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(i) Theme Meeting on ‘Measurement of necessary understanding about C-14 activity in
Carbon-14 Activity in Effluent release and environment, in reactor systems, waste disposal
Environment Samples’ facilities including environmental dose monitoring in
the areas around NPPs due to C-14. The meeting was
One day theme meeting on ‘Measurement of also targeted towards harmonization of measurement
Carbon-14 Activity in Effluent release and Environment methods that are adopted by different laboratories with
Samples’ was conducted in AERB on February 19, respect to C-14 measurements and identification of
2019. The theme meeting was aimed at taking stock of further actions.
various R&D activities being conducted for developing

Shri G. Nageswara Rao, Chairman, AERB delivering the
Presidential address in the Theme Meeting Participants of the Theme Meeting

(ii) Theme Meeting on ‘Regulatory Inspection facilities including Tata Memorial Hospital, ACTREC,
Process’ Apollo Hospitals, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital
participated in this meeting.
AERB conducted a theme meeting on ‘Regulatory
Inspection Process’ on February 21, 2019 at its HQ in During the meeting, the changes made in the
Mumbai. The objective of the meeting was to share regulatory inspection process of AERB, like frequency
experiences and obtain feedback on the process of of inspections, methodology for reporting of inspection
regulatory inspection of nuclear & radiation facilities. findings, and assignment of safety significance to the
Representatives of all the Licensees of Nuclear Facilities, inspection findings were deliberated. The delegates in
and few Radiation Facilities were invited to the meeting. general, appreciated the present regulatory inspection
Around 100 delegates from various units of the DAE process of AERB, and made certain suggestions for
including NPCIL, BHAVINI, IGCAR, UCIL, NFC, HWB, further improvement. These suggestions were discussed
IREL, BRIT, RRCAT, RMC-BARC and medical radiation during the panel discussion for further actions at AERB.
(iii) Theme Meeting on ‘Environmental
Remediation Strategies for Radioactive
Contamination’
The two-day theme meeting on ‘Environmental
Remediation Strategies for Radioactive Contamination’
was organized by Safety Research Institute (SRI), AERB
at Kalpakkam during March 14-15, 2019. Around 70
delegates from AERB, IGCAR, BARC, NPCIL, BHAVINI,
CSIR, Mangalore University, TNSDRF participated in
the meeting.

Meeting was inaugurated by Shri G. Nageswara
Rao, Chairman AERB. In the inaugural address,
Panel Discussion during Theme Meeting on ‘Regulatory
Inspection Process’ Chairman advocated that high-quality standards should

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