India’s 1st Reactor On PPP Model

• 28 May 2021

• The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) will construct the country’s first research reactor on public-private partnership (PPP) model.
• The research reactor, which will be designed by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), will produce radioisotopes, and is expected to bring down the costs of nuclear medicine that is used in cancer treatment in India.
• DAE will provide the upfront capital and build the plant through its subsidiary – Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.
• In India, all major radioisotopes are produced by BARC, which houses research reactors in its Trombay campus and an accelerator in Kolkata. Some radioisotopes are imported from Europe, Australia and other Asian countries.
• Radioisotopes are radioactive isotopes that have an unstable atomic nucleus. They emit energy and particles when they change to a more stable form.