MILESTONES

IGCAR MILE STONES

1971	- REACTOR RESEARCH CENTRE (RRC) ESTABLISHED
1971	- FBTR CIVIL CONSTRUCTION BEGINS
1972	- ENGINEERING HALLS
1973	- CENTRAL DESIGN OFFICE
1975	- REPROCESSING DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY
	- CENTRAL WORKSHOP
	- CENTRAL WATER CHILLING PLANT
1976	- SAFETY RESEARCH LABORATORY
1976	- MATERIALS SCIENCE LABORATORY
1977	- RADIO METALLURGY LABORATORY
1978	- MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY
1980	- RADIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY
1982	- COMPUTER CENTRE & ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
1983	- ELECTRONICS & INSTRUMENTATION LABORATORY
	- PFBR FEASIBILITY REPORT
	- HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY
1985	- FBTR ATTAINED FIRST CRITICALITY [ Oct. 1985 ]
1985	- RRC RENAMED AS INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH (IGCAR) [ Dec. 1985 ]
1987	- LOW POWER EXPERIMENTS IN FBTR
1989	- REPROCESSING OF IRRADIATED THORIUM RODS FOR SEPARATION OF U-233
1990	- SUBMISSION OF DETAILED PROJECT REPORT OF PFBR TO DAE / AEC
1991	- FBTR POWER LEVEL RAISED TO 1 MWt
1991	- THREE COMPONENT SOUND DETECTION AND RANGING (SODAR) SYSTEM INSTALLED
1993	- FBTR POWER LEVEL RAISED TO 4 MWt WITH STEAM WATER CIRCUITS
	- FBTR POWER LEVEL RAISED TO 8 MWt (LHR 250W/cm)
	- FBTR SUSTAINED OPERATION AT 10.5 MWt (LHR 320 W/cm)
	- PARTICLE IRRADIATION FACILITY (PIF) AND RADIO CHEMICAL HOT CELLS COMMISSIONED
1994	- RADIO METALLURGY HOT CELLS COMMISSIONED
	- FACILITY FOR TESTING LARGE REACTOR COMPONENTS IN SODIUM COMMISSIONED
	- SQUID, ASIC AND DIAMOND ANVIL CELL DEVELOPED
	- HIGH POWER PHYSICS AND ENG. EXPERIMENTS IN FBTR
1995	- DECISION ON TWO LOOP DESIGN FOR PFBR
1996	- FBTR FUEL CROSSES 25,000 MWd/t BURN UP
1996	- KAMINI REACTOR CRITICALITY [ Oct. 1996 ]
1997	- FBTR TURBO GENERATOR SYNCHRONIZED TO SOUTHERN GRID
1997	- KAMINI REACTOR TAKEN TO FULL POWER
1998	- COMMISSIONING OF STRUCTURAL MECHANICS LAB
1998	- PFBR MAIN VESSEL SECTOR FABRICATED FOR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
1999	- IRRADIATION EXPERIMENTS IN FBTR FOR CREEP DATA ON ZIRCALOY&Zr-Nb ALLOYS
	- FBTR FUEL SET TO REACH 50,000 MWd/t BURN UP LEVEL
	- SODIUM PUMP TEST FACILITY SET UP FOR ROTOR DYNAMIC STUDIES
	- STATE-OF-THE-ART NEUTRONIC CHANNELS COMMISSIONED FOR FBTR
2000	- CONSULTANTS APPOINTED FOR BOP DESIGN OF PFBR
2001	- BOR0N ENRICHMENT PLANT COMMISSIONED [ Apr. 2001 ]
	- TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FOR MANUFACTURE OF INNER VESSEL SECTORS, SG EVAPORATOR, CSRDM AND DSRDM
	- HYDRAULIC DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMARY SODIUM PUMP
	- FOUNDATION STONE LAID FOR PFBR ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING
2002	- FBTR ACHIEVED A MAJOR LANDMARK OF REACHING FUEL BURN UP OF 100,000 MWd/t, WITHOUT ANY FUEL FAILURE [ Sep. 2002 ]
