27th IARP CONFERENCE
National Conference on
Occupational and Environmental Radiation Protection
(IARPNC – 2005)
23 – 25 November, 2005
P R O G R A M M E
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
8.30 - 9.30 REGISTRATION
9.30 - 11.00 INAUGURATION
Welcome : Dr. D.N. Sharma, Vice President, IARP
Presidential address : Shri H.S. Kushwaha, President, IARP
Inaugural address : Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, AEC & Secretary, DAE
Announcement of
IARP Awards : Dr. Pushparaja, Convener, IARP Awards Committee
Release of Conf.
Proceedings and Souvenir : Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, AEC
Vote of thanks : Dr. R.C. Sharma, Secretary, IARP
11.00 - 11.30 Inauguration of Exhibition : Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, AEC & Secretary, DAE
HIGH TEA
11.30 -13.15 SESSION I: Key Note address and Oration
Chairman - Dr. S. Banerjee, Director, BARC
Co-Chairman - Dr. D.N. Sharma, Head, RSSD, BARC
Key note Address : Recent Developments by ICRP on Forthcoming New
Recommendations and on Internal Dosimetry
Dr. J.W. Stather – ICRP
K.G. Vohra Memorial Oration - Low Dose Radiation and the Immune Systems: Effects, Mechanisms
and Implications to Human Health
Dr. K.B. Sainis, Assoc. Director, BSG, BARC
A.K. Ganguly Memorial Oration – Evolution of Radiation Safety Discipline in India and the Need for
Improved Techniques for Workplace Monitoring
Dr. M.R. Iyer, Ex. BARC
13.15 -14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.45 Session II : Occupational Radiation Protection.
Chairman - Dr. K.S. Parthasarthy, Raja Ramanna Fellow
Co-Chairman - Dr. M.C. Abani, Ex. BARC
IT -1 Operational Radiation Protection and its Optimization
Shri A.R. Sundararajan, Ex AERB
IT -2 Occupational Radiation Safety Practices in the Management of Radioactive Waste
Shri Kanwar Raj, Head, WMD, BARC
O – 1 A Simple Method to Estimate Tritium and Gross Beta Contamination in Lubricant Waste Oils (P – 50)
V.Mohan, G.Eswaran, L.L.Moolya and P.G.Mohandas
O - 2 Quality Assurance Test of an Industrial X-Ray Machine (P-66)
R.K.Yadav, R.Rama, A.Sharma and R.Kannan,
O - 3 Gamma Dose Mapping Studies at Various Locations from Bottled up Activity in RCB of PFBR following CDA (P-20)
O - 4 Niobium-94 Activity in Irradiated Zr-Nb Alloys (P-47)
P. Pravin Kumar, D. S. Suryanarayana, K. V. Subbaiah and V. Gajendiran
O - 5 Radiological Experience on Safe Handling of 233U during Fabrication of PFBR Fuel Pins (P-138)
