Patna, March 22: India has joined the select band of developed countries that have acquired the cost effective state-of-the-art nuclear waste management technology, according to Babha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) director Anil Kakodkar.Inaugurating a permanent exhibition of the department of atomic energy on ``Peaceful use of atomic energy'' at the Indira Gandhi science complex -- Planetarium, Kakodkar on Saturday said only seven countries in the world had aquired this technology and India was one of them, with the facility developed indigenously at Tarapur.
The nuclear plants at Trombay and Kalpakkam would also switch over to the technology shortly, with India keen on safety at all its nuclear installations, Kakodkar said.
The technology involved encapsulating the spent fuel fission product in glass blocks and then storing them in two-liner steel containers under strict monitoring, he said.
Referring to nuclear disasters in the country, the nuclear scientist said there was a remote possibility foraccidents to occur in India even if one did a mistake, with all adequate safety measures taken at all the installations.
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