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Safety Surveillance

Regulatory Inspection

Regulatory inspections are carried out to ensure compliance with AERB regulatory requirements and
consenting conditions.
Inspections are carried out periodically as well as in special circumstances. AERB also conducts unannounced
inspections, to observe the actual state of the facility and the way in which it is being operated and maintained.

Rawatbhata AERB has posted site observer
teams (SOT) at four NPP sites,
Kalpakkam which led to establishment
SOT Kakrapar of continuous regulatory
presence at twelve operating,
Kudankulam two under commissioning and
five under construction NPPs.

Regulatory Inspections of Nuclear and Radiation
Facilities
Type of Facility No. of Inspections
Conducted

Nuclear Power Projects and Fuel
Cycle Facilities under Construction 27
& Commissioning
Operating NPPs and Research
64
Reactors
Fuel Cycle Facilities, R&D Units
37
and Industrial Plants of DAE
Radiation Facilities 1038

AERB follows a graded approach during regulatory Red
inspections. The reported deviations observed during RI are
categorised in the increasing order of safety significance. Safety Significance Orange
White indicates deviations of very low safety significance, Grey
whereas Red indicates high safety significance.
White

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