Description(ATM:NUC:IND). BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE IN TROMBAY, INDIA. UN 104,279 TROMBAY, INDIA. July 1967. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) — both directly and under the UN Development Programme (UNDP) — has for some years been assisting India with expert services, fellowships and equipment aimed at development of nuclear technology. In 1965, for example, UNDP/IAEA fellowships were used to train Indian staff in prospecting, mining and processing off nuclear raw materials. The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Trombay, just outside Bombay, is the heart of India’s atomic programme, and IAEA is assisting various studies at the Centre. Expert services and equipment from the IAEA this year, for instance, are being utilized by a group at Bhabha which is taking problems relating to hydrological investigations using nuclear techniques – including ground water studies in arid and semi-arid zones of India as well as studies of seepage from canals and reservoirs. Considering the seriousness of drought problems in India, this study is extremely important. Another of India's major problems is rood wastage, and IAEA is thus assisting the Division of Biochemistry and Food Technology at Bhabha in studies relating to use of radioisotopes in food preservation. Seen here is one of some 175 technicians who work in the radioisotope production division of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Trombay, India. Please credit: UNITED NATIONS CH/AB
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