India Achieves Nuclear Criticality, Top Scientist Calls It "Akshay Patra Moment" | Read

After more than two decades of painstaking scientific effort, India has crossed one of the most consequential milestones in its civil nuclear programme. The Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu has achieved first criticality, the moment when a sustained nuclear fission reaction is established.