...◘ General Awareness ◘... ♦ The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was established in 1948 for developing atomic energy as a source of electricity. The Bhabha Atomic Energy Research Centre in Mumbai was established in 1957. Atomic Energy Commission extends its support to the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Physical Research Laboratory and Indian Cancer Institute. Dr. Homi Bhabha was a pioneer in the field of atomic energy research. To honour his memory, the Atomic Energy Research Centre at Trombay near Mumbai has been named after him. ♦ The first nuclear power station at Tarapur started generating power in October 1969. Two such centres came at Kota in Rajasthan and Kalpakkam near Chennai in Tamil Nadu. The Fourth one was set up at Narora in Uttra Pradesh. ♦ India has become the first nation to have set up a Fast Breeder Technological Research Centre (FBTR). ♦ Sathyendranath Bose (1894 - 1974) an Indian physicist solved one of the mysteries of quantum mechanics. His collaborations with Albert Einstein led to a new branch known as the "Einstein-Bose" statistics Subramanya Chandrasekar (1910 - 1995) a Nobel laureate in 1983 in Physics, contributed towards the structure and evolution of stars. facebook/EXAMS.CORNER
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