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Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre Electronics Corporation of India

(VECC) Limited (ECIL)

ECIL facilities are involved in production of nuclear
The Room Temperature Cyclotron (K-130) was under industrial instrumentation systems, control &
operation, delivering alpha and proton beams of communication systems and other electronic
various energies and intensities. Commissioning of components. ECIL facilities at Hyderabad and
Super-conducting cyclotron and Radioactive Ion Beam
Tirupati operated safely during the year.
facility were in progress.

During the year,
AERB reviewed,
application
for Stage-1
Commissioning
of Medical
Cyclotron and
its associated
beamlines and
the consent
was granted on July 30, 2019. Medical Cyclotron will
be used for commercial production of isotopes for
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Single
Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) as
well as high end technological research.

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR)

Two accelerator facilities viz. 1.7 MV Tandetron and 150 kV
Accelerator were safely operated at IGCAR during the year.

Board of Radiation & Isotope Technology (BRIT)

BRIT facilities at Vashi, Navi Mumbai and its Regional
Centres at several locations in the country are involved
in production of radio-isotopes used in radiation
facilities as well as radio-pharmaceutical used mainly
in nuclear medicine applications.
During the year, following applications pertaining
to BRIT facilities were reviewed and based on the
outcome of the safety review, respective licences were
extended as detailed below;
Unit Renewal of Licence /Authorization under following Acts & Rules Validity

BRIT, Navi Mumbai  Atomic Energy Act, 1962 (and rules framed thereunder)
 Factories Act, 1948, and
BRIT-RAPPCOF, Kota
 Authorization for Radioactive Waste Disposal/Transfer under GSR-125 January 31, 2024
Regional Centre  Atomic Energy Act, 1962 (and rules framed thereunder)
BRIT, Hyderabad  Factories Act, 1948

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