ISO 9001:2000 Certification for IGCAR Laboratories

        Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) at Kalpakkam has received ISO 9001:2000 certification from BVQI, for twelve R&D laboratories alongwith the DAE Hospital laboratories. The IGCAR laboratories are in the fields of Mechanical Metallurgy, Materials Technology, Non-Destructive Evaluation, Corrosion Science & Technology, Physical Metallurgy, Design & Development of Electronic Instrumentation & Control Systems, Management of Computing & Data Communication Facilities, Quality Assurance, Structural Mechanics, Chemical Characterisation, Radiological Safety and Reactor Safety Engineering.

        IGCAR is the first research Centre under the Department of Atomic Energy to receive ISO certification for its laboratories. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Baldev Raj, Director of the Centre said that IGCAR will consistently endeavour to achieve world leadership in multidisciplinary scientific and engineering research & development activities related to fast reactor and associated fuel cycle technologies to satisfy the energy needs of the country, thus providing long-term energy security to the nation. Dr. S.L. Mannan, Director, Metallurgy & Materials Group, and Chairman, Management Review Committee added that the entire certification process of all the laboratories was completed in a short period of about 12 months. Two years ago, the Reactor Engineering Group was awarded ISO certification for design and engineering of fast breeder reactor for power generation applications.

Director, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Dr. Baldev Raj receiving ISO 9001:2000 certificate from
Dr. C Venkatraman, Head of Certifications, BVQI (India), Chennai.

ISO 9001:2000 Certificate

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