Question : COLLABORATION IN THE FIELD OF ATOMIC ENERGY SECTOR



(a) the countries with which India is having collaboration and cooperation programme in Atomic Energy Sector; and

(b) the details thereof?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF ATOMIC ENERGY AND SPACE (SHRIMATI VASUNDHARA RAJE)

(a) Government of India has collaboration and cooperation programme for the utilization of atomic energy for peaceful purposes with Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Japan, Poland, Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand and Vietnam.

(b) Under the collaboration and cooperation programme there is mutual exchange of scientists and published information.

The cooperation has been mainly in the areas of :

i) exchange of information and cooperation in the regulation of nuclear safety,
ii) fundamental research,
iii) reactor utilization,
iv) nuclear and other analytical technique,
v) material science,
vi) accelerator science and technology, and
vii) radiation sterilisation of tissue grafts and pharmaceutical products and other materials-tissue bank.