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8.4.3 Special Meet/Awareness Programmes for lectures on various topics viz. Regulation &
Radiation Facilities Safety Requirements, and Unusual Incident
in Nucleonic Gauges. Around 40
There has been an accelerated growth in the participants comprising of plant Engineers
application of ionising radiation technologies in and RSO dealing with the nucleonic gauges
the elds of medicine, industry and basic research attended the programme.
in the country. With the increased benecial use
of radiation sources, there is concern about the (ii) Awareness Program for Suppliers of
harmful effects of radiation if not used properly. Industrial Accelerators and Medical
Apart from effective regulatory controls in place, Cyclotron Facilities
AERB primarily focuses on enhancing awareness
amongst stakeholders on safe use of radiation An awareness program was organized for
sources/generators. Towards this, AERB the Suppliers of Industrial Accelerators used
routinely conducts special meet/awareness in Radiation Processing Facilities (RPF) and
programmes for a wide variety of audience with Medical Cyclotron Facilities (MCF) on
specic objective of spreading the importance of February 27, 2020 at AERB, Mumbai. The
radiation safety and regulatory requirements. objective of the program was to apprise the
The audience includes radiation workers, safety suppliers with recent developments and
personnel, manufacturers/suppliers of changes in regulations pertaining to their
equipment/sources, personnel from industry, eld and provide a platform for suggestions
university faculty and students. Brief description and feedback. Altogether, 40 members
on special meet/awareness programmes is as including delegates from 9 supplier agencies
follows: and members from AERB attended the
program.
(i) Awareness Programme for Nucleonic
Gauge (NG) Users The program comprised of presentations
from AERB ofcers relevant to regulatory
An awareness programme on 'Radiation and safety requirements and e-LORA. An
Safety & Regulatory Requirements in special talk on 'Type Approval Testing
handling of Nucleonic Gauges' was of an indigenous Industrial Accelerator'
organized by AERB ofcers of Eastern was also arranged for familiarization of
Regional Regulatory Centre (ERRC), the participants. Feedbacks from the
Kolkata; at Tata Steel, Jamshedpur on participants were noted for due action by
January 24, 2020. AERB ofcers delivered AERB.

Shri Manas Kumar Pathak, OIC, ERRC delivering lecture in Awareness Programme
at M/s Tata Steel, Jamshedpur

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