Ramamurthy, VS
(2025)
Dr. Raja Ramanna and His Legacies.
In:
D. K. Srivastava and V. S. Ramamurthy (Eds.). Raja Ramanna: A renaissance man.
World Scientific Publishing Co., pp. 43-50.
ISBN 978-981-98-1442-8
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| Abstract: |
Dr. Raja Ramanna occupies a very special place in the history of nuclear research in India. After obtaining his Ph.D. degree in Physics from Kings College, London, Ramanna joined the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, in 1949. In those years, nuclear research was still under a veil of secrecy because of its demonstrated weapon potential. It was only in 1955 that the first International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy was held in Geneva and nuclear research was substantially declassified. It was also the year in which Dr. Homi Jehangir Bhabha conceptualized India’s first nuclear research reactor, Apsara. The reactor was designed and built soon after and went critical in 1956. While the reactor was used primarily to produce radioisotopes for diverse applications, Ramanna also saw an opportunity to carry out basic research in fission physics. The Trombay Fission Group, under the guidance of Ramanna, was one of the few groups outside the Western world to undertake full-time research on nuclear fission that early. It was this group that I joined after completing my training at the Atomic Energy Establishment Trombay (AEET, now renamed as Bhabha Atomic Research Centre) Training School in 1964… |
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School of Natural and Engineering Sciences |
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Schools > Natural Sciences and Engineering |
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13 Apr 2026 06:52 |
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| DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.1142/9789819814435_0005 |
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http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/3306 |
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