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*Commercial operation of Unit 1 began on 1st January 1991 and Unit 2 on 1st July 1992
*Kaiga Atomic Power Station is located in
Ans : Karnataka
*The plant has been commissioned in
Ans : 16th November 2000
*Kakrapara Atomic Power Station is located in - Gujarat
*It was commissioned on
Ans : 6th May 1993
*Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) was set up
Ans : 16th December 1985 (Kalpakkom)
*The fuel used in FBTR Plutonium
Ans : Uranium mixture
*First country in the world to use plutonium, Uranium carbide - India
Nuclear Research Institutions
*Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) -
*Atomic Energy Commission (ABC)
*Indian Baiths Ltd (IREL)
*Radio Astronomy Centre
*Saha Institute of Nudear physics (SINP)
*Tata institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) - Tata Memorial
*Electronic Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL)
*Central Mining Research Institute-Dhanbad
Important Nuclear Disaters
*Three Mile Island - America - March 28, 1979
*Chernobyl -Ukraine - April 26, 1986
*Fukushima Japan March 11, 2011
Nuclear Pwer Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL)
*Organisation for the generation of nuclear power for electricity
Ans : NPCIL
*NPCIL was started in
Ans : 1987
*NPCIL is situated at Mumabi
