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'''KAMINI''' (Kalpakkam Mini reactor) is a [[research reactor]] at [[Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research]] in [[Kalpakkam]], [[India]]. It achieved [[Critical mass|criticality]] on October 29, 1996.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wiseinternational.org/nuclear-monitor/461/india-experimental-thorium-reactor-critical |title=India: Experimental thorium reactor critical |publisher=Wise International |date=1996-11-13 |accessdate=2016-08-17}}</ref> Designed and built jointly by the [[Bhabha Atomic Research Centre]] (BARC) and [[Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research]] (IGCAR)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dae.gov.in/ni/nisep02/xx/kamini.htm|title=Applications of KAMINI - The Reactor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205152002/http://www.dae.gov.in/ni/nisep02/xx/kamini.htm|archive-date=5 February 2012}}</ref> it produces 30&nbsp;KW<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.igcar.ernet.in/igc2004/rpg/rpg.htm|title=IGCAR Repocessing Group|archive-date=18 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718120052/http://www.igcar.ernet.in/igc2004/rpg/rpg.htm}}</ref> of thermal energy at full power.<br />
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KAMINI is cooled and moderated by light water, and fueled with uranium-233 metal produced by the [[thorium fuel cycle]] harnessed by the neighbouring [[FBTR]] reactor.<br />
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{{As of|2006}}, it is the world's only [[Thorium-based nuclear power|thorium-based experimental reactor]].<br />
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KAMINI was the first and is currently the only reactor in the world designed specifically to use [[Uranium-233]] fuel. Use of the large [[Thorium]] reserves to produce [[Nuclear fuel]] is a [[India's three-stage nuclear power programme|key strategy of India's nuclear energy program]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.igcar.ernet.in/romg/kaminiintro.htm KAlpakkam Mini Reactor (KAMINI)]<br />
*[http://www.barc.gov.in/reactor/tfc_kam.html Thorium fuel cycle in India:KAMINI fuel]<br />
* [http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20181016-why-india-wants-to-turn-its-beaches-into-nuclear-fuel BBC - Why India wants to turn its beaches into nuclear fuel.html]<br />
* [http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2018/ph241/wolak1/ Stanford - India - A Key Player in the Future of Thorium]<br />
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