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INDIA - NUCLEAR
ENERGY |
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Date-wise Events |
August 04, 1956
- India's first nuclear research reactor,
APSARA, was
commissioned on this day. |
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Description |
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Apsara Nuclear Reactor:
- It was also the first nuclear reactor in
Asia.
- Apsara went critical at Bhabha Atomic Research
Centre (BARC), Trombay on August 4,
1956.
- It heralded the arrival of India's nuclear
energy programme.
- Dr. Homi Bhabha himself
conceptualised the design of the reactor and the reactor
was built entirely by Indian engineers in a record time
of about 15 months.
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Events |
- Mar 23, 1948: Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
introduced the Atomic Energy Bill in the Indian Parliament,
and it was subsequently passed as the Indian Atomic Energy
Act.
- Jun 01, 1948: Advisory Board for Research in Atomic
Energy, together with its parent organisation the CSIR, was
folded into the new Department of Scientific Research and
placed directly under the Prime Minister.
- Aug 03, 1948: Atomic Energy Commission of India (AEC)
was established and made separate from the Department of
Scientific Research, with Bhabha as its first chairman.
- Jan 11, 1950: Nuclear Physics Institute under the
University of Calcutta was inaugurated on this day.
- Jan 03, 1954: Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay
(AEET) was established by the Atomic Energy Commission to
consolidate all nuclear reactor research and
technology-related developments.
- Apr 28, 1956: India and Canada signed an agreement
for a "Canada-India Colombo Plan Atomic Reactor Project."
Under the terms of the agreement, Canada would provide a 40
MW CIRUS reactor for solely research purposes, including the
initial manufacture and engineering of the reactor, and
would also provide technical expertise, including training
Indian personnel in its operation.
- Oct 11, 1960: Indian government issued a global
tender for India's first nuclear power station near Tarapur,
Maharashtra and consisting of two reactors, each generating
around 150 MW of electricity and to be commissioned in 1965.
- Jan 20, 1957: India's and Asia's first nuclear
reactor, Apsara, reached criticality on Aug 04, 1956 and was
inaugurated by Prime Minister Nehru on this day.
- Sep 06, 1965: India crossed the International Border on
the Western front, marking an official beginning of the war.
Indian forces reached the Ichhogil (BRB) Canal by 6
September.
- Jan 22, 1967: After Homi J. Bhabha's death in 1966,
the Atomic Energy Establishment was renamed as the Bhabha
Atomic Research Centre (BARC) on this day.
- Sep 30, 2008: After the Nuclear Suppliers Group
agreed to allow nuclear exports to India, France signed a
civilian nuclear agreement with India, on this day, thereby
becoming the first country to do so.
- Jun 15, 2009: India and Mongolia signed a crucial
civil nuclear agreement on this day for supply of Uranium to
India.
- Sep 02, 2009: India and Namibia signed a crucial
civil nuclear agreement on this day for supply of Uranium to
India.
- Apr 16, 2011: India and Kazakhstan signed an
inter-governmental agreement for Cooperation in Peaceful
Uses of Atomic Energy, that envisages a legal framework for
supply of fuel.
- Jul 25, 2011: India and South Korea signed a nuclear
agreement, which will allow South Korea with a legal
foundation to participate in India’s nuclear expansion
programme, and to bid for constructing nuclear power plants
in India.
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