India’s nuclear legend Dr Homi Nusserwanji Sethna (1924-2010) passed away on 5th September in Mumbai aged 86. In May 1974 Dr Sethna as Chairman of India’s Atomic Commission(AEC) which was set up in then Bombay, had ordered preparations for India’s plutonium Pu-239 based, peaceful nuclear explosion(PNE) at Pokhran and was camping in New Delhi. Dr [...]
Dr Homi Nusserwanji Sethna passes away
September 8, 2010 by 1 Comment
Dr Homi Nusserwanji Sethna who was responsible for developing the first spent fuel reprocessing plant in Asia and played a major role in India’s first successful nuclear tests at Pokhran in 1974, passed away yesterday. The Prime Minister in a condolence message scientist’s son Shri Rustam Sethna wrote “Dr. Sethna was a brilliant nuclear scientist [...]
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