GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -On December 20, 1951, EBR-I became the first power plant to produce usable electricity through atomic fission. It powered four 200-watt lightbulbs and eventually generated enough electricity to light the entire facility.

Detailed explanation-2: -1954: The first nuclear power plant to be connected to an external grid goes operational in Obninsk, outside of Moscow.

Detailed explanation-3: -India’s and Asia’s first nuclear reactor, Apsara reached criticality at 3:45 p.m on 4 August 1956 and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Nehru on 20 January 1957.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nuclear reactors are used to produce power, for medical science, and to create materials for nuclear weapons. The first nuclear reactors were constructed during the Manhattan Project, and used to produce the uranium and plutonium that would eventually go into the Fat Man and Little Boy bombs.