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MUMBAI: Some nuclear reactors of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCI) have set a record by operating continuously for more than 365 days on 42 occasions, and more than 700 days on five occasions, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman AK Mohanty said on Wednesday while addressing the 67th general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at Vienna.
“One remarkable achievement is that Unit-3 at Kakrapar in Gujarat recently commenced commercial operation, the first-of-its-kind 700MW indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR),” Mohanty declared.
The AEC chief recalled that during the recent G20 Summit under India’s presidency, the countries that opt to use civil nuclear energy reaffirmed their role in providing clean energy. These countries will now collaborate in research, innovation, development and deployment of civil nuclear technologies, including advanced and small modular reactors (SMRs), he said.
Referring to some of the other developments, he said Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) had successfully tested the flight of a space exploration capsule at the institute’s balloon facility in Hyderabad on December 7, 2022.
In another breakthrough, he said, the Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) has indigenously developed a new state-of-the-art automated machining centre, contributing to Aatmanirbhar Bharat.
Mohanty also told the delegates that Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has developed beneficial applications of radioisotopes and radiation relating to agriculture, medicine and industry.
The AEC chief said that Heavy Water Board (HWB), the largest global producer of heavy water, has been exporting heavy water to several countries for non-power applications. The Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) is collaborating with the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) in France for development in fusion technologies, he added.
“One remarkable achievement is that Unit-3 at Kakrapar in Gujarat recently commenced commercial operation, the first-of-its-kind 700MW indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR),” Mohanty declared.
The AEC chief recalled that during the recent G20 Summit under India’s presidency, the countries that opt to use civil nuclear energy reaffirmed their role in providing clean energy. These countries will now collaborate in research, innovation, development and deployment of civil nuclear technologies, including advanced and small modular reactors (SMRs), he said.
Referring to some of the other developments, he said Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) had successfully tested the flight of a space exploration capsule at the institute’s balloon facility in Hyderabad on December 7, 2022.
In another breakthrough, he said, the Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) has indigenously developed a new state-of-the-art automated machining centre, contributing to Aatmanirbhar Bharat.
Mohanty also told the delegates that Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has developed beneficial applications of radioisotopes and radiation relating to agriculture, medicine and industry.
The AEC chief said that Heavy Water Board (HWB), the largest global producer of heavy water, has been exporting heavy water to several countries for non-power applications. The Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) is collaborating with the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) in France for development in fusion technologies, he added.
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