":"done","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14413,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14410\/revisions\/14413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}