Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB)

The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) was constituted in 1983 by the President of India to carry out certain regulatory and safety functions under the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and the Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986. The headquarter is in Mumbai.

Yawning nuclear void

May 2010
Praful Bidwai

The Mayapuri cobalt-60 episode shows Delhi University scientists were reprehensible and proves again that the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board is too inept, unreliable and compromised to perform its assigned functions. We need another agency.

Radiation dangers: Indian lessons

May 2010
Praful Bidwai

Despite talk of India’s emergence as an economic and nuclear power on the world stage, a recent radiation leak from a scrap metal yard that hospitalized 11 workers, while the Atomic Energy Regulation Board (AERB) failed to respond, has put the spotlight on the country’s lack of proper governing bodies, regulation and crisis response capacity for radioactive facilities.