Bhardwaj takes over as NPCIL CMD

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 3:44 AM IST

Bhardwaj, who has been Director (Technical) on the NPCIL Board, will be the 'Acting CMD' as per the orders of the Department of Atomic Energy, a NPCIL statement said.

A Mechanical Engineering graduate from Delhi University and M Tech in Design of Mechanical Equipment, from IIT, New Delhi, Bhardwaj obtained training in Nuclear Engineering from BARC Training School and joined the Power Projects Engineering Division in 1971.

He has been associated with nuclear fuel design and engineering activities, reactor core design, shut down system design, in-core fuel management, reactor physics, reactor components and nuclear safety.

Bhardwaj is a member of the AERB Advisory Committee on Design Codes and Guides and has participated in the preparation of a number of Safety Codes and Guides for the AERB.

Jain, who negotiated with Russia to set up two 1000 MWe reactors in Kudankulam, had taken over as NPCIL CMD on January 3, 2004.

  

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First Published: May 31 2012 | 9:35 PM IST

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