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International push to indoctrinate Indian public on virtues of nuclear power

aims at creating public awareness about the benefits nuclear energy and its applications……

IAEA chief Yukiya Amano to visit Mumbai, Kalpakkam, Sify News, Mumbai, Jan 14 (IANS) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director Geneal Yukiya Amano will visit the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) here next week and interact with top nuclear scientists in the city, an official said Friday.Amano will arrive Monday to inaugurate the 21st annual conference of the Indian Nuclear Society (INS) on ‘Impact of Radiation Technology on Human Health and Environment’.
The INS, formed in 1988, consists of scientists, engineers and technologists from nuclear and other research institutions, academia and industries. It aims at creating public awareness about the benefits nuclear energy and its applications……
Amano will also interact with the top Indian nuclear scientists and present the Society’s Homi Bhabha Lifetime Achievement Award to Anil Kakodkar, former chairman of Atomic Energy Commission who played a key role in materialising the Indo-US nuclear deal.

IAEA chief Yukiya Amano to visit Mumbai, Kalpakkam

January 15, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, spinbuster