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S&T — Nuclear, Renewable, Hydrogen, Semiconductors ⚡

NCERT-aligned UPSC Core Geography topic from NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar). Every item is anchored to a real location on India's map — built for boards (CBSE, ICSE, state) and UPSC aspirants.

📚 NCERT TEXTBOOK ALIGNMENT
Class UPSC Geography — NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar) — Chapter: Energy + Semi + Networks (Current).
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India's three-stage nuclear power programme was conceived by which scientist?
Dr Homi J Bhabha
Stage-1 of the programme uses which reactor type and which fuel?
Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) fuelled by natural uranium
Stage-2 uses which reactor type and what fissile material?
Fast Breeder Reactors (FBRs) burning plutonium-239 with a uranium-238 blanket
Stage-3 of the Indian nuclear programme is centred on which fuel cycle?
Thorium-232 → U-233 fuel cycle
India holds roughly what share of the world's thorium reserves?
About 25%
Why is the closed thorium cycle attractive for India?
Fertile Th-232 captures a neutron to become fissile U-233; India has abundant monazite-rich beach sands (Th reserves)
India's major thorium deposits occur in which State's beach sands?
Kerala (monazite-rich black sands of Kollam/Quilon) and Tamil Nadu
Indian Rare Earths Ltd, the PSU mining monazite (Th source), is headquartered at?
Mumbai (under DAE)
India's 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achieved 'core-loading' / first criticality milestone in?
March 2024 (core loading); commercial criticality follow-up
PFBR is located at which site?
Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu
PFBR is built and will be operated by which BHAVINI is the SPV — its full form is?
Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd (BHAVINI)
PFBR uses which coolant?
Liquid sodium (sodium-cooled fast reactor)

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This topic is part of the NCERT UPSC Core Geography syllabus, specifically the textbook NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar), drawn from the chapter Energy + Semi + Networks (Current). Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra for history; G.C. Leong, Savindra Singh for geography; the UPSC Civil Services prelims + mains syllabus).

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