Status Of Radiation Processing In India
V.K. Tikku Cords Cable Industries Limited, New Delhi, 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 Mumbai Kolkata
Electron Accelerators Hyderabad
Gamma Facilities Bangalore 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, Jodhpur 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 Vadodara 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