Consenting Process for Radiation Facilities - Atomic Energy ...

The Consenting process involves a continuous safety review/evaluation of
the facility progressing through all the above stages. The inventory of the
radioactive materials vary widely in different radiation facilities.
Consequently, the potential hazards, in terms of radiation exposures within
the facility and environmental effects from releases under normal and
accidental conditions, are also vastly different in magnitude. In view of this,
the AERB may combine two or more stages of Consent into a single Consent
in case of low hazard potential facilities and carry out the safety assessment
accordingly.
2.4 Regulatory Consenting Procedures
2.4.1 General
A Consent is an official document which:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
allows a specified activity or set of activities dealing with siting,
construction, commissioning, operation or decommissioning of a
radiation facility;
prescribes requirements and conditions governing the performance
of these activities; and
where appropriate, specifies time limits on the validity of the Consent.
The applicant should submit an application for Consent at each stage in the
prescribed format identified in the subsequent pages of the document.
2.4.2 Consent for Siting
The Consent at the first major stage, namely siting, involves the review of
the safety aspects based on the conceptual design (or actual design, if
available) of the facility and the site characteristics that have been considered
for the location of the facility at the specified site. The applicant is required
to submit to the AERB a site assessment report (SAR) which is applicable
for only high hazard potential radiation facilities such as gamma radiation
processing facilities, accelerator facilities with beam energy above 10 MeV,
medical cyclotron facilities and integrated facilities for radiation technology.
The site assessment report should include:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
Salient features of the proposed site
Site characteristics affecting safety
Impact of the facility on the environment, if any
The scope and contents of site assessment report for a gamma radiation
processing facility, accelerator facility above 10 MeV and integrated facility
for radiation technology are indicated in Appendix 2A, Appendix 4A,
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