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SAFE MANAGEMENT OF URANIUM AND NORM MATERIAL RESIDUES

SOUTH AFRICA

MATSHEDISO MAINE (SENIOR INSPECTOR:NORM)

Outline

• ORGANIZATION
• STATUS OF REGULATION
• REGULATIONS AND STATUTES
• THE ROLE AND THE MAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE NNR