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Industrial Hygiene and Safety Section of HS&EG, BARC has introduced an Industrial Safety Award Scheme in the form of Director’s Safety Shield on rotation, for BARC units.

The entries from the various Divisions/Sections/ Units of BARC for the year 2012 were invited from three different categories of units/facilities, namely,

A: Operating Plants B: R&D Labs and Industrial Units C: Engineering, Projects and Support Units

A thorough scrutiny of the entries was made and a comparative study of all the entries in each Category was carried out, based on the different parameters in respect of Safety Statistics and Safety Management Indicators including that of training and motivational efforts.

Dr. D. N. Sharma, Director, Health, Safety & Environment Group, BARC announced the winning units for the year 2012 as follows.

A: Operating Plants

Tarapur Reprocessing Plant (PREFRE-1, PREFRE-II, AWTF, SFSF), NRB, Tarapur

B: R&D Labs and Industrial Units

FOTIA Facility, LEHIPA Project

C: Engineering, Projects and Support Units

Kalpakkam based Nuclear Recycle Project Construction, NRB, Kalpakkam

Representatives from the respective units received the shield from Shri Sekhar Basu, Director, BARC. The award comprised one Rotating Shield and a small replica for retention by the respective winning unit.

On behalf of TRP, Shri Y. Kulkarni, Chief Superintendent, TNRPO, Shri S. Pradhan, Plant superintendent, TRP and Shri Hemant Kumar, Safety Coordinator, TRP, BARC, Tarapur received the shield.

Dr. Pitamber Singh, Head, Ion Accelerator Development Division, Shri S.K. Gupta, Head, FOTIA

Industrial Safety Awards: 2012

Category B: R&D Labs and Industrial Units: FOTIA Facility, LEHIPA Project: Shri Sekhar Basu, Director, BARC giving away the Safety Shield to Dr. Pitamber Singh, Head, Ion Accelerator Development Division, Shri S.K. Gupta, Head, FOTIA Section, IADD and Shri Arun Agarwal, Safety Coordinator, IADD

Category A: Operating Plants: Tarapur Reprocessing Plants (PREFRE-1, PREFRE-II, AWTF, SFSF), NRB: Shri Sekhar Basu, Director, BARC giving away the Safety Shield to Shri Y. Kulkarni, Chief Superintendent, TNRPO, Shri S. Pradhan, Plant Superintendent and Shri Hemant Kumar, Safety Coordinator, TRP, BARC, Tarapur

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Section and Shri Arun Agarwal, Safety Coordinator, IADD received the award on behalf of FOTIA Facility, LEHIPA Project.

On behalf of Kalpakkam based Nuclear Recycle Projects Construction, NRB, Kalpakkam, Shri Amitava Roy, Project director, KNRPC and Shri Biplab Das, Safety Officer, KNRPC received the award.

Category C: Engineering, Projects and Support Units: KNRPC, Kalpakkam: Shri Sekhar Basu, Director, BARC giving away the Safety Shield to Shri Amitava Roy, Project director, KNRPC, BARC, Kalpakkam and Shri Biplab Das, Safety Officer, KNRPC, BARC, Kalpakkam