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Remembering Dhirendra Sharma, quintessential dissenter and academic-activist

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A photograph of Dhirendra Sharma (right) holding hands with A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement With the passing away of Professor Dhirendra Sharma (1932-2024) in Dehradun this week, a highly contested and sensational chapter in the history of nuclear technology development in India has ended. Prof. Sharma was the first intellectual to publicly…

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Is India finally entering stage II of its nuclear programme? | Explained

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On March 4, Prime Minister Narendra Modi witnessed the start of the process of core-loading the indigenous prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR) at the Madras Atomic Power Station in Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu. A statement from his office called the occasion “a historic milestone in India’s nuclear power programme”. What is the PFBR? The PFBR is…

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