A total of twenty three Emergency Response Centres of Department of Atomic Energy(DAE-ERCs) have already been set up and are operational at various sites of DAE.  

The locations of currently established DAE-ERCs are :

1.     Mumbai (Nodal ERC at  Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC),

Mumbai, (Maharashtra)

 2.   Tarapur (Maharashtra)

 3.   Kakrapar (Gujarat)

 4.   Kota (Rajasthan)

 5.   Jaipur (Rajasthan)

 6.   Narora (Uttar Pradesh)

 7.   Shillong (Meghalaya)

 8.   Jaduguda (Jharkhand)

 9.   Kolkata (West Bengal)                                                           

 10.  Nagpur (Maharshtra)                                                                             

 11.   Hyderabad (Telangana)

 12.   Kaiga (Karnataka)

 13.   Bengaluru (Karnataka)

 14.   Kalpakkam (Tamil Nadu)

 15.   Alwaye (Kerala)

 16.   Delhi (Delhi)

 17.   Indore (Madhya Pradesh)

 18.    Kundankulam (Tamil Nadu)

 19.   Gandhinagar (Gujarat)

 20.   Mysuru (Karnataka)

 21.   Manavalkurichi (Tamil Nadu)

 22.   Chatrapur (Odisha)

 23.   Turamdih (Jharkhand)

         The DAE-ERCs are equipped with trained Emergency Response Teams (ERTs) and radiation detection instruments and systems for detection and response to Nuclear/Radiological Emergencies in public domain. These Centres will be able to provide technical support to respond to Nuclear and Radiological Emergencies anywhere in the country including challenges from orphan radioactive sources and malicious acts using radioactive materials. The ERCs will help the nation in reducing the radiological consequences in case any such radiation emergency occurs anywhere in the country.

         This information was given by MoS in the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions, Dr Jitendra Singh in written reply to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha today. 

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