{"id":14783,"date":"2024-05-29T09:52:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T04:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=14783"},"modified":"2025-10-13T12:00:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T06:30:52","slug":"bhabha-atomic-research-centre-barc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bhabha-atomic-research-centre-barc\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC):<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is <strong>India\u2019s premier nuclear research facility<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is headquartered in <strong>Trombay, Mumbai<\/strong>, Maharashtra.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It operates under the <strong>Department of Atomic Energy<\/strong>, which is <strong>directly overseen by<\/strong> the <strong>Prime Minister<\/strong> of India.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is a <strong>multi-disciplinary research centre<\/strong> with extensive infrastructure for advanced research and development <strong>covering<\/strong> the <strong>entire spectrum nuclear science and engineering<\/strong> and related areas.<\/li>\n<li>BARC is the <strong>research backbone of<\/strong> the <strong>Nuclear Power Corporation of India<\/strong> (NPCIL), which currently <strong>operates all <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/nuclear-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">nuclear power<\/a><strong> reactors in India<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>History<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/homi-bhabha\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Homi Jehangir Bhabha<\/a> <strong>conceived<\/strong> the <strong>nuclear program in India<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Bhabha <strong>established<\/strong> the <strong>Tata Institute of Fundamental Research<\/strong> (TIFR) to carry out nuclear science research <strong>in 1945.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>To intensify the effort to exploit nuclear energy for the benefit of the nation, Dr. Bhabha <strong>established the Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay (AEET<\/strong>), in January 1954 for a multidisciplinary research program essential <strong>for the ambitious nuclear program of India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>After the death of Bhabha<\/strong> in 1966, <strong>AEET was renamed<\/strong> Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (<strong>BARC<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Functions:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is engaged in <strong>research<\/strong> with the objective of generating knowledge and techniques <strong>for nuclear power production<\/strong>, the advancement of <strong>nuclear science<\/strong>, the <strong>use of radioisotopes in industry<\/strong>, <strong>health, and agriculture,<\/strong> and research in frontier areas of science and technology.<\/li>\n<li>It is responsible for the <strong>design and development of nuclear reactors<\/strong>, <strong>fuel cycle technologies, radiation protection<\/strong>, and <strong>safety systems<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>BARC also plays an important role in <strong>nuclear education and training<\/strong>. It offers various training programs for scientists, engineers, and technicians in the areas of nuclear science and technology.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What are electrolysers?<\/h3>\n<p>Electrolysers, which use electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, are a critical technology for producing low-emission hydrogen from renewable or nuclear electricity. Like fuel cells, electrolyzers consist of an anode and a cathode separated by an electrolyte. Different electrolyzers function in different ways, mainly due to the different type of electrolyte material involved and the ionic species it conducts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/market\/bhel-share-price-collaboration-with-barc-electrolyser-green-hydrogen-production-19418721.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PSU Alert: BHEL signs pact with BARC for hydrogen production<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is India\u2019s premier nuclear research facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14783","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}