Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology

Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology

The Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology is a unit of Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, engaged in R&D in non-nuclear front-line research areas of Lasers, Particle Accelerators and related technologies.

RRCAT has developed linear accelerators going by the name of "INDUS" . indus-2 can accelerate protons to 2 Gev.RRCAT has also been actively involved in providing scientific and material assistance to the CERN sponsored
Large Hadron Collider.

Originally called the Centre for Advanced Technology, it was renamed in January 2006 as Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology.

A CAT unit is at Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

[http://www.cat.gov.in/]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Raja Ramanna — ರಾಜಾ ರಾಮಣ್ಣ Raja Ramanna (1925 2004) Born 28 January 1925(1925 01 28) Tumkur …   Wikipedia

  • Ministry of Science and Technology (India) — The Ministry of Science and Technology is the Indian government ministry charged with formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to science and technology in India. The current minister is Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh …   Wikipedia

  • Bhabha Atomic Research Centre — The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is India s primary nuclear research facility. It has a number of nuclear reactors, all of which are used for India s nuclear power and research programme. History BARC was started in 1957, as the Atomic… …   Wikipedia

  • Department of Atomic Energy (India) — Department of Atomic Energy DAE Agency overview Formed August 3, 1948 (1948 08 03) (63 years ago) …   Wikipedia

  • Nuclear engineering — is the branch of engineering concerned with the application of the breakdown (fission) as well as the fusion of atomic nuclei and/or the application of other sub atomic physics, based on the principles of nuclear physics. In the sub field of… …   Wikipedia

  • U.S.–India Civil Nuclear Agreement — U.S. President George W. Bush and India s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh exchange handshakes in New Delhi on March 2, 2006. The 123 Agreement signed between the United States of America and the Republic of India is known as the U.S. India Civil… …   Wikipedia

  • Nuclear power in India — Nuclear power is the fourth largest source of electricity in India after thermal, hydroelectric and renewable sources of electricity.[1] As of 2010, India has 20 nuclear reactors in operation in six nuclear power plants, generating… …   Wikipedia

  • Nuclear Power Corporation of India — Type State owned enterprise Industry Nuclear power Electricity generation …   Wikipedia

  • Opposition to the Indo-US civilian agreement in India — The Indo US civilian nuclear agreement was met with stiff opposition by some political parties and activists in India. Although many mainstream political parties including the Indian National Congress support the deal along with regional parties… …   Wikipedia

  • Dhruva reactor — The Dhruva reactor is India s largest nuclear research reactor. Located in the Mumbai (Bombay) suburb of Trombay at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), it is India s primary generator of weapons grade plutonium bearing spent fuel for its… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”