REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Regulatory Control of Radioactive Sources in Slovenia Andrej Stritar Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration
REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 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
REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 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 scrap yards are self organised
REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 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
REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 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
REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Import of scrap metal
REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Import of scrap metal CSRAO
REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Refusal during transit
REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Worst case: reselling to EU CSRAO
REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Worst case: reselling to EU
REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 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
REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Mandatory meassurements before import
REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION... instead of current situation CSRAO