CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Originally planned to be commissioned in 2010, the construction of the reactor suffered from multiple delays. As of December 2022, the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor was expected for completion in 2024.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first experimental breeder reactor, designated EBR-1, was developed in 1951 by U.S. scientists at the National Reactor Testing Station (now called Idaho National Engineering Laboratory), near Idaho Falls, Idaho. France, Great Britain, Japan, and the Soviet Union subsequently built experimental breeders.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Superphenix, the world’s first commercial-sized breeder reactor, was abandoned in 1998 and is being decommissioned.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kamini (Kalpakkam Mini reactor) is the first fast breeder neutron reactor in India.

Detailed explanation-5: -APSARA (India’s First Nuclear Research Reactor) Was Commissioned - [August 4, 1956] This Day in History. On 4 August 1956, Nuclear Research Reactor APSARA was commissioned by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). APSARA was the first Nuclear Research Reactor in India and also Asia.