Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 150
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 151
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Warning (512): Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853 [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48]
Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148]
Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181]
LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Neutrino lab project gets green signal by R Vasundara

Neutrino lab project gets green signal by R Vasundara

Share this article Share this article
published Published on Oct 19, 2010   modified Modified on Oct 19, 2010

The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has given clearance to the department of atomic energy to set up a neutrino observatory  in Bodi West Hills reserved forest in Theni district in south Tamil Nadu. However, the approval is subject to conditions that the project does not entail cutting down trees or causing damage to the forest cover. The MoEF  has also insisted on measures to minimize the effect of tunnelling to create an underground lab that would be located 1,000 metres below the surface and to properly dispose of the rock debris resulting from it.

"This will be a world class laboratory for underground science and will give India an edge in research relating to understanding the fundamental laws of nature," Union minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh told TOI. "When completed, this will house the world's most massive magnet."

The India based neutrino observatory (INO) project, entailing the study of neutrinos or sub-atomic particles present in the atmosphere, will be executed by the Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and 20 other scientific institutions in the country. A massive detector made of iron, weighing 51 kilotons, will be used to detect neutrinos.

According to Naba K Mondal, INO spokesman and a scientist with TIFR, India will be the fourth country to execute such a massive project after Canada, Japan and Italy. "We expect to begin construction for this project by March 2012 after clearance from the Atomic Energy Commission and the central cabinet," he said.

According to the MoEF, the project is expected to be completed by 2015 at a cost of Rs 1,200 crore. "The lab will be housed in a cavern built at a depth of one km from the surface, at the end of a two-km long tunnel," Mondal said. The MoEF had been keen on locating the project in Tamil Nadu, in view of the state's "conducive atmosphere".


The Times of India, 19 October, 2010, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Neutrino-lab-project-gets-green-signal/articleshow/6772345.cms


Related Articles

 

Write Comments

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

Video Archives

Archives

share on Facebook
Twitter
RSS
Feedback
Read Later

Contact Form

Please enter security code
      Close