In addition to the quarterly reports in Form IV, the authorised person shall submit such periodical reports to the competent authority, as stipulated in the authorisation for ensuring safe disposal of radioactive waste.
21. Appeal —
(1) An appeal shall lie, against any order of suspension or cancellation or refusal of an authorisation by the competent authority, to the Central Government.
2) Every appeal shall be in writing and shall be accompanied by a copy of the order appealed against and shall be presented within thirty days of the order passed.
FORM I (See rule 4) Government of India Atomic Energy Regulatory Board Application for Authorisation to Dispose of Radioactive Waste (This form is meant to assess the suitability of the institution for carrying out waste disposal operations).
1. Name & address of the applicant :
2. (i) Name of the employer:
(ii) Name of the Head of the installation :
3. Department in which the radioactive :
waste will be disposed of
4. Name and designation of the Head of the Dept. :
5. Name of the individual who is entrusted :
with day to day administration of radiation protection in the department (Radiological Safety Officers)
6. Are the persons doing radiation work :
members of the personnel monitoring service ? If so,please give details
7. Give details of the experience, if any, of the staff :
members in handling radioactive waste in Appendix I.
8. Give details or particulars of radioactive wastes for :
which the application is made in Appendix II.
* Complete address of the installation with Telephone No. (during and outside office hours) and telex number, if any, may please be provided in the space provided below :
9. (a) Please attach to this application the following drawings:-
(i)A SITE PLAN of the installation (1:500 scale or as appropriate) of the installation indicating the locations of buildings, producing the radioactive waste and the buildings for its conditioning, packaging and ultimate disposal. Please indicate the points of discharge of radioactive effluents into the environment. Also indicate the nature of occupancies and land utilisation in the neighbourhood of the above buildings and water resources of the above land and their utilisation.
(ii) ARCHITECTURAL BLUEPRINTS (1:50 scale or as appropriate) with dimensions of each of the buildings housing the waste producing, conditioning and disposal equipment and systems. Please indicate in the blue prints the nature of work carried out in each room. Further, please mark clearly the locations of the radioactive waste generating conditioning and packaging equipment and storage facility, work benches, sinks, fumehoods, decontamination equipment, monitoriny and surveillance equipment and specify the nature of occupied or other areas around the rooms or in the rooms in question as applicable.
(iii) A drawing showing CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS of radioactive waste storage facilities available (e.g. lead container, concrete closest or vaults etc.)
(b) Please provide details of any special ventilation facilities incorporated (such as fumehood, stacks, exhausts, general air inlet and exhaust facilities for the rooms etc.)
(c) Please indicate where —
(a) the floor areas of the rooms are covered with special material such as linoleum ?
(b) the workbenches are covered with stainless steel or polythene sheet ?
(c) the walls are coated with stripable paint or conporous washable paint ?
(d) Please state whether —
(i)the installations in the plans are to be built;
(ii)existing rooms are to be modified as per the plans;
(iii) rooms already built and fitted up as per plan.
10. List of equipment available with the department (alongwith their specifications) where the radioactive waste will be handled. Please give details including the numbers of equipment available with you under each category (attach additional sheets if necessary).
(A) Equipment for collection of radioactive wastes (unconditioned);
(B) System for transporting unconditioned waste within the installation;
(C) Equipment for conditioning radioactive waste;
(D) Equipment for transportation of conditioned waste packages;
(E) Equipment for package handling and shipment at repository sites;
(F) Equipment for monitoring and surveillance;
(G) Details of safety devices incorporating in the systems to contain the radioactive effluents and control their releases (Please give their design features, technical specifications and analysis of their behaviour under off normal conditions).
11. Please give a brief description of the proposed procedures for :
(a) Shut down and stabilisation of waste disposal site after intended period of operation.
(b) Observation and maintenance of stabilised disposal site for institu- tional control.
(c) Provision of funds and financial assets for the above shut down and institutional control for 100 years.
12. Please give details of anticipated accidents and procedures to be followed for their management (attach emergency preparedness plan, if available).
13. Any other relevant information the applicant wishes to furnish in support of his case.
14. I hereby certify that —
(a) all the statements made above are correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
(b) the radioactive waste will not be disposed off except as specified under paragraph 8 of this form.
(c) radioactive waste will not be moved from the authorised place without prior approval of the competent authority.
