Erratum: Institutional Experience of Routine Radiation Surveillance of Delay and Decay Tanks Facility in a Department Having High-dose Iodine Therapy Unit

In the article titled “Institutional Experience of Routine Radiation Surveillance of Delay and Decay Tanks Facility in a Department Having High-dose Iodine Therapy Unit”, published in pages 83-86, Issue 2, Volume 39 of Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine,[1]

1. The Graph legend of Graph 3 is written incorrectly. The correct Graph 3 legend should read as following:

Graph 3: A bar graph depicting the rate of radiation exposure at Location J & K around the delay and decay tank facility in 12 consecutive weeks

2. a. The term “J & K” was misspelled as “Jammu and Kashmir” on page 85, 6^th Paragraph and 1^st line, under paragraph heading Results and Discussion.

b. The term “J” was misspelled as “Jammu” on page 85, 6^th Paragraph and 5^th line, under paragraph heading Results and Discussion.

c. The term “K” was misspelled as “Kashmir” on page 85, 6^th Paragraph and 7^th, line under paragraph heading Results and Discussion.

d. The term “J” was misspelled as “Jammu” on page 86, 6^th Paragraph and 8^th line, under paragraph heading Results and Discussion.

e. The term “J” was misspelled as “Jammu” on page 86, 6^th Paragraph and 13^th line, under paragraph heading Results and Discussion.

The correct statement should be read as “On the other hand, at locations J & K, the RER ranges during our study period from 0.23 to 0.13 µSv/h with outlet valves of both delay tanks being closed and there is no active flow of sewerage through these points [Graph 3]. The J location is more than a 2-m distance away from DDT 1, with the location K being still further away. The recorded reading of RER at location J; could be attributed to the fact that DDT 1 was emptied before the start of the study. As we are using GM-based survey meter for the survey and being a highly sensitive instrument, it detects a minimal amount of radioactivity. Moreover, no increase in RER at location J was noted during the study, thus the above recorded RER may be attributed to background reading levels.”