Month: September 2018

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Statement of Secretary DAE Dr Sekhar Basu at the 62nd General Conference of the IAE 

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Department of Atomic Energy
19-September-2018 16:28 IST

Statement of Secretary DAE Dr Sekhar Basu at the 62nd General Conference of the IAE

Following is the statement made by Dr. Sekhar Basu, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India and Head of the Indian delegation, at the 62nd General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in Vienna, Austria today:

“I take this opportunity to convey on behalf of the people of India and the Government of India the warmest greetings to the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Member States on the occasion of the 62nd General Conference.

Let me congratulate you Madam President on your election as President of 62nd General Conference. I am sure that under your able leadership the current General Conference will accomplish successfully all the tasks laid before it.

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Apsara – U Reactor Becomes Operations at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay

“Nearly sixty-two years after Apsara came into existence, a swimming pool type research reactor “Apsara-upgraded”, of higher capacity was born at Trombay on 10th September 2018 at 18:41 hrs. The reactor, made indigenously, uses plate type dispersion fuel elements made of Low Enriched Uranium (LEU). By virtue of higher neutron flux, this reactor will increase indigenous production or radio-isotopes for medical application by about fifty percent and would also be extensively used for research in nuclear physics, material science and radiation chielding.”

— According to press note released on  September 11, 2018

 

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