Atomic Research in India

Atomic Research in India - Glance

Atomic Research in India

1. India atomatic energy research started with the establishment of the Atomic Energy commission on  10th August 1948
2. Department of Atomic Energy was established in 1954.
3. Atomic Energy  was set up in  1957 at Trombay, Mumbai and its was renamed Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in the memory of its founder Dr.Homi Bhabha

BARC Houses in three research reactors
1. Apsara
2. Cirus
3. Dhruwa
(Note: Earlier, there were two more research reactors at BARC 1.Zerliana 2.Purnima)

• Centre for Advance Technology, Indore - 1984
• Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, Tamilnadu - 1971
• Atomic Mineral Diretorate - Hyderabad
• Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata - 1977

Nuclear Power Stations in India

• First Nuclear  Power Plant, Tarapur (Maharastra) - 1963
• Now 17 Operating nuclear power reactors and 15 Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors)

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