ALIGARH July 5: To set at rest the scare triggered by tracing the radioactive source in a closed room in the Physics Department of Aligarh Muslim University, the Vice Chancellor Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis today contacted Atomic Energy Regulatory Board Safety Division.
Mr. S. A. Husain, the Radioactive Safety Officer has assured the Vice Chancellor that since the radioactive source is stored in a closed room the chances of any leakage are almost non-existent and therefore the University community and the citizens of Aligarh city should not panic.
He has also agreed to send an expert team soon to the campus to survey and screen all the radioactive sources that are stored and being used for treatment and research purposes.
Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis said that the University has taken a proactive initiative and constituted a committee to look into the present status pertaining to the procurement, storage, utilization and disposal of radioactive and other hazardous material/chemicals in various departments of the University, as required by the University Grants Commission.
The eight members committee under the Chairmanship of Prof. Pervez Qamar Rizvi, Dean, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences shall visit all user departments of studies and submit its report to the Vice Chancellor within three days.
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