MR Srinivasan, Pioneer Of India’S Nuclear Energy Programme, Passes Away At 95
He worked closely with Dr Homi Bhabha on the construction of Apsara, India’s first nuclear research reactor
MR Srinivasan, Pioneer Of India’S Nuclear Energy Programme, Passes Away At 95
Chennai: Dr M.R. Srinivasan, eminent nuclear scientist and former Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, passed away in Tamil Nadu's Udhagamandalam on Tuesday. He was 95.
A key architect of India’s civil nuclear energy programme, Dr Srinivasan’s career in the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) spanned over five decades, beginning in September 1955.
He worked closely with Dr Homi Bhabha on the construction of Apsara, India’s first nuclear research reactor, which attained criticality in August 1956.
In 1959, he was appointed Principal Project Engineer for the country’s first atomic power station. His contributions became even more prominent in 1967 when he took charge as the Chief Project Engineer of the Madras Atomic Power Station, helping lay the groundwork for India’s self-reliant nuclear power capabilities.
In 1974, he became Director of the Power Projects Engineering Division in the DAE and, a decade later, assumed the role of Chairman of the Nuclear Power Board.
