National progress in establishing national radon measuring capacity in Bosnia and Herzegovina 23-27 October 2017 Yerevan, Armenia Bosnia and Herzegovina State Regulatory Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety

Introduction Legal framework Operational capacities for measurements Equipment for measurements About measurements in general Conculsion

Legal framwork At this point of time: Regulation on environmental monitoring – no Rn-222 Regulation on technical services – Rn -222 in air & water, no soil Regulation on concentration limits for radionuclides – Art. 12-14 building materials (Ra-226, K-40 & Th-232) No Regulation on NORM Radon on working places 1000 Bq/m3

Legal framwork cont‘d In the plan New Regulation on environmental monitoring – 2013/59/Euratom & 2013/51/Euratom Regulation on NORM – Rn-222 Update of radon on working places

Operational capacities for measurements 2 authorized technical services for Rn-222 air 3 authorized technical services for environment 1 investigation laboratory 1 authorized laboratory with ISO/IEC 17025 Interests joining forces New laboratories

Equipment for measurements At this point of time < 300 charcoal canisters 1 Alpha GUARD type PQ 2000 PRO/MC50 Radosys Few CR-39 Announcement of new Alpha GUARD

Equipment for measurements cont‘d In the plan New CR-39 (No not specified) Analyzing in or out of BoH??? New active detector???

About measurements in general At this point of time Done by order or investigation basis Passive method - cca 72 hours Gamma spectrometry Past data No measurements of building materials

About measurements in general cont‘d In the plan Initial survey followed by mapping In public buildings, dwellings & soil All measurements by ISO/IEC 17025 Measurements of building materials Closer cooperation with „non-radiation“ inspectorates

Conclusion Good legal framework basis Operational capacities could be improved Equipment has to be improved & upgraded Measurements need to be updated & expanded

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