India to the World
Wikimedia Commons, via Wikipedia: India's three-stage nuclear power programme

Energy & Nuclear

Bhabha's three-stage thorium strategy

conceived 1954Homi J. BhabhaDepartment of Atomic Energy planPan-Indian / unspecified

1954

A plan to move from uranium reactors to fast breeders and finally thorium-based reactors.

Dated
1954
As scholars put it
conceived 1954
Originator
Homi J. Bhabha
Source text
Department of Atomic Energy plan
Region
Pan-Indian / unspecified
Discipline
Energy & Nuclear
Evidence
Documented
Confidence
High
Verification
Verified-web

Fair to say

Stage three (thorium reactors at scale) has not yet been reached.

Path to modern innovation

Unique national strategy built around thorium.

1954Bhabha's three-stage thorium strategy

Builds on

References

  • 1PIB (2026)

Further reading

Corrections and additional sources: edit IND-348 on GitHub.