BARC sets up virtual nuclear data physics centre

The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre has set up a virtual nuclear data physics centre to enable greater visibility of India's research in this area at theglobal platform.

The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has set up a virtual nuclear data physics centre to enable greater visibility of India’s research in this area at theglobal platform.

Department of Atomic Energy and Board of Research in Nuclear Science of the government of India have already sanctioned funds for three years (2011-2014) for the NDPCI,S Ganesan,Head of Nuclear Data Section,Reactor Physics Design Division and Project-in-Charge,NDPCI told PTI.

The basic nuclear data physics research is essential in shaping concepts of nuclear power of advanced reactor designs and safety,he said.

With BARC acting as the nodal agency,NDPCI,will serve as the main hub for overall coordination of nuclear data activities in India with members drawn from national laboratories and universities.The NDPCI at BARC is promoting the use of accurate nuclear data and its physics usage in all applications including in development of indigenous software for Monte Carlo codes and discrete ordinate codes for advanced reactor applications,” Ganesan said.

The nuclear scientist said India became the 14th member of the International Network of Nuclear Reaction Data Centres (NRDC) in 2008 after being invited to join the internationalnetwork. NRDC constitutes a worldwide cooperation of nuclear data centres under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna,Austria.

The Network was established in the early sixties to coordinate the world-wide collection,compilation and dissemination of nuclear reaction data.

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