Information
provided under the section 4 (I) (b) of the Act
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Particulars
of the Organisation, Functions and Duties of Atomic Energy Regulatory
Board (AERB):
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The
particulars of AERB staff and organisational structure are given
in the Annexure-1.
The
mission of AERB is to ensure that the use of ionizing radiation
and nuclear energy in India does not cause unacceptable impact
on the health of workers and the members of the public and on
the environment.
The
Board's
responsibility is to enforce the regulatory and safety functions
envisaged under the relevant Sections of the Atomic Energy Act.
These functions are as listed in the Charter of AERB.
Charter
of AERB
- Carrying
out safety reviews of nuclear facilities and projects and radiation
facilities under design, construction and operation;
- Issuing
authorisations for construction, commissioning and operation
of nuclear power plants, other nuclear facilities and radiation
installations;
- Ensuring
compliance by the licensees with the stipulated safety requirements;
- Organising
and conducting regulatory inspections of DAE Units under AERB's
purview and radiation installations in the country and enforcing
regulatory actions;
- Assessment
of radiological safety status with regard to personnel exposures
and environmental radioactive releases in nuclear and radiation
facilities;
- Administering
the provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 in the Units of the
Department of Atomic Energy which are under AERB's purview;
- Reviewing
the emergency preparedness plans prepared by nuclear installations;
and participating in emergency preparedness exercises as observers;
- Developing
safety documents essential for carrying out regulatory and safety
functions;
- Promoting
safety research and training activities, as related to the regulatory
functions of the Board;
- Keeping
the general public informed of major issues of radiological
safety significance.
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The
Powers and Duties of its Officers and Employees
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Chairman,
AERB, who is the head of the organization, is the competent authority
for all the regulatory functions of the organization. He is assisted
by Vice-Chairman, AERB. All the officers and employees report
to the Chairman, AERB through the Vice-Chairman.
All the financial
and regulatory powers are vested with the Chairman, AERB. To facilitate
the smooth functioning of the organization, these powers are suitably
delegated to the Vice-chairman and Directors/Heads of Division.
AERB has nine
Divisions including Administration and Accounts Division. In
addition, safety related R&D useful in regulatory process
is carried out in Safety Research Institute of AERB, which is
located at Kalpakkam.
AERB carries
out the regulatory and safety functions assigned under the specific
Sections of Atomic Energy Act 1962 through the functioning of
various Technical Divisions (7 nos.), Specialist Committees, the
Secretariat and the Board. The powers and duties of officers
and employees are allocated separately under each technical Division
and are given below.
1.
Operating Plants Safety Division
- Safety
surveillance of all operating units of Department of Atomic
Energy (DAE) except those that are under control of BARC.
- Participation
in SARCOP, Unit Safety Committees and SARCOP Standing Committees
for safety review of operating NPPs.
- Processing
of Significant Event Reports (SER) and other safety related
matters of operating nuclear installations in India.
- Exchange
of operational experience through the Incident Reporting System
of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and dissemination
of information in different units of DAE.
- Compilation
of SERs in DAE and their statistical analysis for operational
experience responses.
- Screening
of Regulatory inspection reports for safety significance and
enforcement actions.
- Enforcement
and follow-up of SARCOP recommendations.
- Licensing
of operating and management personnel in operating NPPs and
review of training programme.
- Participation
in Emergency exercises as observers.
- Preparation
of Safety Manuals, Codes, Guides and review of Technical Specifications
for operating plants.
- Enforcement
of Atomic Energy Act (Safe Disposal of Radioactive Wastes).
- Authorisation
for disposal and transfer of radioactive wastes
- Review
of Annual Returns of radioactive waste disposal
- Site
Inspection and Audit of waste management practices
- Enforcement
of Radiation Protection Rules, 2005, with respect to
- Occupational
workers
- Members
of Public
- Environmental
impact
2.
Nuclear Projects Safety Division
- Safety
Review of Nuclear Projects as Part of Regulatory Consenting
Process
- Regulatory
Inspection & Enforcement of Nuclear Projects
- Render
technical and secretarial support to Safety Analysis &
Documentation Division (SADD) for preparation of Codes, Guides
and Manuals
- Render
support to Operating Plants Safety Division (OPSD) for regulatory
inspections of operating nuclear installations.
- Impart
training to the newly joined AERB Personnel in specified topics
- Licensing
of Operating Staff of Nuclear Power Plants
- Pre-Licensing
Design Safety Review of New Reactor Designs
- Review
of Physical Protection System aspects for Nuclear Facilities
- Interaction
with International Organizations such as ROSTEKHNADZOR (Russian
Regulatory Authority), etc.
