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ENRRA Main Structure

ENRRA BOARD

Research & Development

Safety of nuclear installation Sitting and environment & radiation protection Regulations and nuclear & radiological emergency

Safeguard and Nuclear security division

Accounting & control of Nuclear materials Nuclear Security

Radiation installation division

Review & Assessment, and Licensing Regulations, Inspection and Enforcement

Nuclear installation division

Review & Assessment, and Licensing Regulations, Inspection and Enforcement

Vice - chairman Chairman

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ENRRA Mission ENRRA carries out all regulatory and control works related to the nuclear or radiation activities using the atomic energy for the peaceful purposes, to ensure the security and safety of human, property and environment from the risks of exposure to ionizing radiation.

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ENRRA Main duties

• Issuing & Developing Regulations & Rules.
• Issuing Licenses & Permits for personnel and facilities.
• Reviewing and Assessment of the Safety analysis Reports.
• Conducting Regulatory Inspection.
• Carrying out Safeguard Inspection for Nuclear Materials.
• Control of Transportation of Radioactive Materials.
• Conducting R & D related to Safety and security.

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Core values

Competency: Having the knowledge, abilities and skills required. Integrity: Trust worthiness and match words with deeds. Objectivity: Treatment and deal with the facts without prejudice. Honesty: To act in ways free from deceit or deception. Courage: The act of choosing the right course of action even doing so is difficult. Fairness: All persons are treated equitably, in accordance with rules and regulations. Respect: Appreciation of the worth and value of others, whether they are co-workers or stakeholders.

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ENRRA General Polices

• Its main target is protecting individuals, property, and the environment from the

harmful effects of ionizing radiation.

• Recognizing that the priority is for the Nuclear safety without being influenced by

economic or any other aspects.

• Relying in implementing its duties on national legislation, international

standards, global expertise, and best practices of national and international.

• Believing that transparency and credibility of the information related to nuclear

and radiological activities strengthen the public confidence.

• Working to develop and improve its activities for the benefit of society.
• Provide all the needs of workers, which enable them to perform their duties

effectively and efficiently.

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ENRRA Processes

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Steps of Licensing processes for Nuclear reactors

1- Site approval permit 2- Construction permit 3- Pre-operational testing permit 4- Fuel loading and reach to criticality permit 5- Operation license 6- End of service license ( decommissioning & release of regulatory control )

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Co-operation with training organizations

Arab Atomic Energy Agency ( AAEA ) International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) European Commission ( EC ) US Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( US NRC ) Korea International Cooperation Agency ( KOICA )

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Related law

Law no. 7 was issued 29 March 2010

The Executive rule of the law was issued in 20 Oct. 2011 by prime minister decree No. 1326/2011

The main content of the law :

• 7 General statements (rules), 109 items
• 7 Chapters

Chapter I : General introduction Chapter II : Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority activities Chapter III : Licensing Standards , Licensee , License of Nuclear Installations , Mining and Installations ,Importing , exporting and Transport of Radioactive & nuclear materials. Chapter IV : Nuclear and Radiological Emergency , Chapter V : Nuclear Safeguard and Security Chapter VI : Civil Liability for Nuclear damage. Chapter VII : Penalties

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Purpose of Inspection

Purpose of inspection activities are to:

• Verify compliance with regulations and license
• Verify compliance with implementing processes and procedures
• Verify adequacy of personnel
• Ensure licensee is identifying and correcting problems

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ENRRA Responsibilities & Authorities for Inspection

Establish regulations and issue guidance; Enter the premises of reactors at any time; Require the preparation of, access to and submission of reports and documents from operators as necessary; Communicate information, findings, recommendations and conclusions from regulatory inspections to other governmental bodies or interested parties, including high level officials; Communicate inspection finding to operator; Enforce compliance with its requirements and license conditions.

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Operator Responsibilities

gives inspection personnel free and prompt access to all areas. provides regulatory inspectors with free and prompt access to all personnel at the reactor and to all relevant documentation. makes appropriate arrangements to provide personnel conducting a regulatory inspection with access to contractors & consultants respond to ENRRA finding and take appropriate actions.

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Types of Inspection

ENRRA conducts two types of inspections: 1- Planned ( routine) inspection, including:

• Reactor OLC’s
• Approved requirements
• Reactor documents
• Operator’s overall performance
• Operational experience and lessons learned within the reactor or in
• ther countries

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Types of Inspection ( cont.)

