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"The 2nd International Conference on Asian
Nuclear Prospects 2010 (ANUP 2010) will be held
Oct 11-13 at Mamallapuram. The conference will
focus on the prospects that the Asian region offers
for the nuclear industry. It will also serve as
a platform for bringing countries that are advanced
in nuclear power to Asia having huge atomic energy
programmes," Baldev Raj, director, Indira
Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) told
reporters here.
He said the event will be hosted by IGCAR and
Indian Nuclear Society (INS) with the cooperation
of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The first edition of the conference was held in
2008 at Japan.
According to Raj, the countries in the Asian
region have plans to generate around 50,000MW
of nuclear power over the next decade.
"At an average outlay of Rs.10 crore per
MW the potential is huge for those in the nuclear
power sector to ignore," Raj said.
Atomic Energy Commission chairman and Atomic
Energy department secretary S. Banerjee will inaugurate
the conference, he said.
Around 60 foreign delegates including 30 eminent
speakers will participate in the event. The IAEA
will be sending a three member specialist team
for the event. Y.Sokolov, deputy director general,
IAEA will also be participating in the conference.
Asian countries like Japan, China, Nepal, Sri
Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
and countries like the US, Russia, Canada will
take an active part in the event.
Asked about the absence of Pakistan and Iran,
Raj said invitations were sent to those countries
that are advanced in nuclear science while there
are countries that have approached India for participation.
"We haven't been approached by these two
countries. However foreign participants have to
be cleared by external affairs ministry,"
he said.
(IANS)
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