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AERB reviewed the industrial and re safety guidance document on 'Personnel Monitoring of
aspects of the facilities under its purview. Radiation Workers in Radiation Facilities'. To
Accidents of serious nature at NPP and FCF create an awareness amongst stakeholders a
were investigated and reviewed in AERB. The booklet on 'Radiation Safety in Diagnostic
lessons learnt from these accidents were Radiology' was translated in Hindi and uploaded
disseminated to all DAE units on AERB website.

The details on Safety Surveillance of Nuclear Power The details of safety surveillance of radiation facilities
Projects, Operating Plants, Research Reactor and, during this period are given in Chapter-2.
Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities & other related
Industrial Facilities are given in Chapter-1 Regulatory Inspection (RI) of Nuclear and
Radiation Facilities
Safety Surveillance of Radiation Facilities (RF)
The regulatory inspection programme faced
AERB carried out safety review of various a major challenge during the COVID-19
facilities using radiation sources and equipment pandemic, due to the nation-wide lockdown,
in industry, medicine, agriculture and research. which restricted the movement of people across
AERB issued about 18,951 licences (i.e. licence, the country. Accordingly, physical inspections at
authorisation and registration) for operation of nuclear, industrial and radiation facilities was
various RFs following the graded approach, suspended since February 2020. In the absence of
granted 4,574 permissions for procurement of the regular inspections, an alternate method of
radioactive sources (imported and indigenous) enhancing regulatory oversight over the licensed
besides 11,842 permissions for procurement of activities/facilities has been developed. This
diagnostic X-ray equipment. Approved 3,256 involves self-assessment of the activity/facility
certied personnel as Radiation Safety Ofcers by the licensee based on checklists developed by
(RSO). Total 662 approvals were given for export AERB. Subsequently, the reports on these self-
of radioactive sources and 80 approvals for assessments were reviewed along with the
returning the sources to Indian supplier or sample basis evidences and interactive video
authorised radioactive waste management site(s), conference meeting(s) with the facility.
as per the terms and conditions of the licence and
policy. AERB on-site observers located at NPP sites
[Rawatbhata, Kalpakkam, Kakrapar and
Regulation of RFs is carried out through Kudankulam] continued to visit respective
AERB's e-Licensing of Radiation Applications (e- facilities, except for the period of local site-specic
LORA) system. It is a user-friendly interface with restrictions, and observed the status of plant and
applicants and licensees of various RFs located activities at these sites. Ofcers at Regional
across the country. With e-LORA, AERB has Regulatory Centres (located at Delhi, Kolkata and
strengthened its regulations of diagnostic X-ray Chennai) were in a state of readiness to cater to
equipment which resulted in signicant increase any requirement of special inspections.
in issue of licences of this equipment. Total 87,432
X-ray equipment were licensed in e-LORA till During the year, total 35 physical regulatory
December 2020. inspections and 39 remote regulatory inspections
of Nuclear & Industrial Facilities (N&IF) covering
BARC has developed First-of-a-Kind eye nuclear, radiological & industrial safety and
plaque with 1 0 6 Ru radioactive source for security aspects (affecting safety). Apart from this
brachytherapy treatment of eye cancer. Based on 440 radiation facility were inspected by ofcers
safety review and witnessing the Type approval from Headquarters (HQ) and Regional
tests, AERB issued approval of Classication Regulatory Centres.
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Designation to Ru eye plaque.
Special Inspection of KAPP-3 was carried
To facilitate the utilities to rationalize the out (through virtual mode) to check plant status,
issuance of TLDs to their staff, AERB prepared a verify the compliance to the requirements for the

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