PM Modi dedicates Rs 400-crore demonstration fast reactor fuel reprocessing plant

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday dedicated to the nation the Rs 400 crore Demonstration Fast Reactor Fuel Reprocessing Plant (DFRP) at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam.

The plant is a pilot for the bigger facility that would come up to reprocess the fuel that



would come out of the two more 500 MW Prototype Fast Breeder Reactors (PFBR) that would come up later.

The fast reactor power generation company Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd (BHAVINI) in Kalpakkam is setting up the PFBR and in the future, two more fast reactors will also be built by the company.