3.
Industrial Plants Safety Division
- Enforcement
of the Atomic Energy (Factories) Rules, 1996 in all DAE units.
- Operational
safety review including fire Safety & health physics review
for all DAE industrial units
- Safety
review of the projects of fuel cycle facilities
- Review
of occupational health aspects of workers in DAE units.
- Investigation
of the fatal accidents
- Preparation
of safety documents on industrial safety and fuel cycle facilities
- Safety
promotional activities such as industrial safety, fire safety
and green site awards and safety professionals meet.
- Preparation
of Industrial Safety Statistics for DAE units.
4.
Safety Analysis & Documentation Division
- Development
of Regulatory documents Nuclear Fuel Cycle.
- Publication
cell.
- Probabilistic
Safety Assessment.
- Deterministic
Safety Analysis.
- Safety
Review of Indian Nuclear Power Plants.
- Nuclear
Regulatory Research
- Independent
check for resolving issues related with nuclear plant safety
requiring analysis to be carried out.
5.
Civil & Structural Engineering Division
- Organize,
co-ordinate and carry out:
- Safety
review of civil engineering aspects of atomic power projects
and atomic power stations.
- Safety
review of civil engineering aspects of nuclear and radiation
facilities other than NPP (both projects and existing facilities)
under purview of AERB.
- Regulatory
inspection of atomic power projects, atomic power stations
and other nuclear and radiation facilities under purview
of AERB.
- Preparation
of AERB safety codes, standard, guides, manual and technical
documents pertaining to civil structural engineering, earthquake
engineering, geotechnical and hydrological aspects.
- Monitoring
implementation of AERB stipulations related to civil engineering
design, construction, testing and quality assurance at project
stage, and make recommendations on safety status of the projects.
- Preparation
of AERB safety codes, standards, guides and manuals (other
than civil engineering)
6.
Radiological Safety Division
- Radiological
Surveillance and Safety Review of installations using radiation
sources in medicine, industry and research
- Preparation/Revision
of
- Rules
Related to Radiological Safety
- Radiation
Protection Surveillance Procedures
- Standard
Specifications for AERB/BIS based on IEC/ISO
- Safety
Codes
- Safety
Guides
- Safety
Manuals
- Enforcement
of Radiation Protection Rules, 1971
- Enforcement
of the Atomic Energy (Safe Disposal of Radioactive Wastes)
Rules, 1987 in Non-DAE Installations.
- Enforcement
of the Atomic Energy (Control of Irradiation of Food) Rules,
1996.
- Project
Safety Review of High Intensity Gamma Irradiator Plants and
Particle Accelerator Facilities.
- Issuance
of Type Approval for equipment, sources and transport packages.
- Prescription
of Qualifications and Training Requirements for Radiation
Workers.
- Issuance
of Consent to Handle Radioactive Substances and Radiation
Generating Equipment.
- Issuance
of Consent to Import or Export Radioactive Substances.
7.
Information & Technical Services Division
- Board
Matters.
- Safety
Research Programme.
- Promote
and Fund Research Projects in Areas of relevance to Regulatory
Decision Making.
- Promote
and Fund Symposia and Seminars of relevance to AERB by
other Agencies.
- Advance
Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR).
- Technical
support to other Divisions of AERB
- Interface
of AERB with Media and Other Agencies, through
- Press
Releases.
- Publication
of Annual Reports, Newsletters and Brochures.
- Knowledge
Management.
- Human
Resource Development (Recruitment, Training, etc).
- Website
Management.
- Legal
Matters and Parliamentary Questions.
8.
Administration Division
The Administration Division of AERB provides the required administrative
and general support to the Scientific and Technical personnel
engaged in regulatory functions such as establishment and personal
matters pertaining to the employees, recruitment, promotions,
provision of infra-structure facilities and transport, purchases,
house keeping, printing and issue of various publications etc.
and also implementation of Official Language Policy. Administrative
Officer-III is the "Head of Office".
9.
Accounts Division
The Accounts Division carries out account related matters concerning
AERB. DCA is the head of the Accounts Division.
10.
SRI, Kalpakkam
The primary
objective of SRI is to build a unique research base in areas which
are pertinent to safety functions of AERB in a way complementary
to the ongoing R&D activities of the DAE units. These areas
include nuclear power plant safety, fire safety, industrial and
environmental safety. The main thrust of research and development
activities in SRI are
- To develop
models, methodologies and knowledge base required for quantitative
assessment of risk associated with the operation of nuclear
fuel cycle facilities.
