Opportunity for Atomic Energy applications
To promote affordable cancer treatment using medical Isotopes and envisages to establish an exclusive reactor in Public-Private-Participation (PPP) mode, under the aegis of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).
This is likely under the Rs.20 lakh crore economic relief package, Minister of State in charge of Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said on 17 May 2020.
Describing the economic package as innovative, futuristic and bold, Dr Singh pointed out that Atomic Energy has got an opportunity to realize its applications in diverse areas and for the benefit of our day-to-day life.
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The production of medical isotopes in India will not only offer the option of affordable treatment for cancer and other diseases, but will also come to the service of humanity across the world.
Similarly, he said, the other atomic energy related reforms in the package relate to the use of radiation technology for food preservation and prolongation of shelf life.
“This know-how is available with our scientists but the promotion of radiation technology in PPP mode is being done for the first time,” said Dr Singh.
As far as space is concerned, Dr Singh pointed out that the economic package has put across reforms for accommodating private sector in Space/ISRO working thus providing a level playing field for private companies in satellite launching and related activities.
In addition, a significant decision is to allow liberal geo-spatial policy for providing remote sensing data to technical entrepreneurs, he added.
The new economic reforms, said Dr Singh, offer a unique opportunity to India’s Space and Atomic capabilities to realize their full potential.
India’s Space technology and Atomic Energy operated behind a shroud of secrecy for decades and it became virtually a taboo to plan anything new or out-of-box, the Minister pointed out. This continued with what was already going on in a limited sphere. fiinews.com
