Workshop on Establishing National Infrastructure for Radiation Safety

1. Workshop on Establishing National Infrastructure for Radiation Safety General Safety Requirements GSR Part 1 Responsibilities and Functions of the Government

2. Introduction • Safety in the operation of facilities and the use of radiation sources is of great importance for the protection of people, society and the environment • IAEA Safety Requirements publications apply the fundamental safety objective and fundamental safety principles established in the Fundamental Safety Principles, IAEA Safety Standards Series No. SF-1, IAEA, Vienna (2006). • General Safety Requirements GSR Part 1: Governmental, Legal and Regulatory Framework for Safety has replaced Safety Standard Series No. GS-R-1 in April 2010. • The objective of this lecture is to review the requirements outlined in GSR Part 1 IAEA Training Course on Effective and Sustainable Regulatory Control of Radiation Sources

3. underlying principles aimed at politicians and regulatory authorities Safety Fundamentals specify obligations and responsibilities (“shall”) Safety Requirements Safety Guides recommendations on meeting requirements (“should”) IAEA SAFETY STANDARDS

4. GSR Part 1 2000 September 2010 IAEA Training Course on Effective and Sustainable Regulatory Control of Radiation Sources

5. GSR Part I – Objective • Establish requirements in the respect of the governmental, legal and regulatory framework for safety • The framework for safety is to be established for entire range of facilities and activities • the safety requirements should account for circumstances pertaining to the State and radiation risks IAEA Training Course on Effective and Sustainable Regulatory Control of Radiation Sources

6. GSR Part I – Scope • The essential aspects of the governmental and legal framework for: • establishing a regulatory body • taking actions necessary to ensure the effective regulatory control of all facilities and activities • covers both existing and new, including all phases of facilities and activities • Other responsibilities and functions : • liaison within global safety regime • liaison for providing the necessary services for the purposes of safety • emergency preparedness and response • nuclear security • system of accounting for and control of nuclear material IAEA Training Course on Effective and Sustainable Regulatory Control of Radiation Sources

7. GSR Part I – Contents Chapters: • Introduction: background, objective, scope, structure • Responsibilities and functions of the Government • The global safety regime • Responsibilities and functions of the Regulatory body IAEA Training Course on Effective and Sustainable Regulatory Control of Radiation Sources

8. Governmental responsibilities and functions for safety • Requirement 1: Establish national policy and strategy for safety • To achieve the fundamental safety objective and to apply the fundamental safety principles established in the Safety Fundamentals • To promulgate a graded approach in accordance with national circumstances and with the radiation risks associated with facilities and activities • Requirement 2: Establish a framework for safety • To establish and maintain an appropriate governmental, legal and regulatory framework for safety within which responsibilities are clearly allocated IAEA Training Course on Effective and Sustainable Regulatory Control of Radiation Sources

9. Governmental responsibilities and functions for safety (cont’d) • Requirement 3: Establishment of a regulatory body • To establish and maintain a regulatory body with appropriate legal authority and provide it with the competence and the resources to effectively discharge its statutory obligations • Requirement 4: Independence of the regulatory body • To ensure that the regulatory body is effectively independent IAEA Training Course on Effective and Sustainable Regulatory Control of Radiation Sources

10. Governmental responsibilities and functions for safety (cont’d) • Requirement 5: Prime responsibility for safety • The person or organization responsible for a facility or an activity has prime responsibility for safety • Requirement 6: Compliance with regulations and responsibility for safety • Compliance with regulations and requirements does not relieve the person or organization responsible for a facility or an activity of its prime responsibility for safety IAEA Training Course on Effective and Sustainable Regulatory Control of Radiation Sources

11. Requirement 7: Coordination of different authorities with responsibilities for safety within the regulatory framework for safety • To ensure effective coordination of shared regulatory functions to avoid any omissions or undue duplication and to avoid conflicting requirements being placed on authorized parties IAEA Training Course on Effective and Sustainable Regulatory Control of Radiation Sources

12. Governmental responsibilities and functions for safety (cont’d) • Requirement 8: Emergency preparedness and response • To ensure provision for emergency preparedness to enable a timely and effective response in a nuclear or radiological emergency • Requirement 9: System for protective actions to reduce existing or unregulated radiation risks • To ensure an effective system for protective actions to reduce undue radiation risks associated with unregulated sources (of natural and artificial origin) and contamination from past activities or events IAEA Training Course on Effective and Sustainable Regulatory Control of Radiation Sources

13. Requirement 10: Provision for the decommissioning of facilities and the management of radioactive waste and of spent fuel • To ensure provision for the safe decommissioning of facilities, the safe management and disposal of radioactive waste arising from facilities and activities, and the safe management of spent fuel • Requirement 11: Competence for safety • To ensure provision for building and maintaining the competence of all parties having responsibilities in relation to the safety of facilities and activities IAEA Training Course on Effective and Sustainable Regulatory Control of Radiation Sources

14. Governmental responsibilities and functions for safety (cont’d) • Requirement 12: Interfaces of safety with nuclear security and with the State system of accounting for and control of nuclear material • To ensure adequate infrastructural arrangements are established for interfaces of safety with arrangements for nuclear security and with the State system of accounting for and control of nuclear material • Requirement 13: Provision of technical services • To ensure technical services in relation to safety, such as services for personal dosimetry, environmental monitoring and the calibration of equipment IAEA Training Course on Effective and Sustainable Regulatory Control of Radiation Sources

15. Group Discussion 1 (60 mins) • To what extend Governments are aware of their responsibilities on radiation safety? • What could be the reasons? • To what extend these requirements are implementable in your country? • How to improve Governments awareness on radiation safety? • What could be the role of the Regulatory bodies? • What could be the role of the IAEA? IAEA Training Course on Effective and Sustainable Regulatory Control of Radiation Sources

16. Group Discussion 2 (30 mins) • How to achieve effective independency in line with the safety standards within the government structutre? IAEA Training Course on Effective and Sustainable Regulatory Control of Radiation Sources

17. Group Discussion 3 (60 mins) • How to deal with technical service providers? • What is the role of the government in establishing services? • Should RB license them? • What could be the requirements for licensing them? • Should RB approve them? • How can RB deal with private services providers? • How to regulate services if they are being provided by the RB and what could be the arrangements? IAEA Training Course on Effective and Sustainable Regulatory Control of Radiation Sources