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 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/O.5XsA/8WnJAA/E2hLAA/BRUplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. www.ppi-india.uni.cc *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________ Mohon Perhatian: 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. 3. Lihat arsip sebelumnya, www.ppi-india.da.ru; 4. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5. No-email/web only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. kembali menerima email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
