The particulars of AERB staff and organisational structure are given in the Annexure-1.

The Mission of the AERB is to ensure the use of ionising radiation and nuclear energy in India does not cause undue risk to the health of people and 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.

• Develop safety policies in nuclear, radiation and industrial safety areas for facilities under its purview;
• 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;
• Prescribe the acceptance limits of radiation exposure to occupational workers and members of public and acceptable limits of environmental releases of radioactive substances;
• 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;
• Maintain liaison with statutory bodies in the country as well as abroad regarding safety matters.
• Review the safety related nuclear security aspects in nuclear facilities under its purview;
• Keeping the general public informed of major issues of radiological safety significance.
• Notifying to the public, the ‘nuclear incident’, ocuring in the nuclear installations in India, as mandated by the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act,2010.

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 Executive Director, AERB. All the officers and employees report to the Chairman, AERB through the Executive Director. except Director, R & DD put directly report to 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 Executive Director 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 (8 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.

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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. Chief Administrative Officer is the "Head of Office".

The Accounts Division carries out account related matters concerning AERB. DCA is the head of the Accounts Division.

A wide variety of nuclear and radiation facilities, which are under construction and operation in India, come under the regulatory purview of AERB. Click here to Facilities & Activities under purview of AERB.

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) Advisory Committee on Nuclear and Radiation Safety (ACNRS). 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 ACNRS. 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 Executive Director. 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 periodically and takes decisions on all important matters related to the functioning of the organization. The organization chart of AERB is given below:

The Top Level Integrated Management System document describes the management system of AERB to meet its assigned mandate. It outlines the management commitments, organizational policies and strategies, organizational structure with functional responsibilities and accountabilities and management expectations of various processes and system of assessment and improvement.

• AERB enforces the following Rules issued under the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and Environmental Protection Act, 1986.
• Atomic Energy (Radiation Protection) Rules, 2004
• Atomic Energy (Safe Disposal of Radioactive Wastes) Rules, 1987
• Atomic Energy (Factories) Rules, 1996
• Atomic Energy (Working of Mines, Minerals and Handling of Prescribed Substances) Rules, 1984
• AERB Safety Codes, Guides, Standards and Manuals for nuclear and radiation facilities and other related activities.

The safety documents are categorized into:

• Safety Codes,
• Standards,
• Guides and
• Manuals

for nuclear and radiation facilities and other related activities. These are priced documents and can be obtained by anyone by writing to the Chief Administrative Officer, AERB

AERB has a secretariat and the work is organised through its Divisions. (Pl. see the ORGANISATION CHART OF AERB 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 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.

The officers and employees of AERB have been organised in several divisions. The details with their designations are given in Directory. However, the details of key officials and contact list for radiation facilities are provided on the website.

The pay scales of AERB officers and employees are given below:

AERB budget consists of revenue budget and capital budget. Revenue budget is to take care of all day to day expenditure incidental to functioning of the office. Main expenditure under revenue budget is salary of the staff. Capital budget is mainly used for expansion of AERB by construction of new office building, regional regulatory centres, implementation of office automation and R&D activities. The total budget requirement of AERB is around Rs. 136 Crores of which revenue budget is around Rs. 120 Crores for the FY 2023-24. The details on the yearly expenditures are provided in the Chapter 13 of Annual Report.

The actual expenditure towards foreign and domestic travels expenses during the year 2021-22 is Rs. 4.37 lakhs and Rs. 39.39 lakhs respectively. 

There is no allocation of amounts to any subsidy programmes in AERB.

The following utilities are the recipients of consents, permits or authorizations by AERB:

• Department of Atomic Energy Units
• Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL)
• Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR)
• Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC)
• Heavy Water Plants (HWP)
• Indian Rare Earth Limited (IREL)
• Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC)
• Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT)
• Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL)
• Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology (BRIT)
• Radiation Facilities

The jurisdiction of AERB covers following radiation facilities:

• Diagnostic Medical X-ray installations
• Radiation Therapy installations
• Teletherapy
• Brachytherapy
• Nuclear Medicine Laboratories
• Diagnostic & Low Dose Therapy
• High Dose Therapy
• Radio-Immuno Assay (RIA)
• Research
• Industrial Radiography Installations
• Radiography Cameras
• X-ray Units
• Accelerators
• Gamma Irradiation Plants
• Nucleonic Gauges
• Consumer Products
• Beach Sand Minerals Facilities

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.

• The Website of AERB
• The library of AERB can be accessed by public by obtaining prior permission from: Chief Administrative Officer, AERB Niyamak Bhavan, Anushakti Nagar Mumbai-400 094. Tel:022- 2555 2891 Fax:022-2558 3230 E-mail: cao[at]aerb[dot]gov[dot]in

AERB RTI Authorities