Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | March 1, 1989 |
| Jurisdiction | Indian government |
| Headquarters | Navi Mumbai |
| Employees | Classified |
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| Website | Official Website |
Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology in short known as "BRIT" is a unit of the Department of Atomic Energy[1] with headquartered in Navi Mumbai.[2] It is involved in production and supply of radioisotope based products and provision of isotope applications, radiation processing, radioanalytical services etc. It has regional centres at Rawatbhatta-Kota in Rajasthan,Bengaluru in Karnataka, Delhi, Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, Kolkata in West Bengal and Dirugarh in Assam. It has about 500 emloyees. [3]
It produces and supply a variety of radioisotope products including sealed radiation sources, radiochemicals, labelled compounds of carbon-14, tritium and sulphur-35 and nucleotides labelled with phosphorus-32, radiopharmaceuticals and RIA kits, gamma radiography equipment and gamma laboratory irradiator systems to users in the country and abroad. Range of sealed radiation sources include Co-60 irradiator and radiography sources, Ir-192 radiography sources and brachytherapy sources. BRIT also manufactures self-luminescent tritium filled sources.[4]
References
- ^ USA (2009). "Teletherapy sources with imported and indigenous 60Co activity". J Med Phys. 34 (3): 180–1. doi:10.4103/0971-6203.54854. PMC 2807685. PMID 20098567.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help)CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ "BRIT NewsHighlights". Britatom.gov.in. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
- ^ BRIT Board Official website.
- ^ DAE. "Board of Radiation & Isotope Technology". Dae.gov.in. Retrieved 2010-08-22.