RSRP OVERVIEW US NRC RADIATION SOURCES REGULATORY PARTNERSHIP (RSRP)

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1 US NRC RADIATION SOURCES REGULATORY PARTNERSHIP (RSRP) RSRP OVERVIEW Prepared by Sergey Katsenelenbogen Advanced Systems and Technology Management, Inc. (AdSTM, Inc.) 5 th Meeting of Arab Network of Nuclear Regulators (ANNuR) Hammamet, Tunisia 1

2 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 2

3 RSRP PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES countries countries (+5 in-discussion); FRNBA (20 countries in Africa) 3

4 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 4

5 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 5

6 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) 6

7 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! 7

8 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 8

9 SOURCE INVENTORY & NATIONAL REGISTRY OF RADIATION SOURCES Complete In-progress In-discussion Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Panama, Paraguay Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Uganda, Uruguay, Bolivia, Jordan, Mauritius Costa Rica, Zambia, Jamaica 9

10 INVENTORIZATION SCOPE (example: Rep. of GEORGIA) 10

11 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 Category Category

12 S-0242, INDUSTRIAL IRRADIATOR, CS-137, CAT. 2, TEMP. STORAGE AT INSTITUTE FOR RADIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 12

13 SMALL CO-60 SOURCES, CURRENTLY IN-STORAGE AT INSTITUTE FOR RADIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 13

14 CALIBRATION SOURCES, CS-137, CATEGORY 2, MILITARY USE, TEMPORARY STORAGE AT REACTOR SITE 14

15 S-230, LEVEL CONTROLLER, CS-137, INDUSTRIAL SOURCE, IN-STORAGE 15

16 UNSEALED SOURCE, CS-137 LIQUID, 135 MBQ 16

17 S-0442, A-0153 Y-THERAPY, CO-90 (CATEGORY 1), ONCOLOGY CENTER IN TBILISI 17

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20 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 4 s-1005 Category 5 LTD "GAMTISHVELI" Unused Tbilisi Isani-Samgori, Tbilisi Isani-Samgori, Tbilisi Kr-85 kbq 299,71 kbq 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 10 s-0987 Category 2 11 s-0986 Category 2 Scientific-Research Institute of Animal and Food Industries The central concentrating factory The central concentrating factory In Use Tbilisi Digomi, Tbilisi Cs-137 kbq 662,16 kbq Unused Imereti Chiatura Pu-238 TBq 4,95 TBq Unused Imereti Chiatura Pu-238 TBq 4,95 TBq 12 s-0913 Category 4 Military Base # s-0912 Category 4 Military Base #21240 Managed as waste Managed as waste Imereti Qutaisi Ra-226 GBq 14,99 GBq Imereti Qutaisi Ra-226 GBq 14,99 GBq 20

21 STORAGE FACILITY NEAR MTZKHETA (GEORGIA) 21

22 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. 22

23 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) 23

24 INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS (recent examples) ANRA (Armenia) HQ office expansion / renovation ( ); major office infrastructure upgrade (2-year project completed in 2013) SNRIU (Ukraine) major communication development project to integrate HQ and 8 regional offices ( ); equip 8 regions with office equipment/transport NRSA (Tajikistan) construction of conference room for NRSA (2014 completed) 24

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26 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: 26

27 REGULATORY INFORMATION SYSTEM: ARIS version 1.5 First page of AUTHORIZATION module First page of LICENSEE module User interface of ARIS 1.5 RASOD module: Add new source page. 27

28 Software Tools: NUCMAT (version 1.1) 28

29 SPECIAL PROJECTS: PANAMA POST GRADUATE COURSE ON RADIATION PROTECTION Course No. 1, graduates Course No. 2, graduates Course No. 3, 2013 Started Sept students university Master level credit program at UDELAS 1 st Graduating class Aug nd Graduating class Dec

30 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

31 RUSSIAN LANGUAGE RSRP USER GROUP MEETINGS TASHKENT (2012) SPANISH LANGUAGE RSRP USER GROUP MEETINGS PANAMA (2013) 31

32 IMPROVED COMMUNICATION 32

33 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 33

34 RSRP CONTACTS Jack Ramsey (US NRC RSRP Program Manager) Sergey Katsenelenbogen (AdSTM RSRP Program implementation) RSRP web-site 34