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The chairman of the atomic energy commission and secretary to the department of atomic energy, Dr Sekhar Basu has pointed out the pollution caused by fossil fuel for power generation .

He also explained the role of nuclear power in minimising the impact on environment. 

Fossil fuels always effect the environment poorly but nuclear power has less of impact on the environment.

In His two day visit to Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI) situated  in Allahaband , he interacted with the senior scientists of the institute, the senior official touched on a wide variety of areas where nuclear science is of importance to the country.

He also told about the popular misconceptions about radiation from nuclear power installations, pointing out that the natural radiation that each of us receive per year is several times what one would receive by living near a nuclear power plant. 

He then you highlighted how radio isotopes play a crucial role in medicine, particularly affordable cancer treatment in development of bacteria resistant crop varieties and in industry.

He also emphasised that there is a highly developed indigenous technology in the nuclear sector and power generation can get a boost if more uranium were to be available, either from sources currently being explored in India, or from abroad by mechanism of nuclear deal.