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Assessment of Excessive Exposure Cases for
Radiation Facilities Analysis shows that
around 90% of the
Radiation dose to worker in excess of regulatory constraint of 10 mSv in reported cases are
a monitoring period is communicated to respective user institution for from medical X-ray
investigation. Such investigation reports are reviewed by AERB through multi- practice and out of
tier review, for not only assigning the dose to the worker but also to initiate which 95% cases
regulatory actions to prevent such recurrences. are found to be non-
genuine, where the
In the recent past, a large number of excessive exposure cases got accumulated
for final resolution due to various reasons. Several steps were initiated by persons were not
actually exposed to
AERB, such as constitution of an In-House Review Group (IHRG) for resolution the reported radiation
of excessive exposure cases, revision of procedure of assessment of excessive dose.
exposure cases, spreading awareness to the workers about proper use of TLD
and safe work practice. With this multipronged approach not only the number
of reported cases were reduced but also the reported cases were expeditiously
resolved to avoid further accumulation in future.

Awareness Posters on Proper Storage of TLD

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