Status Of Radiation Processing In

V.K. Tikku Cords Cable Industries Limited, New , India Total Installed Capacity

ELECTRONS 315 Kw* - 7 FACILITIES

GAMMAS 363 PBq – 12 FACILITIES

* Energy range 0.5 – 3.0 MeV Radiation Processing Facilities In India

Sonepat

Delhi

Jodhpur Indore Nasik Baroda

Electron Accelerators

Gamma Facilities Pondicherry Electron Beam Facilities In India

Organisation Designed Capacity Make Application

BARC – Mumbai 2-MeV, 20 kW ILU 6 Multi-purpose

NICCO – Kolkata 3-MeV, 150 kW RDI Multi-purpose

Radiant – Hyderabad 3.0-MeV, 15 kW HV ENGINEERING Wire & Cable 1.25-MeV, 15 kW HV ENGINEERING heat shrink

BARC – Mumbai 500-KeV, 10 kW INDIGENOUS Surface curing,

Siechem – Pondicherry 2.5-MeV, 100 kW ELV 8 Multi – purpose

RRCAT – INDORE 500 KeV, 5 kW INDIGENOUS R & D Electron Beam Facilities In India

Under Construction

Organisation Designed Capacity Make Application

BARC – Mumbai 3-MeV, 30 kW INDIGENOUS Multi-purpose BARC – Mumbai 10-MeV, 10 kW INDIGENOUS Sterilization RRCAT – INDORE 3-MeV, 30 kW INDIGENOUS Multi-purpose Large Scale Gamma Facilities In India

Facility Designed Capacity Application ISOMED, Mumbai 37.0 PBq Radiation Sterilization , Hydro gel RASHMI, Bangalore 18.5 PBq Radiation Sterilization SARC, Delhi 18.5 PBq Radiation Sterilization RAVI, 18.5 PBq Multi-purpose SPICE Irrd., New Mumbai 37.0 PBq Multi-purpose including spices Organic foods, Kolkata 37.0 PBq Radiation Sterilization A.V. Processor, Mumbai 37.0 PBq Radiation Sterilization Universal Medicap Ltd., Baroda 37.0 PBq Radiation Sterilization VARADAAN, sonepat 37.0 PBq Radiation Sterilization MICROTROL, Bangalore 37.0 PBq Radiation Sterilization KRUSHAK, Lasalgaon, Nasik 11.1 PBq Mangoes Gamma Agro medical processing 37.0 PBq Multi-purpose* Hyderabad

*Established during 2008 Products Commercialised

Wire & Cables Heat Shrink tubes O – rings Gems Quartz Medical Sterilization Sewage Sludge Treatment PTFE powder Hydro gels Sewage Sludge Hygienization Facility Research Institutes

 BARC, Mumbai  Cochine University, Cochine  Rubber Board, Kottayam  Indian Institute & Technology, Kharagpur  Sriram Research Institute, Delhi  Indian Rubber Manufacturer Research Association, Mumbai  RRCAT, INDORE Current R&D Activities

Curing of tires ------Completed Modification of polyamides ------Completed Surface curing applications ------Completed Crosslinking of fluoroelastomers ------Completed Mixed Crosslink System involving EB as an additional Crosslinker ------Completed Food irradiation specially related to quarantine requirements ------Work inprogress Treatment of biomedical waste ------Work Inprogress RESOURCES

TRAINED MAN POWER

- Indian Institute Of Technology Kharagpur – 15 Ph.D’s Produced 04 Ph.D’s Doing Research

- BARC , Mumbai – 6 Ph.D’s Produced 2 Ph.D’s Doing Research RESOURCES

FUNDING  Board of research in Nuclear Sciences Department of Atomic Energy Currently 20 R&D Projects

 Industry – Institute Partnership – IIT – NICCO – IIT – MGM Rubbers – IRMRA – CEAT FUTURE PROSPECTS

EXPECTED

IRRADIATED PRODUCTS GROWTH / YEAR 20%  FACILITIES IN NEXT 5 YEARS EB MACHINES 6 GAMMAS 10

 POTENTIAL FOR EB MACHINE WITH VARIABLE ENERGY 1 – 4.5 MeV POWER 200 kw Min