THE STATE REGULATION OF THE RADIOACTIVE SOURCES (Republic of Kazakhstan)

1. International Atomic Energy AgencyRER9148 “Strengthening the Regulatory Infrastructure for Radiation Safety”Regional Workshop on Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources and its supplementary Guidance on the Import and Export of Radioactive Sources and on Management of the Disused Radioactive Sources 7 - 11 May 2018, Bucharest, Romania THE STATE REGULATION OF THE RADIOACTIVE SOURCES (Republic of Kazakhstan)

2. Introduction BauyrzhanMukanov- Head of the Division for Control of Materials and International Safeguards of the Committee for Atomic and Energy Supervision and Control of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan Scope of responsibility • licensing in the field of the atomic energy use; • state accounting of radioactive sources (RS); • establishing of national register of RS; • control for the export, import and transit of RSs and the movement of RSsthrough the state territory; • control on observance of standards and rules in the field of atomic energy use; • inspection of activities in the field of the atomic energy; • development of the regulations in the field of the RS safety and security. 2

3. Activities with RSs in the Republic of Kazakhstan Power Engineering(detectors and sensors) Medicine (oncology) Industry (X ray defectoscopy) Science (spectrography, chromatography) 3

4. State structure of Atomic Energy Use Regulations President Parliament Government Ministry of Healthcare National Security Committee Ministry of Internal Affairs Ministry of Investment and Development Ministry of Energy Ministry of Finance Committee for Industrial Development and Industrial Safety Committee for Protection of Public Health Committee for Emergency Situations Committee of State Revenues Committee for Atomic and Energy Supervision and Control (CAESC)

5. Kazakhstan’s LawsLaw of RK “On Atomic Energy Use”,January 12 , 2016Law of RK “On Radiation Safety of Population”,April 23, 1998Ecology Code, January 9, 2007Entrepreneurial Code, 29 October, 2015Law of RK“On permits and notification”, 16 May, 2014Law of RK “On Export Control”, 21 July, 2007 Legal and Governmental Framework for Safety and Security of RS 5

6. List of Regulations 1. Physical Protection of Radioactive Sources and Storage Facilities, February 9, 2016,№52; 2. State Accountancy of Radioactive Sources, February 12, 2016,№59; 3. Transport of Radioactive Materials and Wastes, February 22, 2016,№75; 4. Nuclear Facilities Personnel Qualification Upgrades, January 20 , 2016, №13 5. Nuclear Facilities Personnel Attestation January 20,2016, № 12 6. Collection, Storage and Disposal of Radwastesand Spent Fuel, February 8, 2016,№ 9; 7. Safety of Radioactive Sources Management,February 9, 2016,№49; 8. National Nuclear and Radiological Emergency Response Plan, August 19, №467 9. Sanitary rules “Sanitary–epidemiological requirements to Radiation Safety Assurance”, May 27, 2015 10. Sanitary rules “Sanitary–epidemiological requirements to Radiation Dangerous Facilities”, June 5, 2015 6

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8. SECURITY UPGRADES for RSs at ONCOLOGY CLINICS in KAZAKHSTAN

9. SECURITY UPGRADES for RSs at NUCLEAR FACILITIES

10. SEARCH and SECURE

11. SEARCH and SECURE

12. SECURE TRANSPORTATION OF RS

13. The spent RSs are radioactive sourceswith expired service life or sources that can not be used for one reason or another reason. A specialized organization that will store radioactive waste must have a license for the activity type “Management of radioactive waste” In accordance with the Law of the RK “On the atomic energy use” and “The environmental code” of the RK the spent RSs should be transferred to storage of specialized organizations. All financial means to ensure the work of collecting radioactive waste should be taken by the operating organization. The National Nuclear Centerof the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kurchatov, EKR); “UlbaMetallurgical Plant” JCS (Ust-Kamenogorsk); “MAEC-Kazatomprom” LLP (Aktau); The Institute of Nuclear Physics (Almaty); Spent RS imported to the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan can be returned to the producer’s country.

14. The import/export control of RS The RS are subject to export/import control and licensing for the reasons of national security. Licensing of the import/export of radioactive source is carried out in accordance with the Law of the RK “On Permissions and Notifications” No.202, dated May 16, 2014, and “Qualification requirements for activities relating to licensing, export and import of products and the list of documents confirming compliance with it” approved by the order of the acting Minister on investments and development of the RK On December 5, 2017 Republic of Kazakhstan joined to the Agreement on Information Cooperation between the member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) regarding the issues of radioactive sources movement.

15. Nationalpractice for the metal scrap radiation safety and regulation • radiation monitoring of all incoming scrap metal in the procurement organization • carrying out of radioactive survey of the empty vehicle intended for the transportation of the scrap • carrying out radiation monitoring at the customs border

16. Summary of main challenges • The lack of a national strategy for ownerless sources • High cost of emission for storage of spent RS

17. Thank you for attention!