{"id":171789,"date":"2025-05-09T11:48:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T06:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=171789"},"modified":"2025-05-09T11:48:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T06:18:02","slug":"igcar-stands-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/igcar-stands-for\/","title":{"rendered":"IGCAR stands for"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>IGCAR stands for <strong>Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research<\/strong>, one of India&#8217;s premier nuclear research institutions. It is located in <strong>Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu<\/strong>, and operates under the <strong>Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overview:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Established<\/strong>: 1971<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Primary Focus<\/strong>: Advanced research in nuclear science and technology, particularly in <em>Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR) technology<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Major Projects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR):<\/strong> This is a 500 MW reactor currently under development in Kalpakkam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR):<\/strong> This reactor has been up and running since 1985.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Materials and Fuel Development<\/strong>: Research in advanced nuclear materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reprocessing &amp; Waste Management<\/strong>: Handling spent nuclear fuel safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IGCAR stands for Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, one of India&#8217;s premier nuclear research institutions. It is located in Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, and operates under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India. Overview: Major Projects: Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR): This is a 500 MW reactor currently under development in Kalpakkam. Fast [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":171790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5369],"tags":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-171789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-awareness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171791,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171789\/revisions\/171791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171789"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=171789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}