- To generate/collect
data needed for safety assessment
- To provide
a technical forum for joint research among power plant personnel,
research groups and regulatory functionaries in safety related
fields.
- To organize
regular programmes of technical meetings and training courses
for different target groups on a variety of topics for enhancement
of safety performance.
Director, SRI is responsible for day-to-day functioning of SRI.
He is assisted in policy and other functional matters by SRI scientific
committee and SRI management council.
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The
Procedure followed in the Decision Making Process, including Channels
of Supervision and Accountability
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A wide variety
of nuclear and radiation facilities, which are under construction
and operation in India, come under the regulatory purview of AERB
as given in the Annexure-2.
AERB
is supported by Safety Review Committee for Operating Plants (SARCOP),
Safety Review Committee for Applications of Radiation (SARCAR),
Advisory Committees for Project Safety Review (ACPSRs) and Advisory
Committee on Nuclear Safety (ACNS). The experts in these committees
come from reputed academic institutes, R&D organizations, industries
and governmental agencies. The ACPSRs recommend to AERB issuance
of authorisations at different stages of projects of the Department
of Atomic Energy (DAE), after reviewing the submissions made by
the plant authorities based on the recommendations of the associated
Design Safety Committees.
SARCOP
carries out safety surveillance and enforces safety stipulations
in the operating Units of the DAE.
SARCAR
recommends measures to enforce radiation safety in medical, industrial
and research institutes, which use radiation and radioactive sources.
AERB
also receives advice on development of safety codes and guides
and on generic nuclear safety issues from ACNS. These committees
get expert advice from several standing committees (SC) like Standing
Committee on Reactor Physics, Standing Committee on Instrumentation
& Control etc. and several experts groups. The recommendations
from these apex committees are submitted to the Board. Policy
matters are discussed in executive committee (EC), which is chaired
by the Chairman. Vice-Chairman and Directors/Heads of the Divisions
are members of the EC. Administrative and regulatory mechanisms
ensure the multi-tier review of all the safety matters by nationwide
experts in the relevant fields.
The
Directors/Heads of Divisions constitute the Executive Committee,
which meets every month with Chairman, AERB in the Chair and takes
decisions on all important matters related to the functioning
of the organization. The organization chart of AERB is given below:
ORGANISATION
CHART OF AERB
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The
norms set by it for the discharge of its functions
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- AERB enforces
the following Rules issued under the Atomic Energy Act 1962
and Environmental Protection Act, 1986.
- AERB Safety
Codes, Guides, Standards and Manuals for nuclear and radiation
facilities and other related activities.
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The
rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records, held by it
or under its control or used by its employees for discharging it
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The
rules, regulations, regulations, manuals and records for discharging
its functions are made available in the safety documents published
by AERB. One important function of AERB is to develop safety documents,
which include safety codes, standards, guides and manuals for nuclear
and radiation facilities and other related activities. AERB has
identified a total of 120 documents for Nuclear Facilities, 43 documents
for Radiation Facilities and 18 documents for Industrial Safety.
The various working groups and Divisions of AERB and Advisory Committees
on codes and guides for design, operation, quality assurance and
siting and Advisory committee on Nuclear Safety are involved in
the preparation of these documents. One hundred safety documents
have already been published and others are in various stages of
preparation. These documents stipulate the mandatory requirements
and provide guidance to the utilities for adhering to the requirements
to assure safety. Use is also made of IAEA safety documents and
other international safety publications. The records of deliberations
of Board, SARCOP, ACPSR, SARCAR, ACNS and various consents and other
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A statement of the categories of documents that are held by it
or under its control.
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The
safety documents are categorized into:
- Safety
Codes,
- Standards,
- Guides
and
- Manuals
for
nuclear and radiation facilities and other related activities.
The list of documents is available on the AERB website. Also,
these are priced documents and can be obtained by anyone by writing
to the Administrative Officer, AERB.
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The particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation
with, or representation by the members of the public in relation
to the formulation of its policy or implementation thereof. |
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AERB
has a secretariat and the work is organised through its Divisions.
(Pl. see the organization
chart in item iii). AERB publishes Newsletter quarterly and
an Annual Report. The press releases are issued highlighting the
important activities and events connected with the functioning
of AERB. The Secretary, AERB is responsible for interaction with
the public and the media.
