India's nuclear energy sector is set for significant changes, as announced in the recent budget speech by the country's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Sitharaman said, "Our government will partner with the private sector for setting up Bharat Small Reactors (BSR), research and development of Bharat Small Modular Reactor (BSMR), and...
India Appoints New Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission
According to an official order issued by the Government of India, renowned scientist Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas has been appointed as the secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy and chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. Vyas, who is currently director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), has been appointed...
Scientists in India Develop Credit Card-Sized ECG Device
Scientists at the Bhabha Atomic Research Center have developed a credit card-sized Tele-ECG machine that can transmit an ECG over any smartphone to any part of the world. This 12-channel ECG machine works on an Android-platform, can be recharged via a mobile charger, and is priced at $61. It is likely...
India Creates Medical Caesium-137 from Nuclear Waste
India's scientists at the Bhabha Atomic Research Center in Trombay, near Mumbai in the western state of Maharashtra, recover caesium-137 from radioactive waste to protect babies and vulnerable patients from adverse reactions to blood transfusions. A rare and usually fatal complication from blood transfusion is Transfusion-Associated Graft Versus Host Disease, which...
Reliance Defense, India, to Set Up Shipyard for Building Subs
Reliance Defense, a subsidiary of one of India’s largest private sector firms Reliance Infrastructure, disclosed plans to build a shipyard on India's east coast to build nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers. The company has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the government of the eastern state of Andhra Pradesh...
India Appoints Sekhar Basu as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission
Dr Sekhar Basu was appointed as Secretary of India's Department of Atomic Energy and chairman of the country's Atomic Energy Commission. Basu, who is director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and chief executive of the Nuclear Recycle Board, takes over from Dr R.K. Sinha who retired in October. DNA...