Describe major achievements of the Indian nuclear programme of using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. F.S.T.01

Describe major achievements of the Indian nuclear programme of using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

Reactors capable of yielding power upto 500 Megawatts. Smaller reactors which give 1 to 5 Megawatt power are mostly used for reseasch work. The large ones are used for producing electricity, and driving submarines, or ships. From the uranium rods used in the reactor, another fissionable material like Plutonium 239 may be obtained. Thus, a reactor set up to generate energy can become a source for obtaining material for making a bomb. India is committed to the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.