(d) radioactive waste packages will be transported outside the restricted area in duly shielded containers and after obtaining the necessary safe transport certificate from the competent authority.
(e) full facilities will be accorded by us to any authorised representative of the competent authority to inspect the department in which the radioactive waste will be handled.
(f) radiation monitoring and environmental surveillance shall be provided in the installation and in the restricted areas to ensure adequate protection.
(g) the radioactive waste will not be sold, rented or transferred to any other Institution, without prior approval of the competent authority.
(h)all recommendations that may be made from time to time by the competent authority in respect of radiation safety measures will be duly implemented.
Date : ____________ Signature and Seal of the Head of the Installation(s) Place: ____________ Appendix I (Form I) Name of the Academic When and where Type of person qualification and the radioactive experience designation wastes were or training handled 1 2 3 4 Appendix II (Form I) Name and address Brief description Brief description Volume of the Description of the Total Activity of Weight and volume of the Department of the process of physical state unconditioned conditioning method each of the of the conditioned or Laboratory in giving rise to the & chemical charac- waste and its and details of principal radio- waste package and which the waste radioactive teristics of weight (give packaging nuclides present total number of originate wastes radioactive waste separately for employed for in the waste packages (of each and name of liquids, solids transporation package type) radionuclides etc.) of the waste contained in it 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mode of trans- Method of Name and Maximum Address & Name and Remark port of the ultimate address waste quantity location of the address (if any) waste package disposal of the of the that will be waste of the to the ultimate waste institution disposed off repository or person with disposal site undertaking the annually (give burial site whom the ultimate waste separately for ownership title disposal each type) of the land of of waste repository or burial rests 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 FORM II (See rule 5) Government of India Atomic Energy Regulatory Board Authorisation for Disposal or Transfer of Radioactive Waste :
Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1962 and the enabling rules made thereunder and specially the “Atomic Energy (Safe Disposal of Radioactive Wastes) Rules, 1987” and in reliance on the statements and representations made by the applicant in his application dated __________, an authorisation is hereby issued authorising the applicant to dispose of Radioactive Waste listed below and in conformity with the technical specifications given in the attachment to his authorisation and subject to the terms and conditions specified on the back-side of this authorisation :
Authorisation No. Reference No.
Date of Issuance/Date of Expiry
1. Name of the authorised person :
2. Address of the authorised person :
3. Location/address of the authorised :
waste disposal installation(s)
4. Authorised mode(s) of disposal :
(air/sewage/burial/transfer)
5. Specifications of the radio-chemical(s) :
authorised for disposal (viz. Name of radionuclide, physical form, chemical composition)
6. Maximum quantities authorised for :
disposal (per day/week/month/year)
7. Reference No., date, number of :
page etc. of the attachment giving technical specifications governing this authorisation.
Signature and seal of the Competent Authority TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AUTHORISATION
1. The person authorised shall abide by all the provisions concerning disposal of radioactive waste and radiation protection laid down in —
(i) the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 (33 of 1962);
(ii) the Radiation Protection Rules, 1971; and
(iii) the Atomic Energy (Safe Disposal of Radioactive Wastes) Rules, 1987.
2. The person authorised shall dispose off radioactive waste strictly in accordance with the technical specifications (Ref. No. _____________dated _____________ ) which are attached herewith.
3. The person authorised shall not rent, lend, sell, transfer or otherwise transport the radioactive waste without obtaining prior permission of the competent authority.
4. Any unauthorised change in personnel, equipment, working conditions, from that given in his application by the person authorised shall constitute a breach of this authorisation.
5. It is the duty of the authorised person to take prior permission of the competent authority for shut down of the waste disposal installation and to provide institutional controls as stipulated by the competent authority in the aforesaid permission.
FORM III [see rule 6 (ii)]
1. Name and address of the :
Institution
2. Date of issuance of authori- :
sation and its reference No.
