US NRC RADIATION SOURCES REGULATORY PARTNERSHIP (RSRP)

1 March 2014

RSRP OVERVIEW

Prepared by Sergey Katsenelenbogen

Advanced Systems and Technology Management, Inc. (AdSTM, Inc.)

5th Meeting of Arab Network of Nuclear Regulators (ANNuR)

Hammamet, Tunisia

March 2014

US NRC RADIATION SOURCES

REGULATORY PARTNERSHIP (RSRP)

2 March 2014

PURPOSE AND ELEMENTS OF THE

RSRP

• Assist the regulatory authorities in establishing/

strengthening regulatory control over sources

• Main elements of the program follow the IAEA Code of

Conduct for Safety and Security of Radiation Sources

– Inventory/National Registry of Sources

– Legislation & Regulation

– Licensing and Inspections

– Physical Infrastructure Projects

– Regulatory Information System

– Training and Learning

3 March 2014

RSRP PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

2009 – 9 countries

2013 – 19 countries (+5 in-discussion); FRNBA (20 countries in Africa)

4 March 2014

RSRP PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES and NETWORKS • Commonwealth of Independent States

– Armenia (2002-),

– Kazakhstan (2004-),

– Georgia (2006-)

– Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Moldova

(2007-)

• Latin America, Middle East and Africa

– Panama, Guatemala, Dominican Republic (2010-)

– Uruguay, Paraguay (2011-)

– Bolivia, Uganda, Mauritius (2012-)

– Jordan (2013-); Jamaica (2013-) (*)

– FNRBA (2013-) (approx. 20 countries of Africa)

• In discussion: Costa Rica, Zambia, Ecuador, Honduras (*), Colombia (*)

support to IAEA

5 March 2014

RSRP ROLES and RESPONSIBILITIES

• Program Partners: perform projects

• USNRC – provides RSRP program direction,

technical contribution and funding

• AdSTM(implementing contractor for USNRC):

provides technical, logistical and

management support to Partner countries

6 March 2014

RSRP MAIN PRINCIPLES

• Product oriented, metric focused

• IAEA Code of Conduct

• Use IAEA (and RSRP) assessment missions

to define priorities

• US NRC (and the states) domestic practice

• Emphasis “on top of the class” “small

country” regulators (Czech republic,

Lithuania)

7 March 2014

RSRP OTHER ATTRIBUTES

• Bi-lateral

• RESULT oriented

• Specialized training only

• Annual meetings (one)

• Easy access to USNRC and AdSTM

• Efficient project approval by USNRC

• Stable program with 13 year history

-– the future looks good!

8 March 2014

INVENTORY and NATIONAL REGISTRY of SOURCES

• Establish current disposition of radiation sources:

– Administrative records search, on-site verification/data

taking, equipment tagging;

– Scope varies: sealed, unsealed, x-ray generators

• Populate database with information obtained during

sources inventory phase:

– Enter detailed information on radiation sources and

user-organizations,

• Track disposition of the radiation sources over their

lifetime

– Periodic updates to database content

9 March 2014

SOURCE INVENTORY & NATIONAL

REGISTRY OF RADIATION SOURCES

Complete Armenia, Azerbaijan,

Georgia, Kazakhstan,

Kyrgyzstan, Moldova,

Georgia, Ukraine,

Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Panama,

Paraguay

In-progress Dominican Republic,

Guatemala, Uganda, Uruguay, Bolivia,

Jordan, Mauritius

In-discussion Costa Rica, Zambia, Jamaica

10 March 2014

INVENTORIZATION SCOPE

(example: Rep. of GEORGIA)

11 March 2014

INVENTORIZATION

RESULTS (Rep. of GEORGIA)

• Inspected:

– 53 user-organizations

– 4 temporary storage facilities

– 15 military bases

• Identified 739 sealed and 69 unsealed sources:

– Category 1 – 13 [Co-60(5), Sr-90(6)]

