PFBR set to add 500 MW of electrical power by 2022

MoS for Atomic Energy, Dr Jitendra Singh said that Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor being constructed by Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI) is expected to get commissioned by October 2022. On completion of commissioning, PFBR will be adding 500 MW of electrical power to the national grid. Presently there are technical issues which have resulted in delay in commissioning of PFBR. In the last three years, while commissioning activities of the various Systems, Structures & Equipment of Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor are progressing, a large number of technical challenges as well as design inadequacies (owing to the first-of-a-kind status of the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor) are being encountered at each stage, thereby resulting into delay in commissioning. These issues are being attended in close coordination with the designers and the experts within Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).