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(b) Written directive to applicant / licensee construction NPPs. At other NPP sites, AERB
for improvement within a reasonable time conducts unannounced inspections, apart from
frame; routine announced inspections to observe the
actual state of the facility and the way in which it
(c) Orders to curtail or stop the activity; is being operated and maintained.
(d) Modication, suspension or revocation of
AERB SOTs provide continuous
licence/consent; and
surveillance over 19 Nuclear Facilities at
Four NPP sites
(e) Initiate legal proceedings under provisions
of the Atomic Energy Act, 1962.
The information on regulatory inspections In case of radiation facilities, the inspection
conducted at various nuclear, industrial and plan envisages prioritization of inspection of the
radiation facilities during the year is given in the facilities having reported cases of radiation
following sections: exposures exceeding the prescribed dose limits,
and the facilities from where periodic safety
3.2 REGULATORY INSPECTION OF reports are not received (particularly inactive
NUCLEAR, INDUSTRIAL AND nucleonic gauge institutions) as per the specied
RADIATION FACILITIES requirements. As an innovative measure,
awareness programmes on radiological safety
AERB carries out regulatory inspections of aspects were added to routine inspection
the nuclear, industrial and radiation facilities as a activities to improve compliance to regulatory
safety surveillance measure to ensure compliance requirements. While AERB has been effectively
with the AERB safety requirements and regulating the high hazard nuclear facilities and
stipulations. In nuclear and industrial facilities, other radiation applications, it is facing
the emphasis is given to aspects related to project challenges in bringing the widely spread
management, safety culture, civil construction, diagnostic X-ray facilities under its regulatory
quality assurance, equipment storage & control. Although, these facilities are of low
preservation, fabrication & erection of major hazard potential, they need to be operated in
safety related components, documentation, accordance with AERB's regulatory
commissioning & operation activities, industrial requirements.
& re safety, nuclear security, radiological
monitoring and emergency preparedness. AERB The regulatory inspections are carried out
adopts a graded approach in conducting by AERB HQ located at Mumbai and its regional
regulatory inspections. The number of planned regulatory centres viz. the Southern Regional
inspections of a nuclear facility depends on its Regulatory Centre (SRRC), Chennai; Eastern
hazard potential and input received from other Regional Regulatory Centre (ERRC), Kolkata and
regulatory processes and may vary from 1 to 8 Northern Regional Regulatory Centre (NRRC),
inspections in a year. The scope and depth of these New Delhi. In addition, Directorate of Radiation
inspections depend on the consenting stage of the Safety (DRS) / Radiation Safety Agency (RSA) in
facility and the activity at the site. In addition to some of the States are also authorized to carry out
these, additional inspections are conducted to regulatory inspections for ensuring radiation
gather information after important events or to safety of medical diagnostic radiology X-ray
observe specic activities. equipment installed in the respective States.
AERB has posted onsite observers known as AERB follows a graded approach in
Site Observers Teams (SOTs) at four NPP sites determining the safety signicance of the
[Rawatbhata, Kalpakkam, Kakrapar and deviations observed during regulatory
Kudankulam]. These (SOTs) observe activities at inspections of nuclear, industrial, and radiation
the operating as well as under construction plants facilities. The reported deviations are categorised
at these sites and submit report to AERB as White, Grey, Orange and Red ndings, in the
Headquarter (HQ) on daily basis, which provides increasing order of safety signicance, as
important inputs for safety review and RIs. This described below:
has led to establishment of continuous regulatory
presence at these sites, covering twelve operating,
two under commissioning, and ve under
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