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.
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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 & Minerals Regulatory Commission (EMRC) of Jordan. The objective of this activity was to upgrade Access-based RASOD/AUTHORIZATION software for accounting the disposition of radiation sources to ARIS 2.0, an SQL based system with improved user interface and new INSPECTION module. The RSRP instructors installed ARIS 2.0 and explained the advantages of having the upgraded software and new INSPECTION module. Detailed guidance was provided on successful installation/…
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 inventoryDiscuss 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 the…
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 inventoryDiscuss 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 of SNRIU…
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 only at…
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…
RSRP supported the building and equipment of a new conference hall for Tajik Nuclear and Radiation Safety Agency. The opening of the conference hall took place on November 3, 2014 in the presence of the prime minister of Tajikistan, Mr. Qohir Rasulzoda, president of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, Mr. Farhod Rahimi, director of the Agency Mr. U. M. Mirsaidov, representative of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mr. Jack Ramsey, representative of the US Embassy in Tajikistan, Mr. Fred Carter, and other officials and guests.The Nuclear and Radiation Safety Agency has plans to enhance…
RSRP provided training on the Advanced Regulatory Information System (ARIS1.5) to Panamanian Radiation Protection staff at the Ministry of Health (MINSA), on July 10th. The objective of this activity was to upgrade Access-based RASOD/AUTHORIZATION software for accounting the disposition of radiation sources to ARIS 1.5, an SQL based system with improved user interface and new features. The RSRP instructors installed ARIS 1.5 and explained the advantages of having the new modules for AUTHORIZATION and LICENSEE. Detailed guidance was provided on successful installation/de-installation of ARIS 1…