3. Description of unconditioned radioactive waste :
Principal Radio- Physical Chemical Total nuclides present form with form volume and their description quantity (Bq)
4. Description of conditioned radioactive waste :
Method of condi- Address of Radiation level Weight & tioning of radio- agency which (dose rate) volume of active waste conditioned if any on the package of the waste surface of the each type conditioned waste package (unshielded)
5. Details of transportation of radioactive waste :
Name and Mode of Radiation level Mode of tran- Date of address of packing (dose rate) if sportation to transportation the consignee of the waste any, on the site of of the package for trans- surface of disposal portation transport package (shielded)
6. Details of disposal of radioactive waste :
Date of Concentration Site of disposal Method Persons disposal of radioactive (identify the of involved material location on disposal in in the final the relevant disposal waste form layout drawing for reference)
7. Data on periodic radiation surveillance:
Date of measurement Maximum radiation levels at sites of waste handling Maximum contamination levels in waste handling areas (accessible points) Maximum concentration of activity in the influence from the installation going to Action taken in case of high levels of radiation & contamination Stora ge area Disposal area Monitoring area (health physics and change rooms etc.
Any other (speci fy) Storage area Disp osal area Monitorin g area (health physics and change rooms etc.)
Any other (specify) Sewa ge Other areas (speci fy)
8. Data on environmental surveillance:
Analysis of ground water Analysis of soil samples Analysis of air sampling Date of measurement location of sampling depth of sampling activity content (per ml) location of sampling depth of samplin g activity content (per gm) location of sampling activity content (per ml) Analysis of any other samples (give details) Form IV [see rule 6(vi)] Format for Record of Disposal of Radioactive Waste (To be submitted to the competent authority)
1. Name and address of the Institution :
2. Details of waste disposal operations :
Sr. Date of Description of Radioactive Waste Radiation Mode of Site of Brief Date of Name Remarks No. issuance dose per transport- disposal descript- diposal and (if any) of auth- Physical Chemical Princi- Total Mode of hour if ation to (attach a ion of the designaorisation form form pal radio volume conditioning any, on the site of sketch mode of tion of for the and nuclides of the and the sur- disposal showing disposal radiation disposal contents present radio- packaging face shield the workers of and active unshield packages location(s) involved radioactive their waste packages of in waste waste and quan- disposed disposal) disposal its tities with No.
reference in each of No. packages packages (Bq)
3. Details of environmental surveillance :
Date of Analysis of ground water samples Analysis of soil samples Analysis. of air samples Analysis measure- of any emnt Location Depth of Activity Location Depth of Activity Location Activity other of sampling sampling content of sampling sampling content of sampling content samples (per ml) (per gm) (per ml) (give details) Name and signature of the Name and signature of the Name and signature of the Head of the Installation Supervisor incharge/Head Radiological Safety Officer of the disposal operations FORM V [see rule 15(1)] Government of India Atomic Energy Regulatory Board Application for Authorisation for disposal of Radioactive Waste by small installations
1. Name & Address of the Applicant :
2. Name of the Head of the installaltion :
3. Department in which the radiation :
sources will be disposed of
4. Name and designation of the :
Head of the Department
5. Name of the individual who is :
entrusted with day to day administration of radiation protection in the department (Radiological Safety Officer) * Complete address of the installation with Telephone No. (during and outside office hours) and telex number, if any, may please be provided in the space provided below :
6. Are the persons doing radiation :
work members of the Personnel Monitoring Service ? If so, please give details
7. Give details of the experience, if :
any, of the staff members in handling radioactive waste (in Appendix I).
8. Give details of particulars of :
radioactive wastes for which the application is made (in Appendix II)
9. If unsealed radioactive waste is :
to be disposed of please enclose,
(i) A SITE PLAN of the installation (1:500 scale) making the location of waste disposal installations, the nature of occupancies around these, the neighbouring land utilisation and water resources with the utilisations.
(ii) An ARCHITECTURAL BLUEPRINT (1:50 scale) with dimensions of the building housing the waste disposal equipment and systems.
Please indicate in the blue print the nature of disposal work carried out in each location. Further, please mark clearly the location of the radioactive waste storage facility, work benches, sinks, fumehoods, decontamination equipment and the points of discharge of radioactive effluents into the environment.
(iii) Details of radioactive waste burial/incineration facilities if available.
(iv) Details of any special ventilation facilities incorporated (such as fume hood exhausts, general air inlet and exhaust facilities for the rooms etc.)
(v) Details of drainage system till it joins the sewerage soak-pit.
(vi) Please state whether —
(a) (i) the installations shown in the plan are to be built.
(ii)existing installations are to be modified as per plan.