2- Reactive ( Non-routine ) inspection

• are initiated by ENRRA in response to an unexpected, unplanned

situation or incident in order to assess its significance and implication and the adequacy of corrective actions.

• Licensee event report should be used for assistance in preparing

the inspection. The information within the report includes:

• abnormal test results;
• radioactive releases;
• any violation of operational limits and conditions;
• modifications and corrective actions;
• unexpected exposure of personnel;
• unavailability of safety related equipment;
• any other situation giving rise to potential hazards;
• events which may lead to misinterpretation by the public.

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Types of Inspection ( cont.)

Announced and unannounced inspection: An announced inspection is an inspection of which the operator has been notified in advance by ENRRA. The timing of the announcement may vary according to the circumstances of the inspection to be performed. Unannounced inspections are that the actual state of the reactor and the way in which it is being operated can be observed. Inspections may be carried out at any time of the day or night so as to provide a more complete picture of the situation at the reactor.

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Inspection area & activities

Inspection area activities

Operation

• Main control room
• Shift turnover
• Facility walk down
• Chemistry control
• Start up and shutdown procedure and check list
• Operation log book
• Fuel management
• Execution of Operating procedures

Operating procedures

• Sampling review including all procedures for normal
• peration, anticipated operational occurrences and

accident conditions.

• Usability and adequacy of the procedure
• Procedure updating

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Inspection area & activities ( Cont. )

Training program Adequacy of Training program Safety & safety- related systems Sampling review to evaluate:

• any identified degraded equipment;
• discrepancies between installed components and/or system

hardware and the facility drawings;

• controls for performing maintenance on equipment;
• the quality of performance of the operations staff in log

keeping and record keeping and in routine monitoring of equipment.

• Risk to human
• utages

Observation During outage includes:

• activities in areas that are not always accessible during

normal operation.

• movements of fissile and radioactive material

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Inspection area & activities ( Cont. )

Management Evaluation of:

• Management effectiveness
• Suitability of organizational structure;
• adequate numbers of staff;
• staff communicate;
• safety and safety culture
• Document control
• Operational experience
• Procurement
• Receipt, storage, and handling of spare parts and equipment
• Internal audit
• Self-assessment
• Safety committee activities
• Preventive action process
• Corrective action process

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Inspection area & activities ( Cont. )

Radiation protection and radioactive waste management Should include:

• Radiation protection procedures
• Radiological controls
• Protecting clothes
• Dosimetry
• Radiation survey, sampling and monitoring
• Instrument calibration
• Personnel exposure records
• Respiratory protection program
• As low as reasonable achievable
• Effluent control, monitoring and records
• Environmental monitoring
• Waste storage
• Water radiochemistry

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Inspection area & activities ( Cont. )

Maintenance and testing

• all types of maintenance performed on SSCs
• testing, including the conduct of all surveillance testing

activities

• bservation of operator’s inspection and testing activities
• planning and scheduling assessment
• procedures, work orders, results, records, and logs
• walk down

Engineering Review evaluation of non-conforming or degraded conditions. modification

• Effective control of modification
• Submissions by operator to ENRRA
• Review execution
• Updating safety related documentation
• Personnel qualification and training

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Inspection area & activities ( Cont. )

Emergency preparedness

• Adequacy of emergency planning
• Implementation effectiveness
• Procedures for detection, classification, decision making,

notification, communication, shift staffing, dose calculation and dose assessment

• Clothes, equipment, instrumentation and supplies
• Drills and exercises

Physical protection

• Safety and security interface
• Access control
• Physical protection of equipment in safety related areas

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Our guidance and procedure

• Regulatory inspection program for research reactors (2004 ), to be

updated by Dec. 2014

• IAEA, Safety standard , GS-G-1.3, Regulatory Inspection of Nuclear

Facilities and Enforcement by the Regulatory Body

• Inspection internal guide , under development (Dec. 2014 ).

