US nuclear regulatory group to visit India

India’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Board will a delegation from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission led by its chairman Gregory B Jaczko from November 14 to 18.

The five-member NRC team will visit New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai. The NRC members will meet top AERB officials and visit nuclear facilities like Tarapur Atomic Power Station, laboratories of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Maharashtra, the Madras Atomic Power Station and the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research in Tamil Nadu.

The aim of the visit was to exchange information and share experience on safety standards and regulations for the safe operation of nuclear power plants.

“I look forward to the continuation and advancement of our long-term relationships with our AERB Indian counterparts and with other Indian organisations in the area of nuclear safety,” Jaczko was quoted as saying.