In which one of the following areas did the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research make significant progress in the year 2005?

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Q: 54 (IAS/2006)
In which one of the following areas did the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research make significant progress in the year 2005?

question_subject: 

Current Affairs

question_exam: 

IAS

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0,47,35,47,6,14,15

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In 2005, the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research made significant progress in the area mentioned in option 1, i.e., the reprocessing of uranium-plutonium mixed carbide fuel of the Fast Breeder Test Reactor. Fast Breeder Test Reactors are a type of nuclear reactor which produces more fissile material than it consumes, thus the `breeding` of fuel occurs. The reprocessing of uranium-plutonium mixed carbide fuel is a part of the fuel cycle of these reactors, where the used fuel is reprocessed for extraction of valuable elements and management of radioactive waste.

For the remaining options:

Option 2 refers to the application of radioisotopes in metallurgy, but the answer doesn`t specify this as the significant progress made in 2005.

Option 3 points to a new technology for the production of heavy water, but again there was no notable accomplishment in this area in the specified year.

Option 4 talks about new technology for high level nuclear waste management. Although an important field, it was not the area of significant progress in 2005 based on the correct answer provided.