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- The Bhabha Atomic Reseach Centre (BARC) has developed Bhabha Kavach, a next-generation bulletproof jacket.
- This Bhabha Atomic Reseach Centre’s development is cheaper, lightweight one. This bulletproof jacket has been named as Bhabha Kavach after Dr. Homi J. Bhabha, father of Indian nuclear programme.
- The jacket was developed at BARC’s Trombay center in Mumbai in response to a request from Ministry of Home Affairs and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
- It is being tested by a joint team of the CRPF, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, and the Central Industrial Security Force.
- Bhabha Kavach is made of boron carbide and carbon nanotube-polymer composite and weighs just 6.6 kg.BARC has transferred the technology of Bhabha Kavach to Mishra Dhatu Nigam, Hyderabad, for its large-scale production.
- The BARC is India’s premier nuclear research facility based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.BARC’s core mandate is to sustain peaceful applications of nuclear energy, primarily for power generation.
- Bhabha Kavach is made of boron carbide and carbon nanotube-polymer composite and weighs just 6.6 kg.BARC has transferred the technology of Bhabha Kavach to Mishra Dhatu Nigam, Hyderabad, for its large-scale production.
BARC
- The BARC is India’s premier nuclear research facility based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. BARC’s core mandate is to sustain peaceful applications of nuclear energy, primarily for power generation.
- The Government of India created the Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay (AEET) in
- It was established to consolidate all the research and development activity for nuclear reactors and technology under the Atomic Energy Commission.
- After Homi J. Bhabha’s death in 1966, the center was renamed as the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre on 22 January 1967.
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