BARC shares Radiation Technology for Sewage Treatment

RADIATION TECHNOLOGY FOR SEWAGE TREATMENT   Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in collaboration with Amdavad Municipal Corporation, Ahmedabad has set up a Technology Demonstration Pilot Project “Sewage Sludge Hygienisation Plant” at Shahwadi, Ahmedabad. The plant loaded with 150 kCi of Co-60 was inaugurated in February 2019 and is in continuous operation since then. Another liquid sludge irradiator; Sludge Hygienisation Research Irradiator (SHRI) is operating at Vadodara for radiation treatment of raw sludge containing 3-4% solids since…