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New AERB chairperson
December 24 , 2022
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- Senior nuclear scientist Dinesh Kumar Shukla has been appointed as the chairperson of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) for a period of three years.
- He succeeds G Nageswara Rao.
- The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) was constituted in 1983 by the President of India by exercising the powers conferred by the Atomic Energy Act, 1962.
- It aims to carry out certain regulatory and safety functions under the Act.
- The regulatory authority of AERB is derived from the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and the Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986.
- The headquarters is in Mumbai.
- The mission of the Board is to ensure that the use of ionising radiation and nuclear energy in India does not cause undue risk to health and the environment.
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