The 500 MW commercial atomic power project, being
developed by the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) using fast
breeder reactor (FBR) technology, is likely to be completed at least a year
ahead of the scheduled time of seven years.
The board of Bhartiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam (Bhavini), the special purpose company
to implement FBR projects in the
country, has done a review of the Kalpakkam FBR project execution
wherein it was found that the project could achieve further time compression.
The project, which will use the uranium-plutonium mixed oxide as the fuel, was sanctioned in September 2003 and is meant
to be completed by 2010.