• Applicants have to obtain the requisite Licence of the Radiation Facilities through e-LORA.
• Applicant has to first register his Institute in eLORA. The application form for institute registration is available on eLORA home page. The application form is reviewed by AERB. Upon approval, institute’s account is created in eLORA system.
• The eLORA username and password is communicated on registered email id of employer of institute.
• Follow the instructions after logging in to eLORA system. The relevant guidelines are provided in HELP menu of eLORA system.
• Radiation Professionals - A person working with radiation whose role is defined in AERB Safety Codes is termed as Radiation Professional. (RP). RP Registration can be carried out by the respective professionals independent of the institute registration.
• RP has to first register himself
• Obtain unique RP id in registered email id.
• RP should provide his/her RP id to the employer of institute for associating himself /herself as one of the Radiation Professional employee of the institute.
• Obtain the consents in you in-box.
• All consenting process including renewal is on-line through e-LORA

AERB grants Consent for handling radiation sources in accordance with the provision of Sections 16 and 17 of the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and relevant Rules issued thereunder.

The objectives of issuance of Licence are to ensure that:

• only such practices are permitted which are justified in terms of their societal and/or individual benefits
• radiation protection is duly optimised in all nuclear/radiation facilities,
• radiation doses to the personnel in these facilities, and to the members of the public in their vicinity do not exceed the prescribed limits, and
• potential for accidental exposures from the facilities remains acceptably low.
• Thus, the Licence 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;
• where appropriate, specifies time limits on the validity of the Consent.

As per the Atomic Energy ( Radiation Protection) Rules, 2004, no person shall, without a licence

• establish a radiation installation for siting, design, construction, commissioning and operation; & decommission a radiation installation.
• No person shall handle any radioactive material, or operate any radiation generating equipment except in accordance with the terms and conditions of a licence.

A wide range of sources and devices requires regulatory review for Consent. The hazard potential in these sources is vastly different and the pre-requisites for Consent therefore widely differ. Accordingly, the consents are graded ranging from a ‘Licence’ for highest hazard sources to a ‘Registration’ for lowest hazard sources.

License in the form of Licence is issued to the following facilities.

• nuclear fuel cycle facilities;
• land based high intensity gamma irradiators other than gamma irradiation chambers;
• particle accelerators used for research and industrial applications;
• neutron generators;
• (v) facilities engaged in the commercial production of radioactive material or radiation generating equipment;
• Telegamma and accelerators used in radiotherapy;
• computed tomography (CT) unit;
• interventional radiological x-ray unit;
• industrial radiography; and
• such other source or practice as may be notified by the competent authority, from time to time

• brachytherapy;
• deep x-ray units, superficial and contact therapy x-ray units;
• gamma irradiation chambers;
• nuclear medicine facilities;
• facilities engaged in the commercial production of nucleonic gauges and consumer products containing radioactive material; and
• such other source or practice as may be notified by the competent authority, from time to time;

• medical diagnostic x-ray equipment including therapy simulator;
• analytical x-ray equipment used for research;
• nucleonic gauges;
• RIA laboratories;
• radioactive sources in tracer studies;
• biomedical research using radioactive material; and
• such other source or practice as may be notified by the competent authority, from time to time;

Licence in the form of Consent is issued to the following facilities

• approval for siting, design, construction, commissioning and decommissioning of a radiation installation;
• approval for sealed sources, radiation generating equipment and equipment containing radioactive sources, for the purposes of manufacture and supply;
• approval for package design for transport of radioactive material;
• approval for shipment approval for radioactive consignments; and
• such other source or practice as may be notified by the competent authority, from time to time

Manufacturer/ Supplier licensing:

While most Licences/Consents are required by the end-user, design approvals and type approval (prototype approval) of the equipment/ device has to be obtained by the Manufacturer/ Supplier.

The manufacturer of the diagnostic x-ray equipment and Nucleonic gauges have to obtain requisite Licence for setting up the facility.

Consumer goods Manufacturers/ Suppliers have to obtain the requisite Licence for Manufacture / Supply