International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria Results and discussion of WG 1: Enhancing Regulatory Infrastructure Mikhail Kiselev Deputy Head Federal Medical Biological Agency of Russia

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria Introduction & Rationale  Today, some countries have experience in regulatory supervision of legacy sites. Nevertheless, information on coordination of efforts in enhancing regulatory supervision of remediation of legacy sites, including information exchange in this area, at the international level is not sufficient so far

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria Objective  To study and summarize experience of the regulatory bodies when planning and implementing the process of the regulatory supervision of nuclear legacy sites, and to develop recommendations on enhancing regulatory infrastructure

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria Work organization ( )  Development of the questionnaire to assess the state of the national legacy regulation  Analysis and summary of materials provided by the RSLS member-states in their filled questionnaires  Development of the resume on the national strategy of the legacy regulation taking into account the questionnaire-based information  Generalization of the experience in the regulatory supervision of legacy sites using development of the normative-and-methodical framework in the Russian Federation and some other countries as an example  Development working materials of our Working Group to be included in IAEA TECDOC

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria The Questionnaire to assess the state of the national legacy regulation Questionnaire consist of 35 questions and covering the following 8 modules:  Legislative and governmental responsibilities  Responsibilities and functions of the regulatory body  Organization of the regulatory body  Authorization by the regulatory body  Review and assessment  Inspection and enforcement  Development of regulations and guides  Specification of nuclear legacy sites in your country

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria IAEA documents When preparing the Questionnaire, we took into account the relevant IAEA documents:  GS-R-1. Legal and governmental infrastructure for nuclear, radiation, radioactive waste and transport safety : requirements - IAEA, 2000  GSR Part 1.Governmental, legal and regulatory framework for safety - IAEA, 2010  WS-G-5.1 Release of sites from regulatory control on termination of practices :safety guide - IAEA, 2006

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria RSLS member states filled the questionnaires (1) RSLS member state Responding organization UKRSR Hungary National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene Frederic Joliot Curie RussiaFederal Medical Biological Agency, Russian Federation BulgariaNational Centre for Radiobiology & Radiation Protection NorwayNorwegian Radiation Protection Authority Ukraine State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine Department of Radiation Safety & Ukrainian Scientific and Research Institute for Hydrometeorology RomaniaRomanian National Commission for Supervision of Nuclear Activities USAU.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management BrazilBrazilian Commission of Nuclear Energy

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria RSLS member states filled the questionnaires (2) RSLS member stateResponding organization TajikistanNuclear and Radiation Safety Agency UzbekistanState Inspectorate "Sanoatgeokontexnadzorat" under the Cabinet of Ministers Kyrgyzstan State Agency on Environmental Protection and Forestry under the Government China Radioactive Waste Management Department, China Institute for Radiation Protection Iraq Zambia NigerMinistry of Mines and Industrial development Direction of Mines FranceFrench nuclear safety authority GermanySdchsisches Staatsministerium Umwelt und Landwirtschaft Archivstrasse Australia ARPANS & Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities Belgium

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria Types of legacy in the RSLS member states (1) CountryThe presence of the uranium legacyThe presence of the nuclear legacy USAYes UKNoYes Bulgaria3 sitesNo RussiaYes Hungary 1 uranium mining and milling site No NorwayNo Romania 50 uranium deposits, only two large No Kyrgyzstan6 sitesNo Ukraine Dneprodzerzhinsk, Zheltye Vody, some other old mines and sites Areas affected by the accident at the Chernobyl NPP

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria Types of legacy in the RSLS member states (2) CountryThe presence of the uranium legacyThe presence of the nuclear legacy China 6 uranium mining and milling facilities No response Uzbekistan6 sitesNo Tajikistan10 sitesNo NigerNo ZambiaNo Australia2 sites3 nuclear weapon test sites Brazil3 sites IraqYesNo GermanyYes FranceAbout 80 and 250 mining sites

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria Resume Types of legacy in the RSLS member states Data for 19 countries

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria 3 main areas to be analyzed: 1. The state of the legislative and governmental framework to regulate radiation safety of legacy sites and facilities 2. The infrastructure and responsibilities of the regulatory body 3. The governmental programmes on remediation of legacy sites and facilities

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria 1. The state of the legislative and governmental framework to regulate radiation safety of legacy sites and facilities (1)  The legislations of some states (USA, UK, Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Germany, and France) include the specific provisions on nuclear or uranium legacy  In the majority of national legislations do not include such provisions  Despite that the available legal framework of nuclear and radiation safety regulation promotes the activity for the purpose of the legacy regulation  In all countries replied, the law establishes that the objective of the radiation safety is protection of individuals, members of the public and environment against radiation hazards both today and in future

