A PROUD MOMENT Apsara-U Reactor Becomes Operational “Research reactors are the back bone of Nuclear Programme” said Dr

A PROUD MOMENT Apsara-U Reactor Becomes Operational “Research reactors are the back bone of Nuclear Programme” said Dr. Homi J. Bhabha, the father of Indian Nuclear programme, in early fifties. Subsequently “Apsara”, the first research reactor in Asia became operational in Trombay campus of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in August 1956. After providing more than five decades of dedicated service to (Extractive summary — verify with official source.)