Transcript RER/9/096 Regional Planning Meeting "Strengthening National Infrastructures for the Control of Radiation Sources" (TSA-1), (Phase II) LITHUANIA Albinas Mastauskas Director Radiation Protection Centre Lithuania [email protected] www.rsc.lt 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)
LITHUANIA
Albinas Mastauskas
Director
Radiation Protection Centre
Lithuania
[email protected]
www.rsc.lt
19-20 March 2009
IAEA, Vienna
Legal basis adopted on 2008
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Order of the Minister of Health No. V-188 amended the Order of the Minister of
Health No. 643 on Lithuanian Hygiene Standard HN 87:2002
“Radiation Protection in Nuclear Facilities”
Order on the Minister of Health Care No. V-1175 amended the Order of the
Minister of Health No. V-749 on Lithuanian Hygiene Standard HN
85:2003 “Natural Exposure. Standards of Radiation Protection”
Order of the Minister of Health and Head of the State Nuclear Power Safety
Inspectorate No. V-1271/22.3-139 On Import, Export, Transit and
Transportation of Radioactive Materials, Radioactive Waste and
Spent Fuel
Order of the Minister of Environment No. D1-687 On Order of the Minister of
Environment No. 194 amended on Normative Document LAND 34-2000
“Decontrolled Levels of Radionuclides. Re-using of Materials and
Rules of Elimination of Waste”
Order of the Director of the Radiation Protection Centre No. 73 On Rules of Fit
Construction of Transportation Tare of Radioactive Material and
Radioactive Waste for Regulatory Authorities of Foreign
Countries
Order of the Director of the Radiation Protection Centre No. 84 On Confirming
the Recommended Exposure Levels in Diagnostic Radiology
Recommendations for Institutions and Agencies Attending in Liquidation
Chemical, Radiological and Biological Incidences. Formulated by Fire
and Rescue Department under the Ministry of the Interior, 2008.
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Basic Regulatory Bodies
Parliament (Seimas)
Government
Ministry of
Health
Radiation
Protection
Centre
Ministry of
Environment
Environmental
Protection
Agency
Ministry of
the Interior
Fire and
Rescue
Department
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State Nuclear
Power Safety
Inspectorate
State Food
and
Veterinary
Service
The Regulatory Body Radiation Protection Centre
Director
Deputy director
Deputy director
Division of Radiation (7)
Protection Supervision and Control
Division of Radiation
Protection Training (3)
Division of Expertise (3)
Subdivision of Licensing (2)
Division of Radiological
Research (8)
Subdivision of State Register of
Sources of Ionizing Radiation and
Exposure Doses of Workers (2)
Division of Personal
Dosimetry (4)
Division of Supervision (5)
and Control of Nuclear Facilities
Kaunas Division (3)
• Secretary
•Chief Specialist for Personnel
• Chief Specialist
for Public Relations
• Chief Specialist Lawyer
• Chief Specialist for IT
• Chief specialist for
Quality Management
Division of Radiation
Emergency Management (3)
Klaipėda Division (3)
Šiauliai Division (2)
Division of Accountancy
and Economy Planning (3)
Division of Procurement
And Maintenance
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Radiation Protection Centre (RPC) Staff
There is employed 63 staff members:
• 45 public servants and 12 workers in RPC.
• 3 people to left office and 9 were employed.
• 84,1 % of staff are with higher education.
• 4 persons with doctoral degree and
2 candidates for the doctoral degree.
• Average of the staff age – 39,4 years.
Staff improved skills during 2008 attending:
• Regional training courses, organized by IAEA (16 persons);
• an Introductory public servants training courses (21 persons);
• TC, workshops and conferences in foreign countries (25 persons);
• RPC in collaborating with Vilnius University organized four internal
training courses with the practice for RPC specialists in the field of RP
in medicine (22 persons).
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Trainings
Training needs. All staff of RPC needs to improve
qualification in radiation protection field regularly.
• Inspectors should be trained to be able to prepare
recommendations and documents regulating implementation
of radiation safety in activity using newest digital
technologies in medicine.
• Trainings related to new NPP building; sitting; Impact
assessment of NPP, radioactive waste and spent nuclear
fuel projects from the point of radiation safety are
necessary.
• Regional training course on PET/CT and cyclotron are
welcome.
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Licensing and inspection
2006
Number of
licenses
Number of
licenses of Personal Health Care
84
65
2007
86
67
2008
96
Number of inspections
700
600
500
220
230
211
413
357
378
2006
2007
2008
400
300
200
100
0
65
Inspections with radiological investigation
Number of licenses of Education
and research
2
–
–
Number of licenses of Industry
2
4
9
Inspections
Number of sources of ionizing radiation
in 2008
X-ray generators
61%
Number of
licenses suspended
34
27
26
Number of
licenses repealed
19
22
23
13%
26%
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Sealed sources
Sealed sources
in smoke
detectors
Management System
Information management. RPC prepared investment project of State
Register of Sources of Ionizing Radiation and Exposure Doses of Workers
and received about 290,000 EUR support from budget of Lithuania Republic
for this register creating.
RPC formulated 23 procedures and 31 work instructions of quality
management system for assurance of regulatory functions according to
LST EN ISO 9001:2008 and this year is preparing for institution
certification. (What about the Quality management system of the
regulatory authority in your country?)
Laboratory of Radiological Research for quality assurance has a quality
manual and has been accredited several years ago according to ISO
17025:2005 in five main areas:
1. Strontium measurements;
2. Tritium measurements;
3. X ray machines quality control;
4. Individual dose measurements;
5. Gama spectrometry.
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Strengths
Weaknesses
1. Legal basis.
1. Not created biological
2. Effective infrastructure of the Regulatory dosimetry services yet.
Body.
2. Training of specialists on
3. Optimal attention of the Government for the PET, CT, cyclotron and
strengthenment of radiation safety and control others separately.
infrastructure.
4. Additional
financial
support
from
the
government for the salaries of the specialists.
5. Optimal number of specialist working in
regulatory authority, suitable material and
technical equipment.
6. Quality management system. Accreditation.
Opportunities
Threats
1. Support of IAEA, EC.
2. Establishment of Regional training centre and
qualification improvement of the personnel.
3. Technical cooperation.
4. Organizing regional workshops and training
courses.
Economic crisis and its
consequences
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Thank you for your attention
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