Nuclear Fuel Cycle

(IIT) Bombay in 2001. She joined the 25th batch of BARC training school in 1981 and later joined Uranium Extraction Division of BARC in 1982. She was instrumental in development of uranium fuel of different grades for special applications, process for recovery of uranium from secondary sources like monazite, research, facility development and production management of specific quality nuclear fuel materials for various Indian Research Reactors, and development and implementation of largescale metallothermic reduction processes for Nuclear Grade Uranium Metal production. As Director of Chemical Engineering Group, she provided strategic direction, technical guidance, and human resource development to the implementation of various programs undertaken by different divisions of the group in the areas of nuclear materials. Additionally, she provided guidance to other units of DAE on research and project activities as Member of Nuclear Fuel Complex Board (NFC, Hyderabad) and Heavy Water Board (HWB, Mumbai). Post superannuation, she served as Raja Ramanna Fellow, DAE, and later as Visiting Scientist till November 2020, wherein she contributed in the field of Safety Review and Human Resource Development. 

Dr. Jose P. Panakkal joined Bhabha Atomic Research Centre from 16th batch of training school and had been working at BARC in various capacities for 40 years. He superannuated as Head, Advanced Fuel Fabrication Facility, Nuclear Fuels Group, BARC, and was awarded Raja Ramanna Fellowship by DAE  on superannuation. He also had worked as Guest Scientist at Fraunhofer Institute of NDT, Saarbrucken, Germany (1987-89). He was recognized as Ph.D. Guide by Mumbai University and Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI). He is specialized in the fabrication of nuclear fuels particularly containing plutonium for both thermal and fast reactors and was in charge of an industrial scale MOX (Mixed Oxide) fuel fabrication facility which has made MOX fuels for various types of reactors (BW