Which of the following statement/s is/are correct about India’s nuclear energy programme?
- India's three-stage nuclear programme is centered on plutonium-based fast breeder reactors.
- The thorium-based Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR) is the main component of India's third stage.
- Kaiga Atomic Power Station houses India's first Indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR).
Select the correct option from the following.
Correct answer: A
Explanation
Stage 2 of the three-stage programme runs on plutonium-fuelled Fast Breeder Reactors, and Stage 3 is built around the thorium-based Advanced Heavy Water Reactor, so statements 1 and 2 hold. Statement 3 is wrong because Kaiga is not India's first indigenous PHWR; the first home-built PHWR units came up earlier at Rawatbhata (RAPS) in Rajasthan.