Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission (TAEC ) was established under the Atomic Energy Act. No.7 of 2003. The Commission is responsible for regulating and promoting peaceful use of atomic energy and nuclear technology and advising the government on obligation to international treaties and conventions related to atomic energy and nuclear technology. TAEC was established to perform the following functions;

a)Be responsible to all matters relating to the safe and peaceful use of atomic energy and nuclear technology including radioactive materials and radiation devices, with a view to ensuring the promotion of their applications and the protection of workers, patients and the public generally from harm resulting from ionizing radiation;

b)Advise on policy issues and provide information in the light of currently available knowledge on the proper, safe and peaceful uses of atomic energy and radiation sources, the possible hazardous effects, and the appropriate methods for enhancing the Protection of workers, patients, the public generally and the environment from harm by radiation;

c)Establish or adopt, in consultation with competent bodies inside and outside the country, standards of safety for the protection of health and the minimization of danger to life and property and to provide for the application and supervision of these standards in all undertakings or Practices involving the use of atomic energy and radiation sources;

d)Establish and operationalize or implement a system for the control and authorization through registration and licensing of the importation, exportation, movement, Possession or use of atomic energy and radiation sources;