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Did a quick research on PHWR as its stands today in the world.

Only India is actively building (5 x 630MW) and planning more (8 x 630 MW) reactors of this design type (PHWR).... with the current series known as IPHWR-700.

Romania has 2 planned, but these are restarting unfinished projects ordered from Canada (CANDU-6) in thee 1980s, they operate 2.

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Operational MW (reactor number)
Building MW (number)
Planned MW (number)
Shutdown MW (number)

Roughly:


Argentina:

O: 1600 MW (3)


Canada:

O: 15000 MW (19)
S: 1850 MW (6)


China:

O: 1350 MW (2)


Germany:
S: 50 MW (1)


India:

O: 5700 MW (19)
B: 3150 MW (5)
P: 5000 MW (8)


Pakistan

S: 90 MW (1)


Romania:

O: 1300 MW (2)
P: 1300 MW (2)


South Korea:

O: 2000 MW (3)
S: 657 MW (1)


Sweden:
S: 10 MW (1)


USA:

S: 17 MW (1)
 

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It looks like they will first operate and verify everything with U-238 --> Pu-239 breeding before moving onto Th-232 ----> U-233 (the long term objective as set out by Homi Bhaba back in the 1950s.)

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"The 500 Mwe-Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) in Tamil Nadu’s Kalpakkam is expected to achieve first criticality within six months, marking a key step towards India’s energy independence.

With fuel-loading nearly complete, India is on track to become the second country after Russia to operate a fast breeder reactor.


The PFBR in Kalpakkam began receiving fuel on 18 October after the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) granted permission this month."



 

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