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Country Presentation: Ethiopia Regional Workshop and Seminar on Capacity Building, Education and Training Review Service (ETRES) Self-Assessment and ETRES Missions, Knowledge Management, and the Development of Education and Training Strategies

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International Atomic Energy Agency

Country Presentation: Ethiopia

Regional Workshop and Seminar on Capacity Building, Education and Training Review Service (ETRES) Self-Assessment and ETRES Missions, Knowledge Management, and the Development of Education and Training Strategies Gammarth-Tunis 19 - 23 October 2015

Mesafint Tefera and Metasebiya Birhane

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Content

1. country’s nuclear safety/radiological protection

infrastructures/plans

2. national nuclear/radiological regulator(s)
3. nuclear/radiological training facilities / programs
4. collaboration on regional/international level programs on

the area

5. Summary of the main challenges and the need of support

form IAEA

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country’s nuclear safety/radiological protection infrastructures/plans

HISTROY OF Radiation Protection IN

ETHIOPIA

 Ethiopia historically introduced radiation technology away back in

the 1960s at the then medical facility called Emperor Haile Sellasie Hospital.

 The following two decades laid a strong foundation for the

genesis of the Authority

 There was no legal enforcement except willingness to take the

services and comply

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country’s nuclear... Ctd

HISTROY OF RP IN ETHIOPIA… Ctd

 The legislation governing the regulatory control of ionizing

radiation sources was in acted 1993

 But it is changed by 571/2008  Now Ethiopian Radiation Protection Authority/ERPA/ is the

main responsible body to work on radiation protection

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country’s nuclear... Ctd

Nuclear safety/radiological protection

infrastructures

 Basic human recourse to execute the main activities of the

ERPA are established; 86 STAFF OF WHICH 28 ARE TECHNICAL

 The Authority shall run its activities by a budget allocated by

the government.

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country’s nuclear... Ctd

PHYSICAL FACILITIES

Modest physical facilities in general exist Food and Environment Lab Central Radioactive Waste Processing and Storage Facility

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National nuclear/radiological regulator(s)

ERPA is the main responsible body and it empower

by RP proclamation

To Formulate radiation protection Issue/policies,
To Establish a system for coordinating public and private activities,
To Carryout inspection and take appropriate measures to ensure

compliance with radiation protection laws and directives;

To Issue directives for the implementation polices and laws

concerning radiation protection and follow up their implementation

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National nuclear/radiological regulator(s) ERPA is the main responsible body… Ctd

Mission

To protect individuals, society and environment in current and future generation against the harmful effects of radiation, while ensuring the safe and peaceful exploitation of ionizing radiation and related nuclear techniques for the benefit of Ethiopia’s national development.

Vision

To see a country that has started utilizing radiation and related nuclear techniques widely and is well protected from its adverse effect by 2025.

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National nuclear/radiological regulator(s)

Like wise science and technology information centre /STIC/

is one of the responsible body with the mission to identify, gather,
rganize, analyze and add value through research, as well as

disseminate a S&T information to accelerate the country’s technology transfer

The center is organized with 3 core directorate, of which one is

knowledge management and dissemination directorate.

This directorate collect and manage different science and technology

knowledge including publications and research outputs on nuclear

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nuclear/radiological training facilities / programs

Training and awareness creation programs by ERPA

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collaboration on regional/ international level programs on the area

Co-ordination and Co-operation at a national level

With EFDRE ministry of health
Addis Ababa city administration fire and accident protection

authority

የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ የጤና ጥበቃ ሚ/ር

በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ አስተዳደር በእሳትና ድንገተኛ አደጋዎች መከላከልና መቆጣጠር ባለስልጣን

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collaboration… Ctd

International Co-operation and Collaboration

AFRA
Us department of energy
FNRBA
IAEA
AU

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Summary of the main challenges and the need of support form IAEA

main challenges

Less skilled human resource and High turn over of skilled man power
Lack of research institutions
Low level radiation safety culture among the general public including the

learned once.

Unified coordination and Collaboration that optimize resources at the local

level has not yet been realized.

Dependency with donors (mainly IAEA) in major technical equipment and

training is observed, even if the country is a member

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support form IAEA

More has to be done in establishing research institutions so as to

contribute a lot to the R&D activities in the country

And supporting academic institutions either financially or technically

to create skilled human resource as well as radiation safety culture in the country to meet the growing need of nuclear application

Supporting ERPA is needed to give strength to its regulatory system

and operate with highly skilled manpower in line with strong legal and policy framework so as to contribute a lot to the national growth in the peaceful purposive process of nuclear technology.

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support ….Ctd

Most of all, supporting Ministry of science and technology /MoST/ in

general and STIC in particular is very essential to create a better awareness

n safe use of nuclear technology; it is because these two organizations are

working to establish science and technology culture in the country

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