(iii) Waste disposal facilities already built and fitted up as per plan
(b) Are the floor areas of the rooms covered with special material such as linoleum ?
(c) Are the work benches covered with stainless steel or polythene sheet ?
(d) Are the walls coated with shippable paint or non-porous washable paint ?
10. Proposed procedure for final disposal of radioactive wastes (solid, liquid and gases).
11. List of equipments available with the department (along with their specifica tions) where the radioactive waste will be handled.
Please give details of equipment available with you under each category.
A. Radioactive waste handling equipment.
B. Radioactive waste storage facilities (e.g. waste bins, carbouys etc.)
C. Radiation Protection Devices (e.g. lead bricks, remove handling tools, etc.)
D.Radioisotope Laboratory Accessories (e.g. stainless steel trays/sinks, fume hoods, glove boxes, etc.)
E. Radiation Detection/Measurement Equipment (e.g. area survey meters, contamination monitors, counters, etc.)
12. Any additional relevant information :
13. I hereby certify that :
(a) all the statements made above are correct to the best of my knowledgeand belief.
(b) the radioactive waste will not be disposed of except as specified under paragraphs 8 and 10 of this form.
(c) radioactive waste will not be moved from the authorised place without prior approval of the competent authority.
(d) decayed, scaled sources will be returned to the supplier only in duly shielded containers as per the advice of the competent authority and after obtaining the necessary safe transport certificate.
(e) full facilities will be accorded by us to any authorised representative of the competent authority to inspect the department in which the radioactive waste will be handled.
(f) personnel monitoring badges will be worn by all persons engaged in radiation work, as required by the competent authority.
(g) the radioactive waste will not be sold, rented or transferred to any other institutions, without prior approval of the competent authority.
(h) all recommendations that may be made from time to time by the competent authority will be duly implemented.
Place ______________ Signature and seal of the Head of the installation.
Date ______________
SCHEDULE [see rule 15(2)] Conditions and procedures for disposal of Radioactive Waste by Institutions handling small quantities of Radioisotopes.
Institutions such as hospitals and tracer research laboratories, handling small quantities of radioisotopes of short effective half life may, after obtaining the authorisation, under rule 3, undertake disposal of radioactive waste, in accordance with the following procedures :-
1. Disposal of Radioactive Waste by release into Sanitary Sewerage system - An authorised person may discharge radioactive waste into a Sanitary sewerage system, provided :-
(a) the waste is readily soluble or dispersible in water;
(b) the maximum quantity of radioactive material released in the sanitary sewerage system is less than the quantity prescribed in Table I of this Schedule and is not in excess of the quantity which, if diluted by the average daily quantity of sewerage released into the sewerage system by the authorised institution, will result in an average monthly concentration equal to the limits:-
(i) as specified in Table 1, or
(ii) as specified by the competent authority, on a case by case basis for radionuclides, not listed in Table 1,
(c) the gross quantity of radioactive material released into the sewerage system by the institution does not exceed 37 GBq per year;
(d) when more than one radionuclide is present in the liquid waste, the sum of the ratios of the individual quantities of each of the radioisotopes present and their respective maximum quantities allowed as per Table 1, does not exceed unity;
(e) periodic maintenance and monitoring of the path-ways of the liquid effluents, till the effluents reach the sewerage system, is done by the Radiological Safety Officer, to ensure that the appropriate disposal limits and operational limits are not exceeded in and outside the drainage system;
(f) a log book is maintained in Form III recording the identity and quantity of each radioisotope disposed, its time of disposal, the name of the person who has supervised the waste disposal and the data on radiation surveillance.
