The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has inaugurated the versatile deuterated compounds production plant (VDPP) and commissioned the 24 kA prototype sodium cell at the Heavy Water Board Facilities in Vadodara.
The VDPP has been established to strengthen the country’s indigenous capability for producing specialised deuterated compounds required for advanced scientific research, strategic applications and frontier technologies. The facility will enable domestic production of high-purity deuterated solvents. Meanwhile, the commissioning of the 24 kA prototype sodium cell marks a key milestone towards the indigenous industrial-scale production of nuclear-grade sodium, a critical material for India’s fast breeder reactor programme.