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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY COMMISSION

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Contents

 Application  History of Regulatory Authorities  Regulatory Status  NEC  GASI  International instruments  Law and regulations  Safeguard and security  RAIS

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NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION IN MONGOLIA

Nuclear technolo gy Human health Agricul-

• ture

Science and education

Industr y Water researc h Geolog y and mining

Powerful sources:

 Electron cyclic accelerator “Microtron MT-22”  Neutron generators (14 MeV)  Californium-252 sources  Radiotherapy, /Cobalt-60 teletherapy unit/  Research irradiator with Co-60 sources  Radioactive waste storage facility

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Practices with security concerns

Category 1. Security level A

 Teletherapy (Co-60)  Research irradiator (Disused sources Co-60)

Category 2. Security level B

 Industrial gamma radiography (Ir-192)  High/medium rate brachytherapy (Co-60)

Category 3. Security level B

 Well logging /borehole logging/ (Am/Be, Cs-137)  Industrial fixed gauges with high activity sources (Cs-

137)

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Practices with security concerns

Category 4. Security level C

 Low dose rate brachytherapy

• Fill / Thickness gauges
• Portable gauges (e.g. moisture / density)

Category 5. Security level D

 XRF devices

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History of Regulatory Authorities

 Nuclear energy commission was established under

Counsel of Ministers in 1962.

 First radiation control unit in Mongolia was established in

1973 under the Ministry of Public Health and it was an acting regulatory body.

 The Nuclear Regulatory Authority /NRA/ has been

established by Governmental Resolution No 180 dated 13 August 1997 under the Nuclear Energy Commission (NEC) of the Government of Mongolia as the Regulatory Body in Mongolia.

 It has restructured the under the State Specialized

Inspection Agency /SSIA/ during 2003-2008 as the independent regulatory body.

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Cont’s

 Nuclear Energy Agency was established by No 64th

resolution of the Government of Mongolia on “Establishing regulatory and implementing agency of the Government” on 24th of December 2008.

 According the Government decision, the Regulatory

body (NNRA) has been restructured and transferred from SSIA into the NEA as Nuclear and Radiation Regulatory Authority /NRRA/ during 2009-2014.

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Regulatory status

 The parliament amended the nuclear energy law in

13th February 2015.

 Main changes was responsibilities of organizations  Based

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this amendment, Nuclear Energy Commission was established by the Government decision 72 on 02nd March 2015.

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Regulatory body

 Government

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Mongolia restructured the Nuclear Energy Commission (NEC) replaced on the Nuclear Energy Agency based

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amendment and the Government decision.

 According the amendment of the law and

Government decision, the Regulatory body has been restructured and transferred from NEA into the General Agency for Specialized Inspection /GASI/ as Nuclear and Radiation Security Inspection Department.

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Nuclear Energy Commission

 Head of the commission is Prime minister  Members

 State secretaries of ministies-7  Director generals-6

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2.1. Basic duties of NEC To develop and adopt safety and security regulations, safeguard inspection, licensing for nuclear facilities To implement state policy on exploitation of radioactive minerals and nuclear energy, utilization of nuclear technology and development of nuclear research To coordinate activities for ensuring nuclear and radiation protection and safety

General Agency for Specialized Inspection /GASI/

 GASI is independent inspection agency under deputy prime minister

and has 7 inspection department and 1 joint laboratory as following

 Infrastructure  Social and labor welfare  Health, education, culture and science  Environment, tourism, geology and mining  Food, agriculture, industry and service  Nuclear and radiation safety  Border  National reference laboratory for food safety /includes radiation

laboratory/

 Administration

 GASI has branches in cities

 Metropolitan Inspection Agency has Nuclear and radiation safety

division

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General Agency for Specialized Inspection

 The following objectives will be provided in order to implement main

goal of the GASI.

 1. To arrange implementation of the specialized Inspection for related

laws and regulations, supervision policy, planned on the strategic management

 2. To provide the Government Administrative Inspection service to

prevent the negative influences of the human health, to live and work in safe healthy environment and to consume good quality products and services, to build favorable business condition

 3. To strengthen International cooperation and Government

management policy

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Procedures of Regulatory Body

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The GASI has established procedures for authorization, inspection and enforcement for practices and control of radiation source users.

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System of notification, authorization, inspection and enforcement for radiation sources are in place.

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Enforcement procedures are established.

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Record keeping procedures and RAIS systems are established.

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NUCLEAR AND RADIATION INSPECTION DEPARTMENT

 Nuclear and Radiation Regulatory Department of the

GASI is a Regulatory Body in Mongolia and its general functions are following:

 Assessment of applications  Authorization /licensing/ for radiation sources  Inspection /verify compliance/  Enforcement /ensure compliance with requirements/

NEC AND GASI

Name of the

• rganization

Responsibilities

Nuclear Energy Commission Government of Mongolia

• To implement state policy on exploitation of radioactive minerals and

nuclear energy, utilization of nuclear technology and development of nuclear research

• To coordinate activities for ensuring nuclear and radiation protection

and safety

• To develop and adopt safety and security regulations, safeguard

inspection, licensing for nuclear facilities General Agency for Specialized Inspection GASI To implement professional control and inspection

• Assessment of applications
• Authorization /licensing/
• Inspection /verify compliance/
• Enforcement /ensure compliance with requirements/
• Record keeping procedures and RAIS systems are established.

