Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding deterioration of Nayar river, Uttarakhand, 05/06/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …

City to follow BARCs garbage disposal methods

Mayor S K Nataraj on Wednesday said that the Mumbai garbage disposal system will be replicated in the City. The scientists at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) have helped the Mumbai civic body in setting up the plant. Returning with a new vision on garbage disposal mechanism, Nataraj said …

Waste food to generate cooking gas in city soon

Left over food and vegetable waste discarded in the garbage could soon be used to generate bio cooking gas (alternative to LPG) in the Capital. The Delhi Government is all set to tie up with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) to generate cooking gas from kitchen waste or food waste. …

Aviation's SOS to PM: Save the Navi

MAXIMUM CITY MINIMUM AIRPORT P A R T 2 Aviation's SOS to PM: Save the Navi Mumbai airport PRANAB DHAL SAMANTA & SMITA AGGARWAL NEW DELHI Jairam floats Kalyan as a venue, ex-NSA shot it down citing `sensitive' BARC lab THECivilAviationMinistrytoday sought the intervention of the PMO to PMO to …

BARC stops using water, fishermen demand relief

EVEN as various agencies are busy tackling the oil spill, the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has been directed to stop using sea water as a coolant. Meanwhile, the government, as a precautionary measure, has imposed major restrictions on traffic to JNPT and MbPT. Located along the coast across Navi …

Question marks over claims

SP Sharma Tribune News Service FARIDKOT: Armed with the report of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) declaring the gamma radiation and radioactivity levels in the soil samples within the permissible levels here, the medical fraternity has put a question mark on the claim of a local NGO that high …

Photon Energy to set up solar desalination plant at BARC

M. Somasekhar Solar energy is now being deployed to convert seawater into potable quality on a pilot scale in India at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Mumbai. Hyderabad-based Photon Energy Systems (PES) has commenced work on setting up a 1,000-litres-a-day plant using solar thermal energy. Once proven, BARC …

150 Barc staffers perished in last 15 years

Jun 22nd, 2010 -- Jigna Vora | In the past 15 years, over 150 employees of the country

Barc finds anti-cancer molecule

Mumbai: A cost-effective and natural alternative to chemotherapy may be in the offing after a team of scientists from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Barc) found that a commonly-found amino acid acts like an anti-cancer molecule when administered in the right proportion and an appropriate environment. The finding, published in an …

Barc leak: Scientists call it minor

Mumbai: Five months after a fire broke out in a chemistry laboratory at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Barc) in Trombay, killing two researchers, an incident of radioactive contamination took place at the establishment on Tuesday evening, which officials claimed was minor,

Radioactive sample spills on hands of BARC staffer

Mumbai A Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC) employee handling some containers suffered radioactive contamination of the hands on Tuesday. BARC officials called it a minor incident and said the employee was decontaminated instantly and has rejoined duty.

Minor radioactive contamination at BARC

Mumbai: A minor incident of radioactive contamination was reported at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay here, on Tuesday. Department of Atomic Energy spokesman S.K. Malhotra told The Hindu over telephone that two drops of a radiochemical spilled out of a flask while the chemical was being handled in the …

Prof who used gamma irradiator says DU wrong in selling it

New Delhi: Professor B K Sharma, who had last used the gamma irradiator in Delhi University 25 years back, said the chemistry department should not have disposed of the instrument in the first place. Speaking to Times City on Friday, 82-year-old B K Sharma said,

Deadly waste

The discovery of radioactive Cobalt 60 sources stored as scrap in New Delhi's Mayapuri locality by the Department of Atomic Energy and the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board is a clear pointer to the need for a stronger mechanism to monitor such dangerous waste. At least one person has received a …

AERB report fails to trace cobalt-60 source

New Delhi: The radioactive waste, identified as cobalt-60, found in the Mayapuri scrap market last week could have come from more than one source, claims the report submitted by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board to Delhi Police. The report, however, did not specify where the radioactive waste might have come …

Another dealer down with radiation exposure

Was Carrying Cobalt-60 Pin Given To Him By First Victim New Delhi: Eight days after six people landed in hospital with severe health complications following exposure to radioactive radiation in Mayapuri junk market, another scrap dealer has been admitted at Max Hospital in Pitampura with similar symptoms. Ajay Jain, who …

Govt seeks report on scrap trade

The Delhi gov ernment on Friday directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to submit a report on the scrap dealers dealing with hazardous material and the sources from where they get the scrap within two weeks. Delhi chief secretary Rakesh Mehta on Friday held a high-level meeting attended by officials …

Bid to check entry of radioactive waste

Bindu Shajan Perappadan NEW DELHI: The waste imported to the Capital will have to go through a tighter sieve now with the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) having decided to seek the Customs Department's intervention to ensure that radioactive waste does not find its way into the public domain again …

NDMA warns soil at Mayapuri could be contaminated

But Says All Preventive Steps Have Been Taken And Radiation Levels Are Receding The Mayapuri radiation scare refuses to die down. Even as experts from BARC claimed that no

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