Dr. Anil Kakodkar
Nuclear
Power in India: An Inevitable Option for Sustainable Development of a Sixth
of Humanity
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Dr Anil
Kakodkar joined the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in 1964. He became
the Director of BARC in 1996 and took over as the Chairman, Atomic Energy
Commission and Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Atomic
Energy, in 2000. Dr Kakodkar obtained his BE (Mech. Engineering) degree
from Bombay University in 1963 and an MSc in experimental stress analysis
from Nottingham University in 1969. He joined the Reactor Engineering Division
of Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay, in 1964 and since then he has been
associated with the research and development work related to nuclear reactors.
Dr Kakodkar played a key role in the design and construction of the Dhruva
reactor, the 100 MW high flux reactor, a completely original concept which
has made this reactor one of the most powerful systems of its type and where
several new technologies related to electron beam welding, reactive material
fabrication and dissimilar metal joints were deployed on a large scale for
the first time. Dr Kakodkar's decades of dedication and pioneering efforts
in the indigenous development of a large number of critical systems of Indian
Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors, his contribution to safety-related research
and his piloting of several new state-of-art technologies for this reactor
system have significantly contributed to India's self-reliance in the area
of nuclear power reactors. His work in rehabilitation of Kalpakkam-1 and
-2 and Rajasthan-1 - all of which at one stage appeared to be on the verge
of being written off - are important examples of his engineering capability
to solve difficult problems. Dr Kakodkar continues to be actively involved
in programmes related to augmentation of thorium utilisation in our nuclear
power programme and leads the team engaged in the design of the Advanced
Heavy Water Reactor. He has, over the years, built competent teams of highly
specialised scientists and engineers in the reactor engineering programme.
He has brought out more than 250 scientific papers and reports on various
aspects of his work. |
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Power in India: An Inevitable Option for Sustainable Development of a Sixth
of Humanity
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