man0%6 ‘Bhabha Alomic Research Certre- Wikipedia the ree encyclopedia Bhabha Atomic Research Centre From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Coordinates: 19°0028°N 72°5507°E The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) (Hindi . UTM TRAN] SAPTUA 9% Bhabha Paramanu Anusandhan Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Kendra) is India's premier nuclear research facility based in Tem ET Trombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra. BARC is a multi- ™“ a disciplinary research centre with extensive infrastructure for advanced research and development covering the entire spectrum of nuclear science, engineering and related areas BARC's core mandate is to sustain peaceful applications of nuclear energy, primarily for power generation. It manages all facets of nuclear power generation, from theoretical design of reactors, computerised modelling and simulation, tisk analysis, development and testing of new reactor fuel The logo of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre materials, etc. It also conducts research in spent fuel Abbreviation BARC processing, and safe disposal of nuclear waste. Its other Motto ‘Atoms in the serviee ofthe research focus areas are applications for isotopes in industries, medicine, agriculture, etc. BARC operates a Nation number of research reactors across the country.!2) Formation January 3, 19541!) Legal status Operational Content: Purpose ‘Nuclear research ‘ontents Headquarters Trombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra = 1 History Location India = 2 India and the NPT Director K.N. Was = 3 Civilian research = 4 See also Parent Deparment of Atomie Energy = 5 References organisation Budget 213.61 billion (US$200 million) (2008-09) Website bare. gov. in (http:/bare.gov.in) Formerly Atomic Energy Establishment, The Government of | called ‘Trombay India created the Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay (AEET) on 3 January 1954, It was established to consolidate all the research and development activity for nuclear reactors and technology under the Atomic Energy ‘Commission. All scientists and engineers engaged in the fields of i reactor design and development, instrumentation, metallurgy and India's first reactor and a plutonium ‘Material science etc. were transferred with their respective programmes reprocessing facility, Mumbai, as from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) to AEET, with photographed by a US satellite on 19 TIFR retaining its original focus for fundamental research in the February 1966, sciences. After Homi J. Bhabha's death in 1966, the centre was renamed as the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre on 22 January 1967. Alll the directors of the BARC were highly qualified doctorates in their discipline and were internationally recognised for their contribution in academia, who were the crown of this prestigious research organisation.l"! The first reactors at BARC and its affiliated power generation centres were imported from the west. India's first, power reactors, installed at the Tarapur Atomic Power Station were from the United States. htpienwikipodicorgiwikifBhabha_ Alomic_ Research Cente aman0%6 ‘Bhabha Alomic Research Certre- Wikipedia the ree encyclopedia The primary importance of BARC is as a research centre. The BARC and the Indian government has consistently maintained that the reactors are used for this purpose only: Apsara (1956; named by the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru when he likened the blue Cerenkov radiation to the beauty of the Apsaras) , CIRUS (1960; the "Canada-India Reactor" with assistance from the US), the now-defunct ZERLINA (1961; Zero Energy Reactor for Lattice Investigations and Neutron Assay), Purnima I (1972), Purnima Il (1984), Dhruva (1985), Purnima III (1990), and KAMINI. The plutonium used in India's 1974 Smiling Buddha nuclear test came from CIRUS. The 1974 test (and the 1998 tests that followed) gave Indian scientists the technological know-how and confidence not only to develop nuclear fuel for future reactors to be used in power generation and research, but also the capacity to refine the same fuel into weapons-grade fuel to be used in the development of nuclear ‘weapons. BARC also designed and built India’s first Pressurised water reactor at pigitaly altered image of BARC Kalpakkam, a 80MW land based prototype of INS Arihant's nuclear (view from seaside) power unit) as well as the Arihant's propulsion reactor.