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria 1. The state of the legislative and governmental framework to regulate radiation safety of legacy sites and facilities (2) 3 types of approaches:  The first: to adopt the special law on the specific type of the legacy (there is a law on “The Tailings and Mining Dumps” in Kyrgyzstan)  The second: To introduce the “existing exposure situation” term in the current radiation safety legislation, which will include, among others, sites contaminated following accidents and past activities of radiation facilities  The third: To carry out remediation of the nuclear and uranium legacy in compliance with the Government statements (Hungary is an example, where the remediation of the uranium facility in Pecs is carried out in accordance with the special Government Statement)

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria 1. The state of the legislative and governmental framework to regulate radiation safety of legacy sites and facilities (3)  The legislative framework established one or several regulatory bodies to assure radiation safety, including that at the nuclear legacy sites  In case of several governmental authorities, their responsibilities are statutory  In some states, the regulatory body is not statutory For example, both Tajikistan and Hungary has the only regulatory body, which supports the common Government Policy for all radiation hazardous facilities. There are several regulatory bodies in Russia and UK Their interaction is performed according to the “Interaction Agreement” or other similar documents

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria 1. The state of the legislative and governmental framework to regulate radiation safety of legacy sites and facilities (4) The following provisions are statutory:  The independence of the regulatory body activity  The responsibility and obligations in respect of funding for the management of radioactive waste, that of nuclear legacy, decommissioning  The priority of the international obligations  The involvement of the public and other agencies in the regulatory process  The liability of the operator for radiation safety at legacy sites and facilities

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria Resume Legislative and governmental framework Data for 20 countries

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria 2. The infrastructure and responsibilities of the regulatory body (1) Responsibilities of the regulatory body:  To develop safety principles and criteria  To establish regulations and to issue guide documents  To require operators to assess the safety  To visit the site or facility for the purpose of inspection  To impose sanctions in case of radiation safety violations  Independently notify the public about the regulatory process, to inform about the current requirements  Provide other state bodies, organizations, as well as the public, with information about the incidents  Liaise with regulatory bodies of other countries and exchange of regulatory information

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria 2. The infrastructure and responsibilities of the regulatory body (2) Problems concerning to execution of supervision functions:  a lack of sufficient technical or functional capacities, required to fulfill the responsibilities for the review and assessment or inspection  there is no exact policy, safety principles and associated criteria as a basis for regulatory actions related to the nuclear legacy  there is no structure of regulatory documents  are no documents on the organization, inspection and clearance of audit results

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria Resume The infrastructure and responsibilities of the regulatory body Data for 20 countries

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria 3. The governmental programmes on remediation of legacy sites and facilities Country The availability of the national programme Country The availability of the national programme UK + Uzbekistan + Hungary + Kyrgyzstan + Russia + China + Bulgaria + Iraq + Norway+Zambia- Ukraine + Niger - Romania+France - USA + Germany + Brazil - Australia + Tajikistan +

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria Summary of the regulation in state that apply to legacy site (1) 1.In the majority of states, there are authorities responsible for the radiation safety regulation at nuclear and uranium legacy sites 2.Generally, regulatory bodies have powers and functional capacities. In some states organization of regulatory work of the regulatory bodies, which determines the safety principles and criteria for its assessment in terms of radiation safety regulation at legacy sites, is insufficient 3.Question on review of technical documentation by the regulatory body results in different reactions of the responders, because of the presence of several authorities

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria Summary of the regulation in state that apply to legacy site (2) 4.Poor development of methodical basis (regulations and guide documents) of legacy sites is obvious; so frequency of inspections at legacy sites under control is low 5.Does the regulatory body take into account safety standards and recommendations accepted internationally? – YES. However, a question arises concerning the effectiveness of their implementation in respect to legacy sites 6.The following states: USA, UK, Hungary, Bulgaria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan (draft), Romania, China, Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Australia – have national programs on remediation of legacy sites

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria Analysis of regulatory and methodical documents on radiation protection of the public during remediation of the legacy sites  ICRP Recommendations  IAEA documents on remediation of sites  The EC documents of remediation of contaminated areas  National criteria for remediation of radiation contaminated sites: Remediation criteria used by the: United States of America German United Kingdom Russian Federation

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria Normative-and-methodical documents on the regulatory supervision of the nuclear legacy sites in the Northwest Russia  Radiation protection of workers and the public  Criteria and regulations for remediation of SevRAO sites and facilities  Organization of radiation monitoring of the environmental media at the SevRAO area  Requirements for industrial waste  Operational radiological and medical criteria

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria Conclusion  Reviewed and analyzed the legislative framework of legacy regulation  Review and summarize of the experience accumulated by the regulators of countries having nuclear and uranium legacy, when planning the such legacy management  Analyzed the experience of the regulatory supervision and monitoring of the nuclear legacy  Recommendations on enhancing the regulatory infrastructure and normative and legislative framework of the legacy management

International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) - Technical Meeting October 2013, Vienna, Austria Thank you for attention