Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC):
- It is the India's premier multi-disciplinary nuclear research facility.
- Mandate:
- Its core mandate is to sustain peaceful applications of nuclear energy, primarily for power generation.
- It manages all facts of nuclear power generation, from theoretical design of reactors to, computerised modelling and simulation, risk analysis, development and testing of new reactor fuel materials, etc.
- It also conducts research in spent fuel processing, and safe disposal of nuclear waste. Its other research focus areas are applications for isotopes in industries, medicine, agriculture, etc.
- Established in: 1954.
- Motto: Atoms in the service of the Nation.
- Headquarters: Trombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- Parent organisation: Department of Atomic Energy.
- Research institutions affiliated to BARC include: IGCAR (Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research), RRCAT (Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology), and VECC (Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre).
