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RAPS-1 reactor not decommissioned [1]

Techno-economic studies going on whether to rehabilitate it
CHENNAI: The first reactor at the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station, the RAPS-1 at Rawatbhatta, near Kota, has been shut down permanently since October 2004. The natural uranium fuel has been taken out of the reactor, and the heavy water, which acted as both coolant and moderator, drained from it.

Publication Date: 
22/02/2011
Hindu (New Delhi) [2]
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Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) [3], Nuclear Power Plants [4], Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) [5], Rajasthan [6], Rehabilitation [7], Electricity [8]
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