here - Atomic Energy Regulatory Board

3.1 SAFETY REVIEW OF RADIATION
EQUIPMENT AND APPROVAL OF SAFETY
PERSONNEL
The radiation facilities in India can be broadly
classified as Medical, Industrial and Research facilities.
Medical facilities include diagnostic X-ray machines,
Telegamma Units, Linear Accelerators, Brachytherapy Units
using manual and remote after loading techniques and
Nuclear Medicine Centres practicing diagnosis and therapy.
Industrial installations include gamma and X-ray radiography
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equipment, gamma radiation processing plants, ionising
radiation gauging devices (nucleonic gauges) including welllogging
devices and manufacturers of consumer products.
Research installations include universities and other research
institutes handling a variety of sealed and unsealed radiation
sources and also X-ray facilities for research purposes.
Number of various radiation installations and
radiation devices, which are regulated by AERB as on March
31, 2006, is given in Table 3.1.
Table-3.1: Radiation Installations Regulated by AERB
S.No. Type of Application No. of institutes No. of Devices in Use
1 Diagnostic X-ray ~ 40,000 ~ 50,000
2 Radiotherapy 218
Teletherapy Telecobalt 271
Telecesium 4
Accelerators 78
Gamma Knife 3
Ir-192 wire (manual) 23
HDR 76
Brachytherapy LDR 31
Manual (Intracavitary) 87
Manual (Interstitial) 34
Opthalmic ( 90Sr) 20
Opthalmic ( 125I) 1
Opthalmic ( 106Ru) 1
3 Nuclear Medicine Not applicable
! RIA Centres
! Diagnostic & low dose
450
therapy
! Diagnostic low & high
106
dose therapy 25
4 Research 500 Not applicable
5 Industrial radiography 461
! Radiography cameras 1196
! X-ray units 213
! Accelerators 11
6 Gamma Irradiators 10 10
7 Nucleonic Gauges 1386 ~ 7500
8 Consumer Products
! Gas Mantle 65
! Lamp starters 20
! Smoke Detectors 95 Not applicable+
! ECD 365 370