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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)
• Sergey Katsenelenbogen (AdSTM RSRP Program
implementation)
• RSRP web-site http://rsrp-online.org/
