What is full form of BARC?

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)

  • Bhabha Atomic Research Centre is the full form (name) of BARC:
  • Dr. Homi Jehangir Bhabha (also known as father of  Nuclear Program in India) founded the Nuclear Program in India. Dr Bhabha recognized the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) to conduct nuclear scientific research in the year 1945.
  • In January 1954, Dr. Bhabha initiated the Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay (AEET) for a multidisciplinary research programme essential for India’s ambitious nuclear programme in order to increase the endeavour to use nuclear energy for the nation’s benefit.
  • Following Bhabha’s death in 1966, AEET was renamed Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).

BARC is the innovator of R&D institutions such as 

  • Its main facilities are located in Trombay (East Mumbai), with new facilities also situated in Challakere in Chitradurga district of Karnataka, India.
  • A new Special Mineral Enrichment Facility that focuses on the improvement of uranium (UO2) fuel is under creation in Atchutapuram near Visakhapatnam in the state Andhra Pradesh for support India’s nuclear submarine driver and produce high specific activity radioisotopes for extensive research.
  • BARC and its allied power generation centres received their first reactors from the west. The United States supplied India’s first power reactors, which were installed at the Tarapur Atomic Power Station.
  • BARC and its allied power generation centres received their first reactors from the west. The United States supplied India’s first power reactors, which were installed at the Tarapur Atomic Power Station.
  • BARC also planned a class of Indian Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor Indian Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (IPHWR ).
  • Apsara was India’s 1st  nuclear reactor constructed at BARC in the year 1956 to check basic research in nuclear physics.

BARC’s Areas of research

  • Thorium fuel cycle
  • Reprocessing and Nuclear Waste Management
  • Basic and applied physics
  • High-performance computing
  • Electronics instrumentation and computers
  • To develop scope in Material Sciences and Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering and Sciences
  • To monitor Environment, Radiology and Radiochemical Science
  • Health, Food and agriculture development by genetic mutation understanding.

Brief on BARC:

  • Formation: 3 January 1954
  • Founder: Dr. Homi J. Bhabha
  • Headquarters: Trombay, Mumbai
  • Location: Mumbai, India
  • Locations: Kalpakkam & Challakere
  • Parent organization: Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)

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