1. Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority
4th Meeting of the Steering Committee on Competence of Human Resources for Regulatory Bodies
4-7 December 2012, Vienna, Austria

2. Artur Hovhannisyan First Deputy Chairman of ANRA
4th Meeting of the Steering Committee on Competence of Human Resources for Regulatory Bodies
Current status of the ANRA in the area of Competence and Training and Challenges and Needs
Artur Hovhannisyan First Deputy Chairman of ANRA

3. Current status of ANRA
ANRA position within Government of RA (since 2008)
PRIME MINISTER
MINISTRY FOR FORIGN AFFAIRS
MINISTRY FOR ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
MINISTRY FOR HEALTH
MINISTRY FOR EMERGENCY SITUATION
OTHER MINISTRIES
ANRA
OTHER STATE
AUTHORITIES
UNDER THE
GOVERNMENT

4. Current status of ANRA (cont.)
Organizational chart of ANRA
CHAIRMAN
1-st DEPUTY CHAIRMAN
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN
STAFF MANAGER
SECRETARIAT
SECTION FOR LEGISLATION & LICENSING
DEPARTMENT FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY
DEPARTMENT FOR RADIATION SAFETY
TECHNICAL SECTION
STAFF MANAGEMENT SECTION
SECTION FOR
SYSTEMS & COMPONENTS
SECTION FOR RADIATION
SAFETY
SECTION FOR NUCLEAR INFORMATION &
INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION
SECTION FOR
REACTOR SAFETY
SECTION FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE
SECTION FOR FINANCE & ACCOUNTING

5. Current status of ANRA (cont.)
The ANRA staff number makes 43. At present 41 persons are employed at the ANRA. 25 persons out of 41 are the professional staff.
At this time the following positions still remain vacant:
Head of section for reactor safety.
Head of section for radioactive waste.
Chief specialist-state inspector on seismic safety.
Chief specialist-state inspector on QM & personnel training.
Chief specialist-state inspector on ANPP radiation safety.

6. Competence and Training
The ANRA organizes training of new staff in accordance with the individual programs consisting of theoretical (on the job self-training) and practical trainings (mainly at the ANPP training center).
The resources of the IAEA, US NRC and EC cooperation programs are used for separate tasks connected with training, improvement and maintaining of the personnel qualification.

7. Challenges and Needs
It is planned to increase the ANRA staff number till 2016 in average by 5 specialists per year, with the total number up to 25 specialists additionally who will be mainly involved in licensing of new NPP unit.

8. Thank you for your attention!