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3.2.2 Shipments Approved
Consignments, which do not meet all the applicable
requirements of the transport regulations due to specific
reasons, are permitted to be transported under special
arrangements, which include provision of compensatory
operational controls. Six such shipments were approved
during the year.
3.2.3 Regulatory Inspections
Details related to RIs during the year are given in
Table 3.5. In RIs, AERB may find non-compliances with
regulatory requirements. The non-compliances with
regulatory provisions during inspection are reviewed in the
AERB Safety Committee for Investigation of Unusual
Occurrences in Radiation Facilities (SCURF). The
enforcement actions recommended by SCURF include
issuance of warning letters, suspension of radiation practices,
withdrawal of certificates of radiation workers and revocation
of license issued to operate radiation installations in radiation
facilities.
Table-3.5: Regulatory Inspections
Sr. No. Facilities No. of Institutes No. of Inspections
1 Diagnostic X-ray ~ 40,000 80
2 Radiotherapy 231 24
3 Nuclear Medicine 140 40
● Diagnostic & low dose therapy 110
● Diagnostic, Low dose therapy & 30
Ca thyroid treatment centres
4 Research 500 5
5 Industrial Radiography 466 74
6 Gamma Irradiators 12 12
7 Nucleonic Gauges 1435 18
3.3 RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY SURVEILLANCE
3.3.1 Radiation Diagnostic and Therapy Facilities
On the basis of pre-commissioning safety
evaluation, AERB issued authorizations for the
commissioning of 22 Teletherapy units (11 Telecobalt units
and 11 Medical LINAC) and 7 remote after-loading
Brachytherapy units, and for the decommissioning of 1
Teletherapy unit during the year. Permissions were accorded
for re-starting 8 Telecobalt units after source replacement
and 13 new radiotherapy centres. Forty nuclear medicine
facilities and 5 research institutions, where unsealed
radioactive materials are used, were inspected. AERB
reviewed annual safety status reports received from the
licensees and inspected 208 medical X-ray diagnostic
installations. Deviations and violations of regulatory
requirements were taken up with the users. In some cases,
AERB initiated appropriate regulatory actions such as
suspension of license.
3.3.2 High Intensity Gamma Irradiation Facilities
Inspections were carried out at the following 12
operating gamma irradiation facilities:
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Panoramic Batch Irradiation Technology (PANBIT),
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
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Radiation Vulcanization of Natural Rubber Latex
(RVNRL), Kottayam, Kerala.
Radiation Sterilization and Hygenisation of Medical
Products (RASHMI), Bangalore.
Shriram Applied Radiation Centre (SARC), Delhi.
Radiation Processing Facility, BRIT, Vashi, Navi
Mumbai.
Isotope in Medicine (ISOMED), BRIT, Mumbai.
VIKIRAN, M/s. Organic Green Foods Ltd, Kolkata.
RAVI, Defence Lab., Jodhpur.
M/s. Vardaan Agrotech, Sonepet, Haryana.
M/s A. V. Processor, Ambernath, Thane.
M/s Universal Medicap Pvt. Ltd., Baroda.
● M/s Microtrol Sterilization Services Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore.
The quarterly safety status reports were received
from all the operating gamma radiation-processing facilities.
The occupational exposures in gamma irradiation facilities
in the last five years did not exceed 2 mSv/y, which is well
below the prescribed dose limit of 20 mSv/y. Seven proposals
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