2.Disposal of Solid Radioactive Waste — An authorised person may dispose of solid radioactive waste by burial into pits prepared in an exclusive burial ground, provided :
(a) the burial ground is located in an isolated site owned by the said person;
(b) the site is duly fenced off to prevent unauthorised entry;
(c) the site is duly approved by the competent authority for burial of radioactive waste, the approval being governed by factors such as the nature of environment including topographical and geological characteristics of the burial site, usage of ground and surface waters in the general area around the site, with a view to minimise the assessed anticipated risk of accidental dispersal of the waste to potentially affected locations or back to the environment;
(d) the total activity in the wastes buried in any one pit of the burial ground does not exceed —
(i) the limits specified in Table 2 of this schedule; or
(ii) the limit specified by the competent authority on a case by case basis; for radionuclides not listed in Table 2 of this Schedule;
(e) when more than one radionuclides is present in the solid waste, the sum of the ratios of the individual quantities of each of the radioisotopes present and their respective maximum quantities allowed as per Table 2, does not exceed unity;
(f) the depth of the burial pit is so chosen that the wastes have a top layer of compact earth of minimum 120 cm thickness when the pit head is closed;
(g) successive burial pits are separated by a distance of at least 180 cm;
(h) not more than 12 burials are made in any one year;
(i) a closed pit is not opened for reuse till 10 half lives, of the longest lived radioisotope buried in that pit, have elapsed;
(j) the burial area is treated as restricted area and subjected to periodic environmental surveillance by the Radiological Safety Officer to ensure that the appropriate disposal limits and operational limits are not exceeded;
(k) the material excavated from a closed pit is released for normal disposal, under the supervision of the Radiological Safety Officer before reusing the pit as laid down in (i);
(l) periodic monitoring of the burial ground and its environment is done by the Radiological Safety Officer to ensure that the operational limits on radioactive contamination are not exceeded;
(m) a log book is maintained in Form III recording identity and quantity of each radioisotope buried, description of waste, time of burial, name of the person who has supervised the burial operations and the data on radiation surveillance.
3.Incineration of Radioactive Waste — An authorised person may undertake incineration of radioactive wastes, including incineration of radioactive animal card cases, provided the competent authority is duly satisfied that —
(a) the design of the incinerator is suitable for the intended operations and provides for retention of solid and liquid combustion/scrubbing by products and for controlled discharge of liquid and gaseous effluents;
(b) the incineration operations will not result in air borne radioactive contamination in excess of the operational limits prescribed under Radiation Protection Rules, 1971, for unrestricted areas;
(c) the solid and liquid radioactive wastes arising from incineration operations will be duly collected and disposed off in accordance with these rules;
(d) adequate environmental surveillance, including air monitoring where necessary, will be provided to ensure that the operational limits are not exceeded;
(e) the incineration operations are undertaken under direct supervision of the radiological safety officer;
(f) up-to-date records are maintained, in Form III annexed to these rules, of the incineration operations indicating the names of radionuclides and their amounts finally disposed in gaseous, liquid and solid form, the details of such disposals, names of the persons involved in these operations and the date of radiation surveillance.
4. Records, etc. — Quarterly records, in respect of the disposal operations, shall be submitted to the competent authority in Form IV.
5. Other conditions — The authorised person shall abide by —
(i) such orders as may be issued by notifications, by the competent authority modifying the concentrations prescribed in Table 1 or the quantities prescribed in Table 1 & 2.
(ii) any other safety measures stipulated by the competent authority in accordance with these rules.
TABLE 1 Disposal limits for sanitary sewerage systems Radionuclide Maximum limit Average monthly on total discharge concentration of per day radioactivity in the discharge (MBq) (MBqM-3 ) H3 92.5 3700 C14 18.5 740 Na24 3.7 222 P32 3.7 18.5 S35 18.5 74 Cl36 0.37 74 Ca45 3.7 10.1 Co60 0.37 37.0 Sr89 0.37 11.1 Sr90+Y90 0.037 0.148 Zr95+Nb96 3.7 74 Mo99+Tc99m 3.7 185 Ru106+Rh106 0.37 14.8 Sb124 0.37 25.9 I125 3.7 22.2 I131 3.7 22.2 Cs137+Ba137m 0.37 14.8 Ba140+La140 0.37 29.6 Ce144+Pr144 0.37 11.1 Tm170 3.7 37.0 Ir192 3.7 37.0 Po210 0.037 0.74 TABLE 2 Disposal limits for Ground Burial Radionuclide Maximum activity in a pit (MBq) H3 9250 C14 1850 Na24 370 P32 370 S35 1850 Cl36 37 Ca45 370 Co60 37 Kr85 3700 Fe59 370 Sr89 37 Sr90+Y90 3.7 Zr94+Nb95 370 Mo99 370 Ru106+Rh106 37 Sb134 37 I125 37 I131 37 Xe131 37 Cs137+Ba137m 37 Ba140+La140 37 Ce144+Pr144 37 Tm170 370 Ir192 370 Po210 3.7