India's status

India’s first 40 MWt Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) attained criticality on 18 October 1985.

Construction (already in its final stages) of another FBR — the 500 MWe prototype fast breeder reactor - at Kalpakkam, near Chennai

Significance to India It has one of the world's largest reserves of thorium, which could provide power for more than 10,000 years. Thorium can be converted to usable fuel using FBRs.