GK
NUCLEAR SCIENCE
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Question
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uranium
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thorium
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plutonium
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none of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -Thorium is particularly attractive for India, as it has only around 1–2% of the global uranium reserves, but one of the largest shares of global thorium reserves at about 25% of the world’s known thorium reserves.
Detailed explanation-2: -Expert-Verified Answer. India has the world’s largest Thorium deposits, enough to produce 500GWe of power, every year for 400 years, if you consider only the reserves that can be extracted economically.
Detailed explanation-3: -The test reactor, which has an underpinning role in India’s preparation for a thorium-based closed fuel cycle, had previously been limited to 32 MWt. FBTR is one of two civil research reactors at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) at Kalpakkam.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) is a 500 MWe fast breeder nuclear reactor presently being constructed at the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) in Kalpakkam, India. The Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) is responsible for the design of this reactor.