Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) set up in 1971 at Kalpakkam (Kalpakkam is a coastal hamlet, located 80 kms South of Chennai [MADRAS] and is 8 kms South of historic Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram)), is a premiere R&D establishment of the Department of Atomic Energy. The primary mission of the Centre is to conduct a broad based multidisciplinary programme of robust Scientific Research and Advanced Engineering, directed towards the development of technology of sodium cooled Fast Breeder Reactors (FBR) and associated closed fuel cycle technologies.