Nuclear Research Centers In India

Nov 23, 2011, 12:26 IST

General Knowledge Lists: The list of Nuclear Research Centers In India.

Following is the list of Nuclear Research Centers In India:

 

 

 S.No. Nuclear Research Center
Location
Year of Estb
 Objective
 1  Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
Kolkata
 1949  To conduct and foster excellent and interesting interdisciplinary research of significant utility.
 2  Physical Research Laboratory (PRL)
Ahmedabad
 1947  To provide services such as networking, email, printing, backup and maintaining computational environment for scientific and engineering research.
 3  Center of Earth Science's Studies
Trivendrum (Kerala)
 1978 To Promote and establish modern scientific and technological research and development studies of importance to India and to Kerala in particular, in the field of Earth Sciences, etc.
 4  Nuclear Fuel Complex
Hyderabad
 1971  To identify strenuous jobs and awkward postures during work causing musculoskeletal problems in various plants and suggest remedial measures,

To undertake the pulmonary function studies in some selectyed category workers. (Reference technical report submitted to management by CLI in 1981).

 5  Bhabha Atomic Research Center
Trombay (Mumbai)
 1957  To fulfill its mandate of indigenous nuclear power programme and various other applications of nuclear energy, etc.
 6  Electronics Corporation of India
Hyderabad
 1967 To continue services to the country's needs for the peaceful uses Atomic Energy. Special and Strategic requirements of Defence and Space, Electronics Security Systems and Support for Civil Aviation sector.
 7  Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
Mumbai
 1948  To continue services to the country's needs for the peaceful uses Atomic Energy.
 8  Uranium Corporation of India
Jadugoda
 1967  Mining and Processing of uranium ore to produce uranium concentrate.
 9 India Rare Earths Limited Alwaye (Kerala) 1950 To become nationally and globally competitive player in beach sand minerals and to achieve annual production of ilmenite with associate minerals of 8 lakh tons by the year 2012, etc, o improve productivity, capacity utilization, and cost effectiveness, etc.
 10 Indira Gandhi Centre For Atomic Research Tamil Nadu 1971 To conduct broad based multidisciplinary programme of scientific research and advanced Engineering, directed towards the development of sodium cooled Fast Breeder Reactor [FBR] technology
11 National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) Pune, Maharashtra 1950 To design new solid catalysts for chemical transformations with high conversion and selectivity for petrochemicals, selected high value fine chemicals and organic intermediates,develop catalysts for pollution abatement, etc.
 12 High Altitude Research Laboratory Gulmarg, Kashmir 1963 To provide the scientific community of the country a self contained high altitude / high latitude laboratory for scientific research.
 13 Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute Durgpur, West Bengal 1958 to provide assistance to mechanical engineering industries in the form of feasibility studies, research, training, consultancy etc. for import substitution & export 
 14 Central Mining Research Institution Dhanbad, Bihar 1956 To carry out the work of research and development in the area of mining and allied subjects.
 15 Radio Astronomy Center Tamil Nadu
1968 To provide stimulating environment for the front-line research in radio astronomy and astrophysics
 16 Variable Energy Cyclotron Center Mumbai 1977 Development around the accelerator technology and research in the fields of accelerator physics, nuclear physics, quark-gluon plasma, theoretical physics, material sciences, chemistry, isotope production etc.
 17 Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research Hyderabad 1948 To carry out geological exploration and discover mineral deposits required for nuclear power programme of India.

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