While
there is no formal mechanism or arrangement for consultation with
the members of the public in the formulation or implementation
of its policy, the AERB duly takes into account the views expressed
by members of the public through media, etc. Depending on their
relative importance, these are discussed in the various committees
of the AERB including the Board.
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A
statement of the boards, councils, committees and other bodies consisting
of two or more persons constituted as its part or for the purpose
of its advice, and as to whether meetings of those boards, councils,
committees and other bodies are open to the public, or the minutes
of such meetings are accessible for public;
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The
Directory of its Officers and Employees |
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The
officers and employees of AERB have been organised in several divisions.
The details with their designations are given in Annexure-1.
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The
monthly remuneration received by each of its officers and employees,
including the system of compensation as provided in its regulation.
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The
pay scales of AERB officers and employees are given below:
Please
click here to see the pay scales
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The
budget allocated to each of its agency, indicating the particulars
of all plans, proposed expenditures and reports on disbursements
made; Under Capital (Plan), the total cost of AERB Expansion Project
that comprises of constructing a new office building is Rs.10.72
crores, out of which an expenditure of Rs.1.87 crores was spent
upto June 2005 (Rs.1.17 crore in 2004-05 and 0.8 crore upto June
05). The project is expected to be completed by end of 2005-2006.
Under Revenue (Plan), the annual plan for AERB Safety Research Programmes
is Rs.1 crore, out of which 0.06 crores was spent upto July 2005.
The revenue budget for 2005-2006 is Rs.8.41 crores which will be
utilized for normal functioning like office expenses, travel expenses,
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The
manner of execution of subsidy programmes, including the amounts
allocated and the details of beneficiaries of such programmes. There
is no allocation of amounts to any subsidy programmes in AERB. |
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Particulars
of recipients of concessions, permits or authorizations granted
by it. The following utilities are the recipients of concessions,
permits or authorizations by AERB:
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Department of Atomic Energy Units
- Nuclear
Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL)
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Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR)
- Nuclear
Fuel Complex (NFC)
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Heavy Water Plants (HWP)
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Indian Rare Earth Limited (IREL)
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Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC)
- Centre
for Advanced Technology (CAT)
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Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL)
- Board
of Radiation and Isotope Technology (BRIT)
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Radiation Facilities
Presently 14 gamma irradiation facilities are under the purview
of AERB and 4 more are under construction stage.
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ISOMED, Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology, Mumbai
- SARC,
Sriram Institute for Industrial Research, Delhi
- RASHMI,
Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore
- RAVI,
Defence Lab., Jodhpur
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RVNRL, Rubber Board, Kottayam
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PANBIT, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Science
& Technology, Trivandrum
- Radiation
Processing Facility, BRIT, VASHI
- VIKIRAN,
Organic Green Foods Ltd., Kolkata
- STERICO,
A.V. Processors Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
- Universal
ISO-MED, Universal Medicap Limited, Vadodara
- Vardaan
Agrotech Pvt. Ltd., Haryana
- Microtrol
Sterilisation Services Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore
- Agrosurg
Irradiators (india) Ltd., vasai
- Gamma
Agro Medical Processing Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad
The
jurisdiction of AERB also covers radiation facilities in medicine,
industry and research. These facilities include gamma irradiation
plants, medical accelerators, medical cyclotron facilities,
radiation therapy installations, nuclear medicine laboratories,
industrial radiography installations handling 1500 sources,
nucleonic process control installations using 7800 sources,
academic and research organizations and diagnostic medical
X-ray installations.
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Details
in respect of the information, available to or held by it, reduced
in an electronic form. AERB has its website namely http://www.aerb.gov.in.
The details of information regarding the execution of its responsibilities
is provided and regularly updated in the website location. |
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The
particulars of facilities available to citizens for obtaining information,
including the working hours of a library or reading room, if maintained
for public use a. The Website of AERB b. The library of AERB can
be accessed by public by obtaining prior permission from: Administrative
Officer, AERB Niyamak Bhavan, Anushakti Nagar Mumbai-400 094. Tel:022-
2555 2891 Fax:022-2558 3230 E-mail: vmthomas@aerb.gov.in
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The
names, designations and other particulars of the Public Information
Officers;
- Dr.
Om Pal Singh, - Public Information Officer Director, ITSD &
Secretary, AERB
- Shri
A. Ramakrishna, SO(G), ITSD, AERB - Assistant Public Information
Officer
- Shri
S.K. Chande, Vice-Chairman, AERB - Appellate Authority
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Such
other information as may be prescribed: Nil |
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