BARC & Berhampur University to jointly study impact of radiation

BERHAMPUR: Berhampur University (BU) is gearing up to receive two eminent scientists from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, - Prof Tulsi Mukherjee, Director, Chemical Group and Dr RK Singhal, Head of Analytical Spectroscopy Section. The two are reaching the campus tomorrow to lay the foundation stone of Gamma House on the premises where an irradiation facility Gamma Chamber-5000 (GC-5000) will be installed. The facility is being developed as a component of the research project titled ‘Plant Responses to Ionising Radiation’ currently in progress in Department of Botany, BU.

The BARC-BU research project was sanctioned following signing of MoU between the authorities of BARC and BU on August 19, 2008. The total cost of the project, spanning over three years, is estimated at Rs 70 lakh, including cost of the GC- 5000 estimated at Rs 40 lakh. GC-5000 will be supplied by Broad of Radiation and Isotope Technology (BRIT), an establishment of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India. Department of Botany, BU, is one of the five centres located in five different agro-climatic zones of the country chosen under XI plan period to conduct the mega research project of BARC.

Source: New Indian Express