Mumbai, Mar 8 (PTI) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre is setting up a 30 MW research reactor at Visakhapatnam to meet the demand for high specific activity radioisotopes and carry out extensive research and development in nuclear sector.
Presently, only two research reactors including 100 MW Dhruva at Tarapur in
Maharashtra and 30 KW Kamini at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu are operational, while
the older six reactors have been decommissioned for various reasons.
"There is a lot of work to be done in the field of radioisotopes. We
currently have only two research reactors operational and we will be
recommissioning the Apsara reactor by 2018," Sujay Bhattacharya, Associate
Director, Reactor Group at BARC, told PTI.
Bhattacharya said BARC has started working on the new project since 2013 and in
2015 it submitted a detailed report of this 30 MW reactor at Vizag, which will
be a special reactor using an enriched uranium-based fuel.
"To set up a reactor is a long process. We are awaiting site clearance
from the ministry of environment and forest and other authorities concerned to
set up the reactor at Vizag," Bhattacharya said.
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Source: The Hindu Business Line