1. Nancy Capadona International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria
Session Title: Regulatory and Institutional Issues: IAEA Regulations from Past to Future
Presentation Title: Technical Cooperation Efforts: Improving Safety in Transport of Radioactive Materials
Nancy Capadona
International Atomic Energy Agency,
Austria

2. Manuel Recio, Daniela Caratas, J. Miguel Roncero Martín
Technical Cooperation Efforts: Improving Safety in Transport of Radioactive Materials
Nancy Capadona, Kasturi Varley, Christopher Bajwa Department of Nuclear Safety and Security
International Atomic Energy Agency
Manuel Recio, Daniela Caratas, J. Miguel Roncero Martín
Department of Technical Cooperation
International Atomic Energy Agency

3. Overview IAEA Technical Cooperation Program Questions
Current Status
The Basis
Regional Projects on Transport Safety
Proposed Inter-Regional Project
Scope of Project
Partner Countries and Donors
Participating Countries
Conclusions
Questions

4. IAEA/ Technical Cooperation Programme
The Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP)
Provides assistance to enhance capabilities of MS to put in place comprehensive governmental and regulatory frameworks
Focusses attention on the matter of denials and delays (D&D) of shipment of radioactive material
Proposes to include an Interregional Project aimed at raising awareness about D&D and assisting MS in developing mechanisms to make transport of RAM more viable and so, granting better use of nuclear technology

5. IAEA / TCP: current status
Provided technical assistance to MS, to improve radiation safety infrastructure, for many years
Encouraging steps have been taken
Progress varies from country to country
Further steps are needed to address existing shortcomings
Joint working group TC/NS to identify strategies for improving and accelerating results

6. The Basis…
…for current IAEA/TC projects on safety on the transport of RAM is to help MS in:
developing and maintaining regional networking to take advantage of regional strengths to alleviate the weaknesses in the region
building collaborative infrastructure to assist any country in the region irrespective of the IAEA assistance

7. Regional Projects on Transport Safety
To reach compliance with international safety standards
To implement the Self-Assessment (SARIS) within national organization, for a result based national action plan
To incorporate SARIS results into RASIMS, the IAEA’s tool to visualize MS status on radiation safety
To determinate the most appropriate on-going support and assistance at national, sub-regional and regional levels

8. Updates on Regional TC Projects Involving Transport
Asia and the Pacific Islands
Europe
Latin America and the Caribbean
Africa

9. TC Asia
Strengthening an Effective Compliance Assurance Regime for the Transport of Radioactive Material (RAS 9067)
Compliance Assurance training completed in Jordan (May 2012)
Training and workshops planned for China and New Zealand (Q4 2013)
Peer reviews for regulatory programs planned for 2014
Strengthening Infrastructure for Radiation, Transport and Waste Safety (PAK 9037)
Workshop in Pakistan on Safety Assessments of Transport Packages (November, 2012)

10. TC Latin America and the Caribbean
No specific TC project for transport safety in Latin America and the Caribbean region
Some training courses and workshops related to transport have been made in the past in the framework of Regulatory Infrastructure TC projects, subject to availability of funding

11. Europe
RER-9114
The project is approved by the Board of Governors, but it has not been funded

12. TC Africa
Strengthening an Effective Compliance Assurance Regime for the Transport of Radioactive Material (RAF 9046)
First coordination meeting, Zimbabwe, July 2012
Countries completing SARIS are grouped to perform peer review meetings (mini-TRANSAS)
20 peer reviews scheduled for 2013 (6 done)
Regional assessment to evaluate results of peer reviews and determine further IAEA assistance to the region

13. Proposed Inter-Regional Project on Transport Safety (INT2012004)
Transport of radioactive materials is a global phenomenon; therefore, associated problems and challenges are global as well
Delays or Denials of Radioactive Material Shipment pose challenges to the peaceful development of nuclear technologies in fields such as medicine, agriculture, hydrology, geology, industry, research and the environment
Problems with transport in one region of the world can directly impact regions on the other side of the globe
Addressing these global challenges calls for a global, inter-regional approach
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2. I will also talk about the main components or modules of the IMSIMS
3. From these modules , I will be focus on the explaining our idea for receiving the feed back from the application of the Safety Standards , which is so far under development .
4. We will also be having a quick look at the prototype.
5, Finally , what is the current status of the system and its project plan .

14. Introduction INT
Proposed TC Interregional Project on Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (INT )
Main Objective
To establish an improved regime for a safer and a more reliable transport of radioactive materials throughout the globe, thus contributing to the development of agricultural, hydrological, geological, medical, industrial, research and environmental activities that have need of radioactive materials.
Main Participants
UN Bodies led by the IAEA
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
Targeted Member States (as TC Countries and Partners)
Connection between experts and operators
A project with a strong forward-looking approach
In the next 10 minutes .I will be covering the following points :
1. This system is one of the outcome form the recommendation of the advisory group .
2. I will also talk about the main components or modules of the IMSIMS
3. From these modules , I will be focus on the explaining our idea for receiving the feed back from the application of the Safety Standards , which is so far under development .
4. We will also be having a quick look at the prototype.
5, Finally , what is the current status of the system and its project plan .

15. Main Features of the Project INT2012004
Think-Tank
Regional Experience Gathering
Familiarity Training
Denial Ambassador
Opportunities for Partnerships and Joined Efforts

16. Think Tank
Seeks to capitalize on the collective “brain power” to address complex transport problems
Transport problems will vary from region to region
Transport problems in one region may impact another region

17. Regional Experience Gathering
Member states will be given the opportunity to share their transport experience
Good and bad
Easy and difficult
What works and what doesn’t
Experiences will be shared with:
UN Organizations
NGOs
Member States

18. Familiarity Training
Reviewing and harmonizing existing regional training programmes in transport
Sharing established training programmes in transport and training facilities of the various UN bodies and international organizations
An opportunity for collaboration to deliver improved training programmes

19. Denial Ambassador
Appoint a roving Denial/Delay of Shipment “Ambassador” to meet with appropriate entities in different regions
Engage government and customs officials, carriers, and ports
Would visit “hot spots” where DoS is a significant issue
The Ambassador will be supported by a network of international experts

20. Opportunities for Partnerships and Joint Efforts
Strong international need to bring together and work collaboratively with UN and International Organizations
Need to build effective partnerships, joining experiences and efforts to create synergies aimed at improving the current transport regime for radioactive materials
Collaboration with other (ongoing) TC projects that have transport elements will be pursued

21. Partner Countries and Donors
Partner Countries (partner institutions):
Institutions in more advanced countries that provide different types of support (both financial and non-financial) and/or expertise for the benefit of other Participating Member States, such as cost-free experts, in-kind contributions, or others
Donors
Countries and/or institutions providing financial support to specific activities in the project

22. INT2012004 Participating Countries
Ghana, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania, and Egypt (TC Africa region)
Iraq, Bangladesh, Thailand, and China (TC Asia and the Pacific region)
Turkey and Kazakhstan (TC Europe region)
Brazil, Dominican Republic, and Peru (TC Latin American and the Caribbean region).

23. Conclusions
TC Projects are a critical part in achieving the overall goals of strengthening the regulatory infrastructure in Member States for safe transport of radioactive material
Numerous tasks are planned throughout the world, over the next several years, to improve overall transport safety
These tasks will be carefully coordinated so as to leverage the existing resources and transport expertise for the greatest possible benefit to Member States

24. Questions ?
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