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Preparation for an inspection

Preparation of reactor inspection includes :

• Area selection;
• Team selection;
• Regulatory requirements relating to the inspection area;
• Past operating experience relating to the inspection area;
• Findings of previous inspections and enforcement actions
• Past correspondence between the regulator and the operator relating to the

The safety documentation and operational limits and conditions;

• Documentation on operation and design for the facility;
• The operator’s management procedures and quality assurance program;
• Check lists;
• Inspection plan;
• Documents to be reviewed with the operator;
• Transportation
• Administrative process

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Preparation for an inspection

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Methods of inspection

ENRRA inspection methods include:

A. monitoring and direct observation (such as of working practices and equipment); B. discussions and interviews with personnel of the operator and the contractor; C. examinations of procedures, records and documentation; D. tests and measurements.

• A. Monitoring and direct observation:
• 1. includes monitoring of SSCs, human factors significant to safety

(performance of operating personnel, managerial attitudes), tests and other safety related activities carried out by the operator.

• 2. ENRRA has right to require regulatory monitoring of a specific

structure, system, component, test or activity as a condition for the operator to be permitted to proceed to subsequent stages of work or operation in case of abnormal occurrence or finding of serious non-compliance.

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Methods of inspection ( Cont., )

• B. Discussion and interviews with operator personnel:

1. ENRRA inspectors have right to communicate and discus with the operator’s personnel responsible for supervising and performing the activities and tests being inspected. 2. Interviews with the reactor manager and other senior managers are standard features of most inspection visits.

• C. Examinations of procedures, records and documentation:
• 1. The operator is responsible to record all activities, results and consideration

important to safety.

• 2. Documentation examined by regulatory inspectors may include:
• procedures and schedules for maintenance and testing;
• quality assurance records;
• test results and data;
• operational and maintenance records;
• records of deficiencies and incidents;
• modification records including modifications to management and operating procedures;
• training records;
• radiological safety records.

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Methods of inspection ( Cont., )

• D. tests and measurements:
• 1. during inspection, independent measurements and calculations by

ENRRA inspectors will be performed as necessary, and after consultation with the reactor manager. This shall not relieve the

• perator of its prime responsibility for safety.

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Purpose of Inspection Report

Record the results of all inspection activities Document and record an assessment of the operator’s activities Record discussions held with facility staff, plant management and

• ther concerned persons

Record any findings or conclusions reached by inspectors Record any recommendations by inspectors for future actions by the operator or ENRRA and to record progress on recommendations from previous inspections; inform other members of ENRRA; contribute to maintaining an institutional memory Provide a basis for notifying the operator of the findings & enforcement actions

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Inspection reports and findings

Contents of Inspection Report:

• Inspection report contains as minimum the following essential elements:
• identification of the facility inspected, the purpose and date of the inspection

and the inspectors’ names;

• the methods used in the inspection (interviews, observations, review of

documents); reference to applicable requirements;

• criteria used in the assessment;
• details of facility areas, activities, documents, processes, systems or components

which have been inspected, assessed or reviewed;

• a record of actual or potential problems relating to safety;
• a record of the results of any checks for compliance with the terms and

conditions of the authorization for the facility and applicable national regulations;

• a record of any deficiency or violation found in regulatory inspections, including

a record of which requirements or regulations have been contravened;

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Inspection reports and findings

Contents of Inspection Report ( Cont., ):

• a record of any regulatory action taken by inspectors and any consequent action

taken by the operator in the period covered by the report;

• a record of discussions held with the facility’s staff, the operator’s managers and
• ther persons, including a record of discussions with facility managers about

points of concern;

• a record of the inspectors’ opinion about the operator’s or relevant facility

manager’s response to any matter of concern to which their attention was drawn after a regulatory inspection;

• a record of the findings or conclusions of the inspectors, including corrective or

enforcement actions that should be taken;

• a record of recommendations made by inspectors for future action, such as a

need to advise other inspectors or operators about particular problems,

• proposals for further inspections or proposals for enforcement actions.

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Inspection reports and findings

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Appeal Against Decisions

In case of disagreement on the decisions of ENRRA,

 the operator may appeal against such decisions to ENRRA chairman.  The chairman shall discus reasons of operator’s appeal.  He shall present the result of investigation to ENRRA board.  The board shall be responsible to take the final decision.  The board decision shall be final. .

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Conclusion

• New regulatory structure, duties, practices reflect ENRRA’s policies.
• Regulatory inspection program for RRs has been established &

implemented

• Capacity building is one of our core processes
• ENRRA’s regulatory inspection for RR is consistent with IAEA safety

standards .

• Continual improvement process for RR regulatory inspection is in

place.

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