Advisory Committee for Project Safety Review of PHWR based NPPs and PFBR
(ACPSR-PHWR/PFBR)

Reconstitution Order No.: CH/AERB/COMM/2007/8231 Dtd.: August 2, 2007
Reconstitution Order No.: CH/AERB/199/2004/7445 Dtd.: October 25, 2004
Reconst.Order No.: CH/AERB/199/ACPSR/2003/711 Dtd.: Jan. 27, 2003
Reconstitution Order No.: CH/AERB/COMM/02/.... Dtd.: July .., 2002

Shri G.R. Srinivasan	Chairman	Former Vice-Chairman, AERB
Shri S.K. Chande	Vice-Chairman	Vice-Chairman, AERB E-Mail
Expert Member from Academic Institute
Prof. J.B. Doshi	Member	Professor, Mechanical Enginnering Department, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400 076 Ph: 022 5782545(O) Fax:022-5723546 Ph: 022-5768525(R)) E-Mail
Representative from Ministry of Environment & Forests, New Delhi
Dr. A. Doraiswamy	Member	Director (IA), Min. of Env. & Forests, Paryavaran Bhavan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003 Ph: 011-4366695(O) or 011-4362427 Fax:011-4362827 011-4366695
Representative from Central Electricity Authority (CEA), New Delhi
Shri R.K.Jain	Member (Thermal)	CEA, R.K.Puram, Sewa Bhavan, New Delhi-110 066 Ph: 011-6106988 (O) Fax:011-6186036
Shri S. Sheshadri	Alternate Member (Thermal)	CE (TT&ED), CEA, R.K.Puram, Sewa Bhavan, New Delhi-110 066 Ph: 011-6106988 (O) Fax:011-6186036
Representative from Central Boilers Board (CBB), New Delhi
Shri V.K. Goel	Member	Technical Advisor (Boilers) & Secretary, CBB, Deptt. of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, New Delhi-110 011 Ph: 011-3013048 (O) Fax:011-3013048
Expert Member from NPCIL
Shri S.S. Bajaj	Member	Former Sr. Executive Director, Safety, NPCIL, Mumbai-400094
Expert Member on Health Physics Aspects
Shri V.K.Gupta	Member	Ex-Head HPD, BARC, Flat No. 15, Nu-Atom Co-op. Hsg. Soc., Sector 17, Vashi, Navi Mumbai-400 703 Ph:022-789 8344 (R)
Representative from Site Evaluation Committee (SEC)/PDSC/CSEC
Chairman of Site Evaluation Committee (SEC)/PDSC/CSEC	Member	(depending on the stage of project under review)
Representatives from Organisation Responsible for the Project Under Review (for PHWR based NPPs)
Sr. Executive Director (Technical)	Member	NPCIL
Project Director or Chief Project Engineer/Station Director	Member	(depending on the stage of project under review)
Representatives from Organisation Responsible for the Project Under Review (for PFBR)
Director, Reactor Engineering Group	Member	IGCAR
Director (Technical), BHAVINI/Station Director, PFBR	Member	(depending on the stage of project representing project)
Representatives from AERB
Director, OPSD	Member	AERB E-mail
Director, NPSD	Member-Secretary	AERB E-mail

TERMS OF REFERENCE

1. For Safety Clearance of Project Sites:

Conduct review from Safety view-point of reports from Site Evaluation Committees (SECs) and associated Safety Related Documents submitted by the Organisation Responsible for the Project under review, regarding acceptability of the proposed site for locating the NPP, considering plant and public safety and give its recommendations to AERB for Site Clearance with associated observations/ suggestions/stipulations, if any.
Identify site related specific administrative and design measures and tests/checks if any, that are necessary and to be taken into consideration in recommending acceptability of the proposed site of NPP from Safety viewpoint.

2. For Authorisations at Major Project Stages:

Conduct review from safety point of view of reports and recommendations from Project Design Safety Committees (PDSCs)/Civil Engineering Safety Committee (CESC) and associated safety documents submitted by the Organisation Responsible for the project and give its recommendations to AERB for Authorisation with observations/suggestions/stipulations, if any for Nuclear Power Plants/ Research Reactors for major Project Stages such as Construction, Commissioning, Operation & Decommissioning and as required for their intermediate stages.
Reviews may take into consideration, as appropriate to the project stage, the adequacy of status of management set up, completion of construction and commissioning of different systems, training and qualification of staff, quality assurance programme, emergency preparedness in addition to consideration for adequacy of design provision for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Safety.
Review any other relevant safety issues referred to the committee by Chairman, AERB.

Note: Authorisation for the stages of First Approach to Criticality (FAC) and Raising of power to 100% FP will be through a joint review by SARCOP and ACPSR. For other stages of Authorisation after first criticality, copies of the proposals will be put up to SARCOP for information.