Transcript 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.

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
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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
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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
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old owners
potential owners
Smelters and scrapyards
bankruptcy managers etc.
• Inspections
• At the borders
• Smelters and scrap yards are self organised
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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
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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
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REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA
MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Import of scrap metal
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REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA
MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Import of scrap metal
CSRAO
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REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA
MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Refusal during transit
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REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA
MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Worst case: reselling to EU
CSRAO
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REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA
MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Worst case: reselling to EU
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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
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REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA
MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Mandatory meassurements before import
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REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA
MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
... instead of current situation
CSRAO
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