The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh will inaugurate the Hall of Nuclear Power in New Delhi on January 16, 2016. This is Northern India’s first permanent exhibition on nuclear power, built in the national capital which is going to be opened to the public at National Science Centre (NSC).

The exhibition, titled Hall of Nuclear Power Atoms Serving the Nation is spread over an area of about 700 sq. m., with over 60 permanent exhibits, covering various aspects of nuclear energy, with prime focus on nuclear power plant safety and applications for human welfare, which include nuclear medicine, food irradiation, as well as several other day-to-day applications of nuclear energy. Scientific information about nuclear power generation, its basics, and non-power uses of nuclear and radiation technology has also been showcased at the gallery.

 Did You Know??? 

• Nuclear Fission is the splitting of a large atom into two or more smaller ones.
• Nuclear Fusion is the fusing of two or more lighter atoms into a larger one.
• Fission reaction does not normally occur in nature.
• Fusion occurs in stars, such as the sun.
• The energy released by fission is a million times greater than that released in chemical reactions, but lower than the energy released by nuclear fusion.
• The energy released by fusion is three to four times greater than the energy released by fission.
• Uranium is the primary fuel used in power plants.
• Hydrogen isotopes (Deuterium and Tritium) are the primary fuel used in experimental fusion power plants.