From 28 to 30 April, 2015, John Kinneman of AdSTM attended the 6th Meeting of the Forum of Nuclear Regulatory Bodies in Africa (FNRBA) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. The Egyptian Nuclear & Radiological Regulatory Authority (ENRRA) made the logistical arrangements; the meeting was supported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); a representative of the African Union Commission attended and actively participated. The current elected Chairman of the FNRBA, Dr. Augustin Simo, General Manager of the National Radiation Protection Agency in Cameroon lead the meeting with active participation...
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Ministry of Health from Chile organized the Seminar of Health Authorities in the Region of Latin America and the Caribbean to Analyze the Implementation of the IAEA General Safety Requirements Part 3 — Radiation Protection and Safety of Radiation Sources: International Basic Safety Standards — with Regard to Medical Exposure. The event was held in Santiago, Chile, from March 23rd to 27th. New IAEA recommendations for patient protection were discussed and the overall status of Radiation Protection and Regulations in the medical field in...
RSRP conducted a meeting on February 9 to explore areas of cooperation with Gosatomnadzor (GAN), a regulatory body of Belarus for nuclear and radiation safety. The discussions focused on identifying areas where RSRP could be helpful to GAN in strengthening regulatory support of radiation sources. Continuing consultations will focus, among other, on the program review, sources registry, and inspection training. RSRP is looking forward to welcome GAN of Belarus into the working group of the Former Soviet Union countries that have participated in the program since 2001.
RSRP conducted meetings with the Department of Nuclear and Radiation Safety (Vasil Gedevanishvili, NRSD manager) and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Georgia (Maia Bitadze, deputy minister) during February 11-13 in Tbilisi. The meetings established the need to provide advisory support for the establishment of the independent agency based on the NRSD. RSRP and NRSD agreed that NRSD will continue to operate the western regional office from the Poti property and to cooperate in the areas of the regulatory development and the improvement of the NRSD information...
During January 04-09 2015, RSRP provided training on the Advanced Regulatory Information System (ARIS2.0) to Energy...
Under the RSRP program, meetings were conducted between AdSTM and the Dominican Republic Regulatory Authority (RA) in Radiation Protection at the National Energy Commission, from January 15th-16th. The two main objectives were to:
Define RSRP support in order to continue with the national radiation sources inventory
Discuss the Radiation Protection situation in the country. This information will be useful to explore other ways to continue strengthening the Dominican RA under the RSRP support.
Discussions allowed for a number of activities to be identified as potential candidates to improve...
Under the RSRP program, meetings were conducted between AdSTM and the Guatemalan Regulatory Authority (RA) in Radiation Protection, from December 16th-17th. The two main objectives were to:
Define RSRP support in order to continue with the national radiation sources inventory
Discuss the Radiation Protection situation in Guatemala. This information will be useful to explore other ways to continue strengthening the Guatemalan RA under the RSRP support.
Discussions allowed for a number of items to be identified as potential candidates to improve the work performed by the Guatemalan RA....
RSRP progress meetings on current and future projects were held December 8-12, 2014 in Moldova and Ukraine.
In Moldova, discussions were held with NARNRA (National Agency for Regulation of Nuclear and Radiological Activities) and TSO Inotech, LLC. To complete ongoing tasks on Moldavian legislation improvements, some newly prepared / amended legal documents need approval by the Government. NARNRA prepared a comprehensive list of requests for future projects. The list was discussed and will be the basis for projects in years 2015-16.
In Ukraine, RSRP staff met with the representatives...
Radiation Sources Regulatory Partnership (RSRP) program sponsored a workshop on the new version of Advanced Regulatory Information System (ARIS v2.0). Held in Yerevan, Armenia, December 17-20, 2014, the workshop was organized by the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center, the developer of the ARIS software.
Two new modules have been added to ARIS v2.0 system, namely
NUCMAT/LOF, as a simplified version of nuclear materials accounting system for countries without nuclear facilities, where only a limited amount is at “Location Outside of Facility“ (LOF) and therefore accounting is performed...
During December 8-18, 2014, RSRP provided training in NRC regulatory processes and the security provisions applicable to IAEA Category 1 and 2 sealed radioactive sources at a Workshop conducted by the Korea Institute for Nuclear Safety (KINS) and co-sponsored by the Federation of Nuclear Regulatory Bodies in Africa (FNRBA). Training lectures were presented regarding NRC licensing, inspection, and enforcement processes, as well as the provisions of 10 CFR 30.34(i) for the security of portable gauges and 10 CFR Part 37 for the security of Category 1 and 2 sources. Training was conducted by...