World’s first nuclear process heat-based hydrogen facility opens at IGCAR, Kalpakkam
Key facts
- A hydrogen production facility using nuclear process heat opened at IGCAR, Kalpakkam, on 26 June 2026.
- It is described as the world's first facility of its kind.
- It uses the Copper-Chlorine thermochemical cycle, developed indigenously by BARC.
- Heat comes from the Fast Breeder Test Reactor at Kalpakkam.
Why it matters
[First] The plant is a technology demonstrator for making hydrogen with nuclear heat. It links India's nuclear programme with its clean hydrogen goals. DAE Secretary Ajit Kumar Mohanty inaugurated it.