Metropolitan Inspection Agency

Government funding is going to NEC, GASI and MIA but budget is decreased year to year.

International instrument

 Agreement between IAEA and Government of Mongolia on

Methods under the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons /its Protocol, 1972/

 Additional Protocol to Agreement between IAEA and

Government of Mongolia on Methods under the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons /2003/

 Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material

/1985/

 Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident /1987/  Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident

• r Radiological Emergency /1987/

 IAEA Incident and traffic database /2012/  IAEA Integrated Nuclear Security Support Plan (2015)

Mongolian Sustainable Development Concept 2030

 In February 2016, Mongolian parliament approved

“Mongolian Sustainable development concept 2030” (Parliament Resolution no.19, 02 February 2016)

 According to this document following strategic objectives

were stated in the field of uses of nuclear energy:

 Phase 1. (2016-2020): to increase renewable energies to 20% of

total energy, providing preparation work of using nuclear energy.

 Phase 2. (2021-2025): to increase renewable energies to 25% of

total energy, complete preparation work of using nuclear energy.

 Phase 3. (2025-2030) to increase renewable energies to 30% of

total energy, start using nuclear energy.

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Laws

Relevant legislation:

 Law on nuclear energy (2009)  Law on nuclear weapon free status (2000)  Law on state inspection (2003)  Law on license (2001)  Other Laws related environment, mineral,

criminal, customs…

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New regulations:

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Basic regulation on radiation protection and safety (2016)

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Radiation Basic Safety Standard (2015)

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Regulation on security of radiation sources (2015)

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Radiation safety regulation on exploration of radioactive mineral (2015)

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Regulation on management of radioactive waste from mining and milling of ores (2015)

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Regulation on internal control of licensee (2015)

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Technical regulation for acid in situ leach uranium mining (2015)

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Mongolian Integrated nuclear security support plan (2015)

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Drafted radiation safety regulation on uranium mining and milling

• 10. Drafted radiation safety regulation on portable density/moisture

gauge containing radioactive source.

• 11. Drafted radiation safety regulation on fixed radiation gauge
• 12. Drafted radiation safety regulation for well-logging in research

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SAFEGUARDS ACTIVITIES

 Mongolia is signed Additional Protocol to Safeguards

Agreement between the Government of Mongolia and the International Atomic Energy Agency in 12 May 2003.

 Executive Office of the Nuclear Energy Commission

delivers Mongolian declaration yearly and quarterly to IAEA according to Additional Protocol.

Security

 National Nuclear Security Support Plan has been

approved by NEC resolution No 10 on 6th of August 2015.

 It contents activities, responsibilities and time

frame for following subject:

 Legislative and Regulatory Framework  Prevention  Detection  Response  Sustainability

 Sent

to the relevant authorities for its implementation.

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Upgrading of PP of Radiation Sources

Mongolia received technical assistance

from USA under the DoE project for upgrading of PP of Radiation Sources stored at Isotope Office and used in the Radiotherapy Hospital and Nuclear Research Center.

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Inventory of Radiation Sources

 GASI has completed an National inventory of radiation

sources and centralized information for all identified facilities and sources in the country. Small calibration sources are also registered. GASI has started to keep all those source inventory information electronically, using the RAIS System provided by the IAEA.

 The inventory has been updated using inspection

findings and also annual inventory reports from the users.

 Currently RAIS 3.3 version used to collect and store all

radiation source information.

 Metropolitan Inspection Agency has completed inventory

• f radiation sources and it has centralized information

database for identified facilities and sources in the country.

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Cont’s

 There are 226 facilities and 1011 radiation

source registered in Mongolia. (Report on July 2016)

 Disused radioactive source stored in Isotop

center, administrated by NEC.

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Control of orphan sources

• There was query as to what effort, if any, was made

to determine if there were abandoned sources due to the industrial economic disruptions, transition period from centralized to market economy and government changes of the 1990’s.

• By closely working with potential users (survey

through a system of communiqué) of radiation sources, 28 orphan sources are being identified during 1995-2008 with cooperation of authorized users

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Examples of Orphan Sources

Orphan sources secured by Regulatory body at Isotope

• ffice of NEA /former/, 2005

Regulatory Authority Information System, RAIS

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Training

The main purpose of this training course was to introduce the new managerial features of the most recent version of the Regulatory Authority Information System (RAIS), in particular RAIS 3.3 Web, and the tools it

• ffers to maximize the

benefit of its use as a secure, web-based system.

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ADVANCED TRAINING COURSE ON THE APPLICATION OF RAIS 3.3 WEB FOR MANAGEMENT OF REGULATORY PROGRAMME, 2014

The training course took place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from 18-22 August 2014. 22 participants from 11 Member States.

RAIS

 Currently RAIS 3.3 version used to collect and store all

radiation source information. total 179 organization /143 radioactive source, 163 X-ray, 386 radiation workers in informed/

 In 2015-2016, all information of source is keeping in

RAIS, /exp: license for import, use, store of sources/

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Problem

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SOME OF COMMEND IS TOOK A ERROR. /statistics, query/

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Reliability of the National Register

• f Sources

One inspector responsible with RAIS to collect all information from other related inspectors.

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Needs for National Register of Sources

 Training  Advisory service on RAIS 3.3 version move to 3.4

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THANK YOU

Executive Office of the Nuclear Energy Commission Government of Mongolia E-mail: office@nea.gov.mn www.nea.gov.mn