G.Ganesh, H.C.M. Pillay, M.D. Deshpande and K.A. Pendharkar
15.45 - 16.00 TEA
16.00 – 17.30 Session III : Radiation Protection Dosimetry Instrumentation - I
Chairman - Dr. S.K. Kataria, Assoc. Director, E&I Group, BARC
Co-Chairman - Shri K.A. Pendharkar, Head, IDD, BARC
IT – 3 Recent Development in Radiation Detectors and Protection Instruments
Shri S. Kannan, Head, RP&AD, BARC
Commercial presentations by
1. M/s Ribble International Ltd.
2. M/s GEEBEE International
3. M/s NUCLEONIX
4. M/s PLA Electro Appliances Pvt. Ltd.
5. M/s SSBI Exports Pvt Ltd,
19.00 - 20.00 Special Talk -
Shri R.C.Gupta, MD, UCIL
20.00 DINNER
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Thursday, November 24, 2005
9.30 - 11.15 Session IV : Radiation Protection of the Environment and Public
Chairman - Shri H.S. Kushwaha, Director, HS&EG, BARC
Co-Chairman - Shri V.D. Puranik, Head, EAD, BARC
Dr. U.C. Mishra, Ex. BARC
IT – 5 Current Status of Low Dose Radiation Risk Coefficients
Dr.Y.S. Mayya, EAD, BARC
O – 1 Traces of Uranium in Natural Water Resources along the Southern Coast of Kerala. (P-28)
P.J. Jojo
O - 2 Application of Recent 90Sr Estimation Techniques to Ground Water Analysis (P-32)
Vandana Pulhani, Sunita Dafauti and A. G. Hegde
O – 3 Radon Variation in Drinking Water with Different Lithotectonic Units of
Uttaranchal Himalaya (P-25)
Yogesh Prasad, Ganesh Prasad, V.M. Choube and R.C. Ramola
B. S. Bajwa , S.Singh and H. S. Virk
O - 5 Sorption and Desorption Characteristics of Manganese and Strontium on
Surface Soils of Kudankulum Site (P-41)
Sudhir Dahiya, Madhuparna Dutta and A.G.Hegde
11.15 - 11.30 TEA
11.30 - 13.15 Session V : Radiation Protection Dosimetry Instrumentation - II
Chairman - Shri P. K. Dey, Head FRD, BARC
Co-Chairman - Dr. A.S. Pradhan, Ex, BARC
IT - 6 Biological Indicators of Absorbed Radiation and Biological Dosimetry
Dr. B.S. Rao, Ex. BARC
IT- 7 Management of Collective Dose in Indian NPPs
O – 1 Determination of Calibration Factors for Whole Body Counting of Members of Public (P-70)
P. Vijayagopal, Joyeeta. M, S.P. Garg, J.M. Vidhani, and K.A. Pendharkar
O – 2 Interpretation of Bioassay Monitoring Data following Exposure to Natural Uranium through Inhalation (P -108)
Pramilla D. Sawant, D. D. Jaiswal, T. K. Haridasan and K. A Pendharkar
O – 3 Computation of Annual Dose due to Inhalation of 239Pu and Some Other Important Radionuclides (P-109)
O – 4 Development and Optimisation of Dose Evaluation Algorithm for ICRU Operational Quantity HP(10)
in Individual Monitoring (P-23)
A.K.Bakshi, K Srivastava, G.Varadharajan and R.K.Kher
O – 5 Unusual Ratio of TL Readouts of different Discs of Personnel Monitoring TLD Badge Based on CaSO4:Dy
Teflon Disc (P-80)
S.M.Pradhan, G.Chourasiya, C.D.Ande, R.K.Kher, R.Vashishtha and A.K.Gupta
13.15-14.00 LUNCH
14.00 – 15.45 Poster Session I : Occupational Radiation Protection, Emergency
Preparedness and Risk Assessment
P7, P8, P12, P19, P30, P33, P35, P42, P43, P49, P51, P52, P53, P54, P55, P57, P58, P59, P60, P61, P62, P63, P65, P79, P81, P82, P88, P90, P91, P95, P100, P101, P106, P107, P110, P111, P112, P113, P114, P116, P119, P127, P130, P133, P134, P135, P139, P140, P144, P148, P150, P151, P153
14.00 – 14.30 Visit to Posters
14.30 –15.45 Rapporteur
15.45 – 16.00 TEA
16.00 – 17.00 Panel Discussion
ICRP Recommendation on Radiation Protection, Past, Present and Future
Chairman - Shri S.K. Sharma, Chairman, AERB
Members - Dr. J.W. Stather, NRPB & ICRP
- Dr A S Pradhan, Ex BARC & ICRP
- Dr. B.S. Rao, Ex BARC
17.00 – 18.00 IARP GENERAL BODY MEETING
20.00 DINNER
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Friday, November 25, 2005
9.30 - 11.15 Session VI : Occupational Radiation Protection and Emergency
Preparedness
Chairman - Shri V.K. Raina, Assoc. Director, Reactor Group, BARC
Co-Chairman - Dr. R.C. Sharma, Ex. BARC
IT- 8 Radiation Protection in Particle Accelerators used for Industrial, Medical and Research Purposes
Dr. P.K. Sarkar, RSSD, BARC
IT –9 Response to Nuclear and Radiological Emergencies: Challenges and Preparedness
Dr. Pradeepkumar K.S., RSSD, BARC
O – 1 Thick Target Neutron Dose Evaluation For 19F+Al System (P-22)
C. Suni, M. Mait, M. Nandy , P.S. Sharma, M.V. Dingankar and P.K. Sarkar
O – 2 Gamma Ray Shielding: A Web Based Interactive Program (P-24)
K. V. Subbaiah, C. Senthil Kumar and R. Sarangapani
O – 3 Application of Geographical Information System (GIS) for the Preparedness for Response to Nuclear
Emergencies (P-131)
Probal Chaudhury, PradeepkumarK.S., S.S. Saindane, M.M.K. Suri and D.N. Sharma
O - 4 Study of Dose Rate Variation within the BARC Site due to 41Ar Plume: Dose Rate Measurements at
Crosswind, Down Wind and Vertical Directions (P-132)
J.K.Divkar, M.K.Chatterjee, Rajvir Singh, Pradeepkumar K.S. and D.N.Sharma.
