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v Design Basis Events for Water Cooled At SRI, Kalpakkam experimental studies
Nuclear Power Plants; were carried out viz. (i) experiments in the eld of
cable res in Compartment Fire Test Facility
v Design of Electrical Power Systems For (CFTF); (ii) to investigate the in-vessel retention
Nuclear Power Plants; capability of calandria vessel during postulated
severe accident conditions in Core Melt Retention
v Accident Management Programme For Facility (COMREF); (iii) Water and Steam
Water Cooled Reactor Based Nuclear Power Interaction Facility (WASIF) to investigate
Plants. Condensation Induced Water Hammer (CIWH)
phenomena and (iv) AGMS and Coolant Channel
About 20 regulatory safety documents are at Heat-up Facility for investigating coolant channel
various stages of development. 5 safety heat-up and annulus gas monitoring system
documents are translated in Hindi and are in the related safety issues.
process of publication. AERB contributed in
review of 18 draft Safety Standards and Carried out radiological assessment and
Documents Preparation Proles (DPP) of IAEA environmental studies with AERB Source Term
and provided comments. Estimation tool, synthesis and evaluation of
strippable decontamination Gel for
The Status of Regulatory Safety Documents are decontamination applications, as an effective and
given in Chapter 6. simple technique to remove radio-nuclides from
contaminated surfaces.
Safety Analysis, Research and Development
AERB continued to develop in-house safety
Safety studies were continued in areas analysis codes/modules for various studies viz.
covering severe accident, thermal hydraulics estimation of decay heat from ssion product
safety, reactor physics, probabilistic safety inventory; severe accident analysis programme
assessment, radiological assessment and for PHWRs; Monte Carlo model for View factor
environmental safety studies and experimental calculation and continued analysis of ISOMED
source storage cooling system.

AERB continued to promote and fund
research projects on nuclear safety, radiation
safety, front and back end fuel cycle safety related
problems and industrial safety at academic
institutions under the Safety Research
Programme. Two new projects were approved
and ve on-going projects were renewed.

WASIF Phase-I Setup The details of various activities of Safety analyses and
research are presented in Chapter-7

Stakeholders Engagement Activities

During the COVID-19 pandemic, AERB
reached out to public and various stakeholders
through the virtual platform.

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AERB hosted 4 National Conference on
Regulatory Interface (NCRI-2020) in virtual
mode, with theme on 'Safety Regulation of
AGMS and coolant channel heat-up facility Radiation Processing Facilities'. Objective of the

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