The design of an advanced nuclear reactor

Ramaseshan and Banerjee are two of India's distinguished materials scientists. While Ramaseshan's expertise contributed to the development of the Chitra-TTK heart valve, Banerjee's work on zirconium alloys had applications in the development of pressure tubes for the Indian pressurized heavy water reactors. Srikumar Banerjee (Secretary to Government of India, Department of Atomic Energy and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission) delivered the S. Ramaseshan Memorial Lecture at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on 29 April 2011. His topic 'How the design of an advanced nuclear reactor evolves?' is extremely relevant today in the context of the disaster at Fukushima and the debate on whether India should continue with nuclear power.