– Category 2 – 36

– Category 3 - 151

– Category 4 – 168

– Category 5 – 370

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S-0242, INDUSTRIAL IRRADIATOR, CS-137, CAT. 2,

TEMP. STORAGE AT INSTITUTE FOR RADIOLOGY

AND ECOLOGY

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SMALL CO-60 SOURCES, CURRENTLY IN-STORAGE

AT INSTITUTE FOR RADIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

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CALIBRATION SOURCES, CS-137, CATEGORY 2,

MILITARY USE, TEMPORARY STORAGE AT

REACTOR SITE

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S-230, LEVEL CONTROLLER, CS-137, INDUSTRIAL

SOURCE, IN-STORAGE

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UNSEALED SOURCE, CS-137 LIQUID, 135 MBQ

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S-0442, A-0153 Y-THERAPY, CO-90 (CATEGORY 1),

ONCOLOGY CENTER IN TBILISI

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19

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n REG. NO CATEGORY FACILITY SOURCE

STATUS REGION CITY NUCLIDE

ACTIVITY

UNIT

CURRENT

ACTIVITY

1 s-1021 Category 4 National Oncology

Center after Gvamichava

Managed as

waste Tbilisi Saburtalo, Tbilisi Co-60 GBq 7,96 GBq

2 s-1020 Category 4 National Oncology

Center after Gvamichava

Managed as

waste Tbilisi Saburtalo, Tbilisi Co-60 GBq 7,96 GBq

3 s-1006 Category 5 LTD "GAMTISHVELI" Unused Tbilisi Isani-Samgori,

Tbilisi Kr-85 kBq 299,71 kBq

4 s-1005 Category 5 LTD "GAMTISHVELI" Unused Tbilisi Isani-Samgori,

Tbilisi Sr-90/Y-90 MBq 11,37 MBq

5 s-1004 Category 5 Kutaisi school N15

Founded

Orphan

source

Imereti Qutaisi Sr-90 kBq 285,52 kBq

6 s-1003 Category 5 Military Base #03727 Managed as

waste Tbilisi

Isani-Samgori,

Tbilisi Ra-226 MBq 28,97 MBq

7 s-1002 Category 5 Military Base #03727 Managed as

waste Tbilisi

Isani-Samgori,

Tbilisi Ra-226 MBq 1,45 MBq

8 s-1001 Category 5

Scientific-Research

Institute of Animal and

Food Industries

In Use Tbilisi Digomi, Tbilisi Sr-90 kBq 387,04 kBq

9 s-1000 Category 5

Scientific-Research

Institute of Animal and

Food Industries

In Use Tbilisi Digomi, Tbilisi Cs-137 kBq 662,16 kBq

10 s-0987 Category 2 The central

concentrating factory Unused Imereti Chiatura Pu-238 TBq 4,95 TBq

11 s-0986 Category 2 The central

concentrating factory Unused Imereti Chiatura Pu-238 TBq 4,95 TBq

12 s-0913 Category 4 Military Base #21240 Managed as

waste Imereti Qutaisi Ra-226 GBq 14,99 GBq

13 s-0912 Category 4 Military Base #21240 Managed as

waste Imereti Qutaisi Ra-226 GBq 14,99 GBq

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STORAGE FACILITY NEAR MTZKHETA (GEORGIA)

22 March 2014

LEGISLATION AND

REGULATION (MOLDOVA)

• Amendments to Law on Safe Deployment of Nuclear and Radiological

Activities;

• Amendments to regulation on procedures of legal expertise and state

registry of departmental regulatory acts;

• Regulation on physical protection of nuclear and radiological materials;

• Regulation on safe transport of radioactive material;

• Regulation on state control and inspections of nuclear and radiological

activities;

• Regulation on safe management of radioactive waste;

• Regulation on attestation and accreditation of qualified experts and

personnel in nuclear and radiological activities;

• Regulation about radiation protection in practice of radiological diagnostic

and intervention diagnostic;

• NARNRA internal Procedures for enforcement and sanctions;

• NARNRA internal Procedures for safety assessment.

