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Appendix 4F. The applicant shall also prepare technical specifications for
operations, which should include safety limits, limiting safety system settings,
limiting condition for operations, administrative control and surveillance
requirement. Technical specifications will ensure that operation of accelerator
is within safety envelope as specified in FSAR.
The applicant should arrange to constitute a local safety committee (LSC)
with Head of the institution as Chairman and RSO as member secretary to
review the safety status of the facility periodically. The minutes of meeting
and action taken reports shall be available for inspection by AERB. During
commissioning applicant in consultation with RSO should carry out
radiological impact analysis to ensure adequacy of protective measures taken.
The radiological impact analysis should also include dose to the public due
to sky-shine.
The format for application for commissioning Consent is given in
Annexure 10.
3.3.5 Operation
The consent for operation may initially be restricted for operations at limited
beam current and energy or for certain accelerating species to gain operating
experience.
On establishing satisfactory and safe operation of the entire plant as per design
intent, the plant will be issued with consent for regular operation and extraction
of beam at rated capacity. For this purpose, the applicant has to submit detailed
reports on the commissioning tests and also the final safety analysis report
(FSAR) (alternatively known as SAD) reflecting the as-built design, approved
by the AERB. The format for the FSAR is given in Appendix 4B and 4D.
The detailed commissioning test report should include acceptance test report
(ATR) and the format for ATR is given in Appendix 4C. The radiation survey
report during test run should also be compiled and submitted to AERB.
The format for the application for consent for operation is given in Annexure
11. At this stage, the documents submitted during previous consenting stage
should be available at the site, incorporating revisions, if any.
The consent for regular operation is issued specifying a validity period after
which it may be renewed on the basis of a regulatory review of the plant for
safe performance.
During regular operation of the facility, safety reviews are carried out by the
AERB periodically, to ensure that the facility is being operated in accordance
with the stipulations made in the consent and also the procedures outlined in
the documents submitted to the AERB.
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