BRNS Theme Meeting on 'Environmental Baseline Studies for Nuclear Installations'

摘要

The Health, Safety and Environment Group of BARC, organized a two-day theme meeting on Environmental Baseline Studies for Nuclear Installations during Feb 11-12, 2010. The theme meeting was attended by more than 100 experts including those from the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited, Heavy Water Board, Indian Rare Earths Limited, Nuclear Fuel Complex, Uranium Corporation of India Limited, Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research and Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research. Welcoming the experts, Mr. V D. Puranik, Head, Environmental Assessment Division said, that environmental surveillance programme for nuclear activities in our country was started at a time when environmental data was either sparse or non existent for most of the locations.