Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology
 BRIT | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | March 1, 1989 |
| Jurisdiction | Indian government |
| Headquarters | Navi Mumbai |
| Employees | Classified |
| Agency executive |
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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 its headquarters in Navi Mumbai, India.[2] It is involved in production, development, 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 employees.[3]
BRIT previously operated under the aegis of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre before being made into a separate entity; however BRIT's name remains synonymous with BARC, as strong ties continue to exist between the two organizations, including collaborations on a variety of projects, sharing of office campuses, etc.
It produces and supply a variety of radioisotope products including radioisotope generators, 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]
BRIT so far had following Chief Executives so far: Dr. S. Gangadharan April 1994 to July 31, 2000 Dr. N. Ramamoorthy August 1, 2000 to September 30, 2003 Mr. J. K. Ghosh October 1, 2003 to December 31, 2005 Dr. A. K. Kohli January 1, 2006 to July 31, 2015 Mr. G. Ganesh from August 1, 2015 onwards
References
- ^ "Teletherapy sources with imported and indigenous 60Co activity". J Med Phys. 34 (3): 180–1. July 2009. doi:10.4103/0971-6203.54854. PMC 2807685. PMID 20098567.
{{cite journal}}: 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.