The Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor is significant because:
The Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor is significant because:
Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor महत्वपूर्ण है क्योंकि:
Detailed Solution & Logic
It produces more fuel than it consumes and supports thorium utilisation/ यह जितना ईंधन खर्च करता है उससे अधिक उत्पन्न करता है और थोरियम उपयोग में सहायक है
Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) एक फास्ट ब्रीडर रिएक्टर है, जो जितना ईंधन उपयोग करता है उससे अधिक नया ईंधन उत्पन्न करता है। यह भारत की परमाणु ऊर्जा रणनीति में महत्वपूर्ण है क्योंकि यह थोरियम के उपयोग में मदद करता है, जो भारत में प्रचुर मात्रा में उपलब्ध है।
Extra Facts (अतिरिक्त तथ्य)
- PFBR is located at Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu
- It is part of the second stage of India’s three-stage nuclear power programme
- Developed by Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
- Uses plutonium-based fuel instead of only uranium
- PFBR Kalpakkam, तमिलनाडु में स्थित है
- यह भारत के तीन-चरणीय परमाणु कार्यक्रम के दूसरे चरण का हिस्सा है
- इसे Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research द्वारा विकसित किया गया है
- इसमें केवल यूरेनियम नहीं बल्कि प्लूटोनियम आधारित ईंधन का उपयोग होता है
It produces more fuel than it consumes and supports thorium utilisation
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