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Mumbai. For Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL), authorizations were issued
for construction of Tailings Pond for Turamdih Mill as also for Tummalapalle Mill. For
Indian Rare Earth Limited (IREL), Orissa Sand Complex (OSCOM), authorization was
issued for siting of Monazite Processing Plant.
Safety Surveillance of Radiation Facilities
A total of 202 devices were issued type approval, 3 medical cyclotrons and
2 industrial gamma processing plant were issued license for operation and 378
Radiological Safety Officers (RSOs) were licensed. Over 2300 licenses were issued for
procurement of radiation sources and over 181 authorizations were issued for disposal of
3071 spent sources. A total of 331 certificates of registration were issued to diagnostic
X-ray installations. Three registration certificates for Type-A packages were issued, 9
validity certificates of approval of design-B package were renewed and 1 approval for the
design of Type-B package was issued. Regulatory Inspections (RI) were conducted in
various radiation facilities and 7 unusual occurrences related to loss or misplacement of
radiation sources were investigated.
Industrial Safety
There were 7 fatal accidents at various construction sites. These accidents were
investigated and several remedial measures were taken, including conduct of monthly
inspections at all construction sites, to prevent such accidents. Regulatory Inspections
for industrial and fire safety aspects were strengthened at various projects for immediate
rectification of the unsafe conditions. Job Hazard Analysis (JHA), preparation of safe
working procedures and use of field check list on JHA were made mandatory for all
hazardous works at sites.
Regulatory Inspections
A total of 23 inspections were carried out in the operating plants and research
facilities. In nuclear projects, 6 inspections were carried out. In addition, 59 inspections
were carried out on aspects dealing with industrial safety. This was on account of
introduction of monthly inspections for plants under construction since September 2006
towards ensuring adequate level of industrial safety at construction sites. Six inspections
were also carried out on civil engineering aspects.
Regulatory Documents and Safety Studies
A total of 9 new safety documents have been published; the total number of
safety document published so far being 120. Safety studies were conducted at AERB,
Mumbai and at the Safety Research Institute, Kalpakkam in the areas of event analysis
of Indian PHWRs and VVER-1000, Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA), reactor
physics, radiological safety and environmental safety.
International Cooperation
In the International Cooperation Program, the eighth nuclear safety cooperation
meeting with USNRC was held in USA. Another important event was the meeting of
IAEA’s International Nuclear Safety Group that was hosted by AERB in Mumbai in
March 2007. AERB Staff also participated in activities of IAEA like Incident Reporting
System, International Nuclear Event Scale, Commission on Safety Standards and
Coordinated Research Programs.
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