Indian radiation technology gets international approval

Indian radiation technology gets international
approval
14.50 IST   08th Jan 2005 

By IndiaExpress Bureau 

Indian radiation technology and its quality has
succeeded in getting seal of international approval
with the export of cobalt-60, a radio active substance
used in disinfecting medical instruments, related
products and other materials, to Canada, a senior
official of Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology
(BRIT), has said.

BRIT exported 400 million curie cobalt-60 to a private
firm in Canada last year earning Rs. One crore, its
chief executive officer J K Ghosh told reporters in
Kota, Rajasthan, yesterday.

Efforts are being made to export the atomic product
after meeting needs of cobalt-based units in the
country, Ghosh said.

Cobalt-60 is recovered from adjuster rods after their
use in atomic power projects.

The capacity of Rajasthan Atomic Power Project Cobalt
Facility (RAPCOF), near here, which produced 10 lakh
curie cobalt-60 in the current year, was being raised
from the present capacity of 20 lakh curie to 25 lakh
curie, he said.

BRIT, he said, was spending Rs.18 crores on expansion
and modernization of RAPCOF for processing the
product.

Currently, Rawatbhata atomic power unit sends
cobalt-60 by separating it from used adjuster rods to
Trombay in Mumbai for processing.

However, after expansion of RAPCOF, established in
1974-75 having present capacity of storing 30 lakh
curie cobalt-60, the product would be supplied
directly to consumers from Rawatbhata, he added.

The expanded unit of producing cobalt-60 would be
ready by July end but the production would be started
after formal approval from atomic energy regulation
board and other agencies, he added. 

Catatan:
 
1 lakh = 100,000

Salam,
RM






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