O – 5 Radiation Mapping of Kaiga Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) by Mobile Monitoring Methodology (P-141)
S.S. Saindane, M.K.Chatterjee, Pradeekumar K.S. , P.M.Ravi, A.K.Patra, Ayaz Mulla, S.B. Khune and D.N. Sharma
11.15-11.30 TEA
11.30 - 13.00 Session VII : Radiation Protection - Effects and Risk Assessment
Chairman - Shri Om Pal Singh, Secretary, AERB
Co-Chairman - Shri S. Kannan, Head, RP&AD, BARC
IT-10 Modeling of Radiological Pathways
Dr.V.N. Bapat, Ex. BARC
O – 1 Assessment of Gonadal Dose Equivalent from the Natural Radioactivity in Building Materials (P-4)
O – 2 Use of Portable HPGe Detector and Multichannel Analyzer for In-Situ Gamma Spectrometry of Soil (P- 44)
O – 3 Evaluation of Dose to Aquatic Biota of Mumbai Harbour Bay (P-45)
R.K.Singhal, Ajay Kumar, Rupali Karpe, J. Preetha, Usha Narayanan and A.G.Hegde
O – 4 Studies on the Dissolution Characteristics of Airborne Particulates Generated during the Separation
and Powdering of Monazite, using Simulated Lung Serum (P-115)
C.G. Maniyan., A.H. Khan and V.D. Puranik
O – 5 Plutonium Assay of Radioactive Waste Drums by Gamma Ray Spectroscopy Method – a Feasibility Study (P-117)
P.Srinivasan, S. Priya, R.K.Gopalakrishnan, Pushparaja and G. Krishnamachari
13.00 -14.00 LUNCH
14.00 – 15.45 Poster Session II : Radiation Protection at Work Place Environment and in Public Domain
P1, P3, P5, P14, P17, P18, P34, P36, P37, P38, P39, P40, P46, P56, P64, P67, P68, P69, P71, P72, P73, P74, P75, P76, P77, P78, P83, P85, P87, P92, P93, P94, P97, P98, P99, P102, P103, P118, P121, P122, P123, P124, P125, P126, P128, P129, P136, P137, P142, P143, P145, P146, P152, P154
14.00 – 14.30 Visit to Posters
14.30 –15.45 Rapporteur
15.45 - 16.00 TEA
16.00-16.40 Session viII : Radiological Surveillance and Monitoring Techniques
Chairman - Shri S.D. Misra, Director, NRG, BARC
Co-Chairman - Shri P.K. Bhatnagar, DLJ, Jodhapur
O – 1 Inter-Comparison of Neutron Detectors in Pulsed Photo-Neutron Field (P-9)
G.Haridas, V. Sathian, D.Ponraju, M.K. Nayak, M.P. Dhariyawan, K.K Thakkar,
P.K. Sarkar and D.N. Sharma
O – 2 Application of High Resolution Gamma Ray Spectrometry for the Estimation of 231Pa from Prospecting
Stage to Pilot Plant Operations (P-84)
S.Anil Kumar, R. Verma, SethiS., P. Anupama, K. Narayani, L.M. Gantayat and D.N. Sharma
O – 3 Radiological Surveillance Programme during the Reprocessing of FBTR Fuel (P-147)
V. Rajagopal, R. Santhanam, S. Baskar, S. Chandrasekar, S. Bala Sundar, U. Madhusoodanan
K. Suresh, K.C. Ajoy, A. Dhanasekaran and R. Akila
O – 4 Radiological Monitoring Aspects in FBTR and Guidelines for Future FBR Applications (P-149)
M.T.Jose, S.Viswanathan, V Meenakshisundaram, R.Sarangapani, N.Suriyamurthy,
D.N. Krishnakumar, T.K. Srinivasan and R.Arun
16.40 – 17.00 Concluding Session