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Following table provides the details of consents issued for Industrial Radiation Facilities during the year.

Research Medical
RPF GIC IR NG $ WL
Type of Consent Accelerators Cyclotron
23 (Gamma) &
No. of Facilities 10 21 124 612 1097 51
16 (IARPF)
and
21 1690
Equipment/ Devices 10 21 128 2970 7212
(Accelerators) (Sources)
Licence* 11 1 4 24 243 99 09
Type Approval/Renewal (Equipment) 4 3 61 ---
--- ---
---
--- --- 08 06
Sources
Permission for Import/Procurement
04 --- --- --- 325 400 ---
of Equipment
Permission for Procurement of
15 --- --- --- 1839 418 107
Radioactive Sources
Approval (Layout/ Commissioning/
--- --- --- --- 392 --- 15
Source Storage Facility)
*Licence includes Licence / Authorisation / Registration for various radiation facilities.
$
Nucleonic gauge institute registration and migration of equipment were in progress in e-LORA.

Consumer Products and Research Applications

Consumer Goods Manufacturing Facilities

Consumer products such as smoke detectors, thorium gas mantles and
starters, gaseous tritium luminescence
devices use exempt quantity of radioactive
sources. They are of very low hazard potential.
However, regulatory control exists on the
manufacturing facilities of these devices. The
products containing radioactivity above the
exempt limits have to be assessed for safety and are required to be type
approved by AERB.

X-ray Baggage Scanner

Scanning facilities are used for detection of contrabands and
explosives. Scanning facilities are mainly X-ray based equipment.
These have extremely low radiation hazard potential. Design (Type)
approval is carried out by AERB. Only the manufacturers /suppliers
of equipment are regulated.

Container Scanner Facility

Container scanners are used at various ports
(land/sea) for inspection of material inside cargo/
container without opening them. These scanners are
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either accelerators or Co based. They are high-to-
moderate radiation hazard potential.

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