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Progress with the revision and
consolidation of the European
Basic Safety Standards
Directive
Stefan Mundigl, Vesa Tanner
European Commission
DG Energy and Transport
Radiation Protection Unit
EUROPEAN
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Role of the European Union
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Euratom Treaty (1957)
» Allow the development of nuclear energy while protecting
the health and safety of workers and members of the public
Establish uniform Basic Safety Standards
» Ensure their application (transposition; implementation;
infringement procedure)
Ensure the protection of the environment
» “air, water, soil”
Research (fission/fusion Framework Programmes)
» radiation biology
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Development of a new European Basic
Safety Standards Directive
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Consolidation of existing European radiation
protection legislation
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Reorganisation of legal texts
Revision of the Euratom Basic Safety Standards
(Directive 96/29/Euratom)
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Includes also new substance matters
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Consolidation of the European Radiation
Protection Legislation
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Basic Safety Standards, Directive 96/29/Euratom
Medical Exposures, Directive 97/43/Euratom
Public Information, Directive 89/618/Euratom
Outside Workers, Directive 90/641/Euratom
Control of high-activity sealed radioactive sources and
orphan sources, Directive 2003/122/Euratom
Radon, Commission Recommendation
90/143/Euratom
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Motivation for revision of the Euratom BSS
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More binding requirements on
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Natural radiation sources
Criteria for clearance
Cooperation between Member States for emergency
planning and response
Review of the regulatory control system
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Graded approach to regulatory control
Cover NORM industries
New recommendations by the ICRP
Revision of the IAEA International Basic Safety
Standards
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Strive for greater harmonisation
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Impact of the new ICRP
Recommendations
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Based on three different exposure situations
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» Existing
» Emergency
Constraints and Reference levels
» Source related prospective tool for optimisation
» Societal basis – bands of constraints
Forthcoming ICRP Documents on
» Emergency exposure situations (available for comments)
» Existing exposure situations (rehabilitation of
contaminated areas)
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Topical issues for the BSS revision
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Natural Radiation
» NORM industries
» Radon
» Building materials
» Cosmic radiation (exposure of aircrew)
Exemption and clearance
Graded approach to regulatory control
Education and training
Emergency preparedness and response
Occupational exposure (Outside workers)
Protection of the environment
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NORM industries
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“Positive” list of types of industries
» Identification of industries of concern
Activity concentrations above 1 Bq/g (10 Bq/g for
K-40)
» Not applicable to recycling in building materials
» Higher values for segments of the decay chain
» Lower values where appropriate in specific cases
Assessment of doses to workers
» 1-6 mSv: keep under review – apply ALARA
» > 6 mSv: controlled areas
Assessment of effluents and disposal of waste
» Recycling rather than radioactive waste disposal
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Radon
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Requirement for a national action plan
» All sources: soil, building material, water
» Definition of radon prone areas
» Reference levels for existing dwellings, new dwellings,
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workplaces and public buildings (schools)
Building codes for new buildings
Provide information
» House owners
» Building profession
Occupational exposure
» Radon measurements
» Reference levels
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Exemption and clearance
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Enhance clarity of the concepts
Same levels for both concepts
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Basis: IAEA RS-G-1.7
Study launched to
• evaluate differences with EC RP 122,
• assess impact of lowering the exemption levels
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Regulatory control
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Graded approach to regulatory control
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Exemption
Notification
Registration (new)
• e.g. authorisation in cases of a limited risk
Licensing
Accommodate approach for NORM industries
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Licensing
Registration
Specific Exemption
Generic (explicit) exemption (Art. 3)
Authorised planned exposure situations
Regulatory Control of Planned exposure situations
Notification
Magnitude & likelihood of exposures
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Situations outside
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Occupational exposure
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Most requirements remain unchanged
Incorporation of the Outside Workers Directive
(90/641/Euratom)
» Dose passbook
» National dose registries
» Information exchange between national dose registries
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Dose limits
» 20 mSv/year versus 100 mSv/five consecutive years and 50
mSv/year
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Monitoring individuals exposed to external
radiation
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Project to revise the Technical recommendations for
monitoring individuals occupationally exposed to
external radiation
(EC publication Radiation Protection RP73, 1994)
» Update technical and scientific knowledge, e. g. on
approved electronic dose meters,
» International recommendations, guides, standards from
ICRP, ICRU, ISO, IEC, CEN/CENELEC, ...
» 12 years experience with RP73
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Draft recommendations expected for April 2009
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Outline of new Euratom BSS
Preamble
Title I
Title II
Title III
Title IV
Title V
Title VI
Title VII
Title VIII
Title IX
Title X
Title XI
Title XII
Title XIII
Subject matter and scope
Definitions
System of protection
Responsibilities for regulatory control
Requirements for education and training
Justification and regulatory control of planned
exposure situations
Protection of workers, apprentices and students
Protection of patients and other individuals submitted
to medical exposure
Protection of members of the public
Protection of the environment
Emergency exposure situations
Existing exposure situations
Final provisions
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Further steps
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Long way to go:
Working party on recasting
» prepare a complete draft Basic Safety Standards Directive
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• consolidated Directives
• revised Directive 96/29
Discuss complete proposal with the Article 31 Group of Experts
» June – November 2009
Commission proposal for a Directive (2010)
Discussion at the Council Atomic Questions Group
» Information to the European Parliament
Adoption of the Directive
Transposition by the Member States
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IAEA International Basic Safety Standards
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European Commission is formally
» Co-sponsoring the Safety Fundamentals
» Joining the IAEA secretariat for the review of International
Basic Safety Standards
• In view of potential co-sponsorship
Representatives of the IAEA participate as observers
in Article 31 Group of Experts and its working parties
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Summary
Consolidation of the existing European radiation
protection legislation
Revision of the Euratom Basic Safety Standards
» Impact of new ICRP Recommendations
» Integrate natural and artificial radiation
» Strive for greater harmonisation with the IAEA BSS
Occupational exposure
» Most requirements remain unchanged
» Incorporation of the Outside Workers Directive
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• Requirements for national dose registries
Discussion of the dose limits
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