Mains Paper II · 3 Science & Technology · 3.8 Nuclear technology

3.8.3 Bhabha, DAE and the three-stage programme: PHWR, fast breeder and thorium

Homi Bhabha founded India's nuclear programme and its three-stage plan: natural-uranium PHWRs, then plutonium fast breeders, then thorium-uranium-233 reactors.

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Key terms

  • Homi Bhabha
  • DAE
  • AEC
  • TIFR
  • BARC
  • IGCAR
  • three-stage programme
  • PFBR
  • BHAVINI
  • AHWR
  • thorium
  • uranium-233

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