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Regulatory Control of Radioactive Sources in Slovenia

Regulatory Control of Radioactive Sources in Slovenia. Andrej Stritar Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration. Legal arrangements and activities. S lovenian N uclear S afety A dministration is the regulator for sources outside medicine and veterinary

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Regulatory Control of Radioactive Sources in Slovenia

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  1. Regulatory Control of Radioactive Sourcesin Slovenia Andrej Stritar Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration

  2. Legal arrangements and activities • Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration is the regulator for sources outside medicine and veterinary • Campaigns for regaining control over old sources • Inspections • Information and training • Protection of borders

  3. Looking for orphan sources • Origin: • Abandoned sources, that were under control • Sources, that were never under control • Imported sources • Analysis of historical records • Circular letters to • old owners • potential owners • Smelters and scrapyards • bankruptcy managers etc. • Inspections • At the borders • Smelters and scrapyards are self organised

  4. Recent successes • Cs-137 found in the abandoned factory • Decontamination of former workshop for servicing smoke detectors • Campaign at the research institute • Abandoned sources, contaminated laboratories and storages • ~200 “orphan” sources found • To be stored in the Central Interim Storage or reprocessed. • Frequent cases at the border crossings and smelters

  5. Control at the border • Co-operation with customs and police • Equipped with pagers, portal monitors are being installed in the harbor • Shipments frequently refused at Italian border

  6. Import of scrap metal

  7. CSRAO Import of scrap metal

  8. Refusal during transit

  9. CSRAO Worst case: reselling to EU

  10. Worst case: reselling to EU

  11. Pending arrangement • Each shipment must be measured by qualified persons before import • Benefits: • No cost for state – polluter pays • Possibility to return to the country of origin • No accumulation of waste in our state storage

  12. Mandatory meassurements before import

  13. ... instead of current situation CSRAO

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