Kalpakkam, March 4 -- In a significant milestone marking entry into the second stage of India's three-stage nuclear programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday witnessed the commencement of "core loading" at India's first indigenous Fast Breeder Reactor (500 MWe) at Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu.

The Prime Minister took a tour of the reactor vault and the control room of the Reactor. He was briefed about the salient features of the facility.

Once commissioned, India will only be the second country after Russia to have commercial operating Fast Breeder Reactor.

An official release said that India has developed comprehensive capabilities spanning the entire spectrum of the nuclear fuel cycle. The Government had approved in 2003, the creati...