Nuclear Power MCQ — 2 अभ्यास प्रश्न उत्तर सहित

Explanation

In Stage 3 of India's three stage nuclear power programme, Thorium-232 is placed in the reactor blanket and through neutron transmutation it is converted into fissile Uranium-233, which then fuels thorium based reactors. This leverages India's large thorium reserves found mainly in the monazite sands of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Plutonium-239 is used in Stage 2 through breeding from Uranium-238.

Explanation

Statements 1 and 2 are correct. The PFBR is a 500 MWe reactor using Uranium-Plutonium MOX fuel and was built by BHAVINI using technology from IGCAR. Statement 3 is wrong: the PFBR marks the beginning of the SECOND stage, not the third. Stage 3 will use Thorium-232 in the blanket to breed fissile Uranium-233.