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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) 124 612 51
No. of Facilities & 10 21 1097
and 16 (IARPF)
Equipment/ Devices 21 10 21 128 2970 7212 1690
(Accelerators) (Sources)
Licence* 11 1 4 24 243 99 09
Type Approval/Renewal (Equipment) 4 3 61 ---
--- ---
---
Sources --- --- 08 06
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.

2.2.3 Consumer Products and Research Applications

(i) 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.

(ii) 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 either accelerators
or Co based. They are high-to-moderate radiation hazard potential.
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