Transcript RER/9/096 Regional Planning Meeting “Strengthening National Infrastructures for the Control of Radiation Sources” (TSA-1), (Phase II) Country: Republic of Macedonia 19-20 March 2009 IAEA, Vienna.

RER/9/096 Regional Planning Meeting
“Strengthening National Infrastructures
for the Control of Radiation Sources”
(TSA-1), (Phase II)
Country: Republic of Macedonia
19-20 March 2009
IAEA, Vienna
Legislation
Regulations and Guidance
occupational protection, public protection, medical exposure, radioactive waste,
and the transport of radioactive materials.
Brief update
 2008 drafting regulations envisaged by the Amendments of the Law
on ionizing radiation protection and safety (135/07) in order of
complete harmonization with the International Safety Standards
 Report from TAIEX mission for reviewing draft regulation (November
2008): Generally compliance with international standards
Weak points:
Lack of new regulation - currently into force are old regulations, not
totally financial independence – budget is a subprogram of the
Ministry of Health’s program
Strong points:
Drafted new regulations – to be adopted by the end of 2009
Radiation Safety Directorate
DIRECTOR
Unit for human
Resources management
Sector for General
and Legal Affairs
Unit for Legal Affairs
and International
Cooperation
Unit for Financial
Affairs and IT
Unit for
Internal audit
Sector for licensing,
Monitoring, Emergency and
Inspection
Unit for Licensing,
Monitoring and
Emergency
Unit for Inspection
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Duties of RSD: Issuing and revoking licenses, National registry of ionizing
sources, inspections and enforcements, issuing regulations and guidance,
cooperation with national and international authorities, ensuring proper
training of radiation workers, establishing appropriate mechanism to inform
the public, undertaking measures in a case of radiological emergency etc.
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Strong points: Independent regulatory body, Advisory Body – Radiation
Safety Commission;
Weak points: Not totally financial independence – the RSD’s budget is a
subprogram of the Ministry of Health’s program in state budget
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Funding: National (state budget)
Radiation Safety Directorate: Staffing and Training
Human resources of the RSD
 Director and 14 employees
Education, skills, training and training needs
 5 physicists, 1 mechanical engineer, 1 lawyer, 1 IT engineer, 1
roentgen technologist, 3 agriculture engineers, 1 economist, 1
junior referent for technical support
 Participating of the regulatory staff in training courses,
workshops, conferences, technical meetings organized by the
IAEA, US, gaining skills in different areas of radiation
protection and safety
 Needs of additional trainings
Notification - Authorization – Licensing - Inspections
Main activities
 October 2008: electronic system application and issuing licenses for
import, export and transit of radioactive sources (EXIM)
 01.01.2009 RSD issues licences for import of X-ray units
Strong points:
 Procedure of issuing licenses regulated (based) by general rules - Law on
administrative procedure
Weak points
 Lack of regulation for specific requirements for the procedure of issuing
licenses – prepared draft version of a such regulation
 Lack of guidance for authorization and inspection for different practices
Reasons for weaknesses of the system of authorization-licensing & inspection
 Not enough regulatory staff, need for preparing many documents and
relatively short time of the Directorate’s establishment
Enforcement – effectiveness – problems – constraints
 Inspection responsibility to order remediation of certain non-compliances
with the Law
 Penalty provisions envisaged in the Law (48/02 and 135/07)
Management System
Recent developments concerning:
Information management
• Web site of the Directorate, communication with media
Quality management
 In the RB - RSD, there is: Unit for Internal Audit (according to the
Regulation On the Internal Organization) with following duties:
 to assess whether the functioning of the RSD is in accordance
with the Laws, Regulations and Internal Acts;
 to check economically, effectiveness and efficacy of the functions
of the RSD;
 to follow conducting of undertook measures by the Unit’s heads
according the audit’s reports and etc.
A SWOT Matrix
Strengths
Weaknesses
Proposed Actions
Needs
Independent RB –
the RSD;
Advisory Body –
Radiation Safety
Commission;
RSD - Member of
the National
Coordination
Centre on Border
Management
Insufficient budget;
Radioactive waste
management;
Lack of internal
procedures;
Chronic exposure,
remediation, and
decommissioning.
Lack of guidance
and codes of
practice.
IAEA Expert
mission for
reviewing draft
regulations;
Opportunities
Threats
Drafting new
regulations, issuing
guidance, codes of
practice and internal
procedures,
trainings of
regulatory staff,
preparing Strategy
of training of
radiation workers,
management with
radioactive waste
and establishment
National central
storage of
radioactive waste,
strengthening the
combat of illicit
trafficking
Improvement of
National
infrastructure by
participating in
IAEA, EU and
other regional
projects.
Adoption of the
prepared
regulations;
Training of
border police
officers for
combat illicit
trafficking;
Training of
radiation
protection
officers