	- 10 t SEISMIC SHAKE TABLE COMMISSIONED
	- MEASUREMENT STANDARD AND CALIBRATION FACILITY SET UP
	- QUALITY ENGINEERING SERVICES AND TESTING FACILITY SET UP
	- PFBR ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING INAUGURATED
	- SITE EXCAVATION FOR TRIAL BLASTING AND DEWATERING STUDIES
	- CONSTRUCTION OF PFBR SITE ASSEMBLY SHOP COMMENCED
	- LIQUID HELIUM PLANT COMMISSIONED
2003	- CONSTRUCTION OF STEAM GENERATOR TEST FACILITY [ Mar. 2003 ]
	- HYDRAULIC DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY SODIUM PUMP [ Mar. 2003 ]
	- TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FOR MANUFACTURE OF PFBR TRANSFER ARM [ Mar. 2003 ]
	- COMMISSIONING OF 1.7 MeV TANDETRON ACCELERATOR
	- DEMO FACILITY LEAD MINI CELL [LMC] COMMISSIONED FOR REPROCESSING OF FBTR CARBIDE FUEL ON LAB.SCALE [ Mar. 2003 ]
	- TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FOR PFBR STEAM GENERATOR EVAPORATOR COMPLETED [ Mar. 2003 ]
	- PFBR TEST SUBASSEMBLY LOADED INTO FBTR FOR IRRADIATION [ Jun. 2003 ]
	- LOW BURN UP FBTR CARBIDE FUEL PINS CHOPPED AND DISSOLVED IN LMC [ Aug. 2003 ]
	- BORON ENRICHMENT PLANT ACHIEVED 62% ENRICHMENT IN BORON-10 [ Aug. 2003 ]
	- HIGH PURITY [90%] ELEMENTAL BORON PRODUCTION DEMONSTRATED [ Aug. 2003 ]
	- ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL AND FINANCIAL SANCTION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PFBR [ Sep. 2003 ]
	- FORMATION OF NEW COMPANY "BHAVINI" FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PFBR [ Oct. 2003 ]
	- FBTR CARBIDE FUEL REACHED A BURN UP OF 123,000 MWd/t [ Dec. 2003 ]
2004	- PIE OF 100,000 MWd/t IRRADIATED FBTR CARBIDE FUEL COMPLETED [ Jan. 2004 ]
	- NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY OF 100,000 MWd/t IRRADIATED FBTR FUEL CARRIED OUT [ Apr. 2004 ]
	- CLEARANCE FROM SARCOP FOR REPROCESSING OF 25,000 MWd/t IRRADIATED FUEL FROM FBTR IN THE LMC [ Nov. 2004 ]
	- SGTF COMMISSIONED WITH SODIUM AT 2 MW, WITHOUT STEAM GENERATOR
	- 25,000 MWd/t IRRADIATED FBTR FUEL PINS CHOPPED & DISSOLVED IN LMC [ Dec. 2004 ]
2005	- TESTING OF DSRDM IN SODIUM COMPLETED, EXCLUDING ENDURANCE TESTING [ Feb. 2005 ]
	- REPROCESSING OF 50,000 MWd/t IRRADIATED FBTR FUEL PINS WAS COMPLETED [ Mar. 2005 ]
	- TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL THE CRITICAL OF PFBR WAS COMPLETED WITH THE GRID PLATE MANUFACTURED SUCCESSFULLY AT M/S. MTAR, HYDERABAD [ Mar. 2005 ]
	- A FEW Kg OF BORIC ACID ENRICHED TO 65 % WAS DELIVERED FOR PRODUCTION OF ENRICHED ELEMENTAL BORON [ Apr. 2005 ]
	- AT THE END OF THE 12^th IRRADIATION CAMPAIGN, IN MAY 2005, FBTR FUEL ACHIEVED A BURN UP OF 148,000 MWd/t AND PFBR TEST SA REACHED 52,000 MWd/t. [ May 2005 ]
	- REPROCESSING OF 100,000 MWd/t IRRADIATED FBTR FUEL PINS WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY - WITH THIS , THE TECHNOLOGY FOR CLOSING THE FUEL CYCLE DEMONSTRATED [May 2005 ]