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Fusion, radiation applications and nuclear governance

Atomic energy beyond power stations, and its governance: fusion research, radioisotopes and radiation in medicine, farming and food, the nuclear regulator, and international safeguards and treaties. Prelims has asked about India's membership of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) and why some Indian reactors are under international safeguards.

UPSC has asked

  • Prelims 2020: why some Indian nuclear reactors are under international safeguards
  • Prelims 2016: India's membership of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor

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    The sands of India's southern coast carry monazite, the mineral that holds both thorium and rare earths.