▁stock p ile , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁plut on ium ▁for ▁India ' s ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁Pok h ran - I ▁( C od ename ▁Sm iling ▁Bud d ha ) ▁nuclear ▁test , ▁the ▁country ' s ▁first ▁nuclear ▁test . ▁At ▁a ▁capacity ▁factor ▁of ▁ 5 0 – 8 0 %, ▁C IR US ▁can ▁produce ▁ 6 . 6 – 1 0 . 5   kg ▁of ▁plut on ium ▁a ▁year . ▁ ▁C IR US ▁was ▁shut ▁down ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁for ▁ref urb ishment ▁and ▁was ▁scheduled ▁to ▁res ume ▁operation ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁The ▁re actor ▁was ▁brought ▁back ▁into ▁operation ▁two ▁years ▁late ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁During ▁ref urb ishing , ▁a ▁low - temper ature ▁vac u um ▁ev ap oration - based ▁des al ination ▁unit ▁was ▁also ▁couple d ▁to ▁the ▁re actor ▁to ▁serve ▁as ▁demonstr ation ▁of ▁using ▁waste ▁heat ▁from ▁a ▁research ▁re actor ▁for ▁sea ▁des al ination . ▁Even ▁if ▁the ▁re actor ▁has ▁a ▁life ▁of ▁twenty ▁more ▁years , ▁India ▁had ▁declared ▁that ▁this ▁re actor ▁would ▁be ▁shut ▁down ▁by ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁in ▁accord ance ▁with ▁the ▁Ind o - US ▁nuclear ▁accord ▁reached ▁between ▁Indian ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁Man m oh an ▁Singh ▁and ▁US ▁President ▁George ▁W . ▁Bush . ▁The ▁re actor ▁was ▁shut ▁down ▁on ▁ 3 1 ▁December ▁ 2