Download or read book The Saga of Atomic Energy in India written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From Fission to Fusion written by Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 2002 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Fission to Fusion provides an insider's view of breakthrough science. Dr M.R. Srinivasan explains the birth and development of India's atomic energy programme, which grew with his own career from a senior research officer in the 1950s to the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy (1987-90). This engrossing memoir explains how a team comprising India's leading physicists, chemists, engineers, metallurgists and other scientists came together to develop an atomic energy programme from scratch and take India into the forefront in this technology in a remarkably short time. Srinivasan relives the excitement of the days when India's first reactor, Apsara, went into operation in 1956. The success of that endeavour led to the generation of nuclear power at six locations throughout the country. Indian industry was mobilized to participate in the execution of the pressurized heavy water reactor programme and will be engaged in building enriched-uranium reactors and fast breeder reactors involving another leap in technology. These advancements are some of the many challenges Srinivasan puts in an economic and historical context.Alongside the account of the programme's giant strides is a moving portrayal of the people who made it possible and their extraordinary qualities as motivators. Ranking in the pantheon are Homi Bhabha, Vikram Sarabhai, Homi Sethna, Brahm Prakash and N.B. Prasad. What stands out at the end of this compelling tale is an endeavour of high calibre whose contribution to the pride of an independent nation goes well beyond the equations of science.
Download or read book The Power of Promise written by M V Ramana and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-12-15 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nuclear power has been held out as possibly the most important source of energy for India. And the dream of a nuclear-powered India has been supported by huge financial budgets and high-level political commitment for over six decades. Nuclear power has also been presented as safe, environmentally benign and cheap. Physicist and writer M.V. Ramana offers a detailed narrative of the evolution of India’s nuclear energy programme, examining different aspects of it and the claims of success made on its behalf. In The Power of Promise he makes a historically nuanced and compelling argument as to why the nuclear energy programme has failed in the past and why its future is dubious. Ramana shows that nuclear power has been more expensive than conventional forms of electricity generation, that the ever-present risk of catastrophic accidents is heightened by observed organizational inadequacies at nuclear facilities, and that existing nuclear fuel cycle facilities have been correlated with impacts on public health and the environment. He offers detailed information and analysis that should serve to deepen the debate on whether India should indeed embark on a massive nuclear programme.
Download or read book The Saga of Atomic Energy Programme in India written by India. Department of Atomic Energy and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Atomic Energy in India written by Shubhra Chakravarty and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nuclear India written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nuclear Power in India written by David Hart and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1983. The Indian nuclear power programme, both the earliest in the Third World and also one of the most comprehensive, is an important and instructive subject for a wide-ranging and detailed study. This book examines the origins and rationale of the Indian programme in the context of energy resources and consumption. It traces the progress of its historical development and leads up to an evaluation of its performance, in both technical and economic terms of both individual reactors and the programme as a whole. In addition, the book discusses India's nuclear explosion of 1974 and the possibilities for novel developments in nuclear power and other energy sources, such as coal, biogas, hydro and solar power. The author then sets the Indian programme into the world picture by comparing developments in India with those of the Third World (including developments in China and South Africa) and discusses the overall prospects for the Third World. This extremely informative account will appeal to readers with interest in energy, science, technology and Third World developments.
Download or read book The Making of the Indian Atomic Bomb written by Itty Abraham and published by Zed Books. This book was released on 1998-09 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1974 India exploded an atomic device. In May 1998 the new BJP Government exploded several more, encountering in the process domestic plaudits but international condemnation and a nuclear arms race in South Asia. This book is the first serious historical account of the development of nuclear power in India and of how the bomb came to be made. The author questions orthodox interpretations implying that it was a product of the Indo-Pakistani conflict. Instead, he suggests that the explosions had nothing to do with national security as conventionally understood. Instead he demonstrates the linkages that existed between the two apparently separate discourses of national security and national development, and explores their common underlying basis in postcolonial states. The result is a remarkable book that breaks new ground in integrating comparative politics, international relations and cultural studies.
Download or read book Atoms for Peace written by Indian National Congress. All India Congress Committee and published by New Delhi : All India Congress Committee. This book was released on 1975 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprises articles and speeches by some eminent personalities.
Download or read book Weapons of Peace written by Raj Chengappa and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book India the Sixth Nuclear Power written by Ram Nath Singh and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book India s Tryst with the Atom written by O. P. Sabherwal and published by UBS Publishers' Distributors. This book was released on 2004 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India'S Tryst With The Atom Is The First Comprehensive Book On India'S Nuclear Programme - Peaceful Applications As Well As The Nuclear Weapon Option. The Book Gives An Overview Of The Indian Nuclear Scenario - The Confluence Of Nehru And Bhabha Which Laid A Sound Foundation; An Umbrella Organization For Nuclear Technology Acquisitions, Freed From Bureaucratic Tentacles, Where Science Was In Command; Building Nuclear Infrastructure And A Chain Of R & D Centres For Advanced Nuclear Technologies, Round Which India'S Nuclear Edifice Has Been Built. The Book Gives An Insight Into What It Calls Disentangling Advanced Science And Technology From Political Manipulations, Nuclear Diplomacy, And The Games Played By The Big Powers To Impede India'S Nuclear Quest. The Book Is The Story Of A Nuclear Dream Come True. The Book Unfolds Indian Nuclear Establishment'S Great Work In Bending Nuclear Technology For Indian Humanity - In Medicine, Agriculture And Food Preservation, Hydrology, Water Management, And For Providing Cutting Edge Technology To Indian Industry.
Download or read book India s Nuclear Bomb written by Shyam Bhatia and published by South Asia Books. This book was released on 1979 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Saga of Indian Science Since Independence written by Pushpa M. Bhargava and published by Universities Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Is The First Comprehensive, Authoritative And Highly Readable Account Of Science And Technology In Independent India.
Download or read book Atomic Energy in India written by India. Department of Atomic Energy and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nuclear India written by G. G. Mirchandani and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nuclear India in the Twenty First Century written by D. SarDesai and published by Springer. This book was released on 2002-05-02 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays, unlike other books on this subject, emphasizes strategic, technological, and economic factors. It includes contributions from a combination of academics and governmental experts from both the United States and India. Nuclear India in the Twenty-First Century provides an important picture of India's nuclear intentions and capabilities and should facilitate policies that the US may consider in response to regional and global proliferation.
