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FBTR

FBTR, a research reactor (fast) in Kalpakkam, India, with 40 MW of thermal power, operated by Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research. Operating, first critical in 1985.

By thermal power it ranks second among the 5 research reactors operating in India. It went critical 29 years after the first research reactor in India, Apsara (1956). It is one of 15 fast research reactors operating worldwide, spread across 6 countries. Its declared uses include isotope production, training and materials testing.

Country

India

City

Kalpakkam

Type

Fast

Thermal power

40 MW

Operator

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

Status

Operating

First criticality

1985

Purpose

Isotope production, training, materials testing

See also: every research reactor in India · How research reactors work