23 March 2014

LICENSING & INSPECTION

• Development

– Licensing procedure

– Regulation on inspections (Georgia, Uzbekistan)

– Inspection procedures (Armenia, Tajikistan)

– Inspection module (software under development in Armenia)

• Application

– Licensing user seminars (Georgia, Moldova, Tajikistan)

– License application review (Georgia, Moldova – staff augmentation)

– Pre-licensing inspections (Moldova)

– Workshops on diagnostic x-ray and radiotherapy classroom instruction

and model inspections (Georgia, Moldova, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan,

FRNBA in Tunisia - planned)

– Specialized workshops on QA/QC inspection for medical diagnostic and

radiotherapy sources with emphasis on practical training (Kazakhstan)

24 March 2014

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS (recent examples)

• ANRA (Armenia) HQ office expansion / renovation

(2011-12); major office infrastructure upgrade (2-year

project completed in 2013)

• SNRIU (Ukraine) major communication development

project to integrate HQ and 8 regional offices (2010-

2012); equip 8 regions with office

equipment/transport

• NRSA (Tajikistan) – construction of conference room

for NRSA (2014 completed)

25 March 2014

26 March 2014

Software Tools

• RASOD - radiation sources database, basis for national

registry of sources and x-ray generators

• AUTHORIZATION – materials licensee database

• NUCMAT - MC&A reporting: nuclear fuel, small

material quantities

• INSPECTION – module in testing

• TESTING - personnel certification

• Regulatory Information System ver. 1.5 released

demo page: http://www.aris15.com/arisv1.5/

27 March 2014

REGULATORY INFORMATION

SYSTEM: ARIS version 1.5

User interface of

ARIS 1.5

RASOD module:

Add new source

page.

First page of

AUTHORIZATION

module

First page of

LICENSEE module

28 March 2014

Software Tools:

NUCMAT (version 1.1)

29 March 2014

SPECIAL PROJECTS:

PANAMA POST GRADUATE COURSE

ON RADIATION PROTECTION

• Course No. 1, 2011

– 10 graduates

• Course No. 2, 2012

– 14 graduates

• Course No. 3, 2013

– Started Sept. 2013

– 22 students

– university Master level credit

program at UDELAS

1st Graduating class Aug. 2011

2nd Graduating class Dec. 2012

30 March 2014

SPECIAL PROJECTS:

WORKSHOP ON PHYSICAL

PROTECTION OF RADIATION SOURCES

• Assist regulatory bodies in

establishing and maintaining

legislative and regulatory

basis

• Assist all stakeholders in

better understanding the

implementation of physical

protection regulations

– Dominican Republic (2012),

– Uruguay (2013)

Workshop in Uruguay 2013

31 March 2014

RUSSIAN LANGUAGE RSRP USER GROUP

MEETINGS

TASHKENT

(2012)

PANAMA (2013)

SPANISH LANGUAGE RSRP USER GROUP MEETINGS

32 March 2014

IMPROVED COMMUNICATION

33 March 2014

RSRP GOING FORWARD

• Continue inventory work / establish registries

• Expand to new countries in Latin America, Africa and

Middle East

• Expand regional cooperation:

– Spanish speaking RSRP user group in 2013, Africa and

Arab user groups (future)

– Improve regulatory information sharing through use of the

web-site

• Continued effort to maintain software tools consistent

with regulatory needs and emerging MS operating

systems / application software

34 March 2014

RSRP CONTACTS

• Jack Ramsey (US NRC RSRP Program Manager)

Jack.Ramsey@nrc.gov

• Sergey Katsenelenbogen (AdSTM RSRP Program

implementation)

Sergey.k@astminc.com

• RSRP web-site http://rsrp-online.org/