IGCAR
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The Reactor Research Centre set up at Kalpakkam, India, 80 km south of Chennai in 1971 under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) was renamed Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR) in 1985. The center is primarily a research facility besides being a nuclear power plant aiding in meeting a percentage of the electricity demands of the country.
There are two reactors at IGCAR. FBTR is a liquid metal cooled fast breeder reactor. There is another reactor called KAMINI (Kalpakkam Mini) which is a light water reactor with U233 as fuel meant for neutron radiography and activation analysis experiments. These reactors are operated and maintained by Reactor Operation and Maintenance Group(ROMG).
It has mastered the technology of reprocessing highly irradiated mixed carbide fuel for the first time in the world.
The Director of IGCAR is Dr. Baldev Raj.
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