{4Il>] India and the NPT India is not a part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), citing concerns that it unfairly favours the established nuclear powers, and provides no provision for complete nuclear disarmament. Indian officials argued that India's refusal to sign the treaty stemmed from its fundamentally discriminatory character; the treaty places restrictions on the non-nuclear weapons states but does little to curb the modernisation and expansion of the nuclear arsenals of the nuclear weapons states, (°I!7] More recently, India and the United States signed an agreement to enhance nuclear cooperation between the two countries, and for India to participate in an international consortium on fusion research, ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) so there are signs that the west wants to bring India in the Nuclear mainstream, (81191 Civilian research The BARC also conducts research in biotechnology at the Gamma Gardens, and has developed numerous disease resistant and high- yielding crop varieties, particularly groundnuts. It also conducts research in Liquid Metal Magnetohydrodynamics for power generation. On 4 June 2005, with the goal of encouraging research in basic sciences, BARC started the Homi Bhabha National Institute. Research institutions affiliated to BARC(Bhabha Atomic Research Centre) include IGCAR (Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research), RRCAT (Raja Ramana Centre for Advanced Technology), and VECC (Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre). rime Minister Narendra Modi on a visit to the BARC on 22 August 2014 Power projects that have benefited from BARC expertise but which fall under the NPCIL (Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited) are KAPP (Kakrapar Atomic Power Project), RAPP (Rajasthan Atomic Power Project), and TAPP (Tarapur Atomic Power Project). The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in addition to its nuclear research mandate, also conducts research in other high technology areas like accelerators, micro electron beams, materials design, supercomputers, computer vision among the few. The BARC has dedicated departments for these specialised fields. BARC has htpienwikipodicorgiwikifBhabha_ Alomic_ Research Cente 28man0%6 ‘Bhabha Alomic Research Certre- Wikipedia the res encyclopedia designed and developed, for its own use an infrastructure of supercomputers, Anupam using state of the art technology. BUDGETORY ALLOCATION (Rs. in millions)!" CAPITAL REVENUE TOTAL . | NON NON- PLAN | pran |PLAN plan Budget estimates 2007-2008 in 1.9 |% 00.0 in 646 | ¥ 6322.9 iusst90n vin) Final grant 2007-2008 ‘100, o |& 00.0 a 04 |¥ 69302 uss200 on z z %13,021.0 million Actual exp. 2007-2008 $006.1 [89-0 |igs.5 [868315 | USSto9 minions . z z 213,611.5 million Budget estimates 2008-2009 |,4, |00.0 [3.45 8 7076.0 | Tee a0 mation) z 21,695.52 million Actual exp. 2008-2009 Tooa.24|8 000 [846.3 |Ro86.28 | Hes rhs Budget Estimates 2009-10 845.00 | 00.0 1372.22 cass a ‘lien Actual Exp. 2009-10 2792.35 | 00.0 1412.14 icesas mation Budget Estimates 2010-11 1130.00 | & 00.0 2129741 tues faba million ‘Actual Exp. 2010-11 (up to 21,887.02 mi Feb. 2011) 2645.36 | 2 00.0 31241.66 | (US$28 million) See also = Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India = Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research = Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology = Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre References 1. "Heritage". Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Retrieved 2012-02-10. 2, "Milestones", Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Retrieved 2012-02-10. 3. "Unveiled: Arihant’s elder brother". ‘The Telegraph. 3 August 2009, Retrieved 2011-01-24, 4, “INS Arihant is an Indian design: Anil Kakodkar". The Hindu, 16 August 2009. Retrieved 2012-01-08. 5. "PWR building shows indigenous capability, says Kakodkar", The Hindu, 3 August 2009, Retrieved 2011-03-30, 6. "A-bomb victims warn of nuclear horror". BBC. 2002-06-06. Retrieved 2016-05-08, 7. "India secks Japan's support, calls NPT 'flawed'". 2012-01-12. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012, Retrieved 2016-05-08, 8. Bharat Karnad (23 January 2015). "Bending over Backwards", New Indian Express, 9. "Modi prepares to fast track NSG issues”. The Hindu, 23 July 2014. 10, RTI Act, 2005 - Details of budgetory allocation of BARC — Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (http://bare. gov.in/ttifbu dget html). BARC. 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