The Dawn of the Thorium Age: How India’s Kalpakkam Breakthrough Secures a 1,000-Year Energy Legacy
The Dawn of the Thorium Age: On a quiet Sunday in April 2026, history was written in the containment domes of the Coromandel Coast. Roughly 60 km south of Chennai, within the sprawling Kalpakkam nuclear complex, India’s 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achieved its first criticality. This wasn’t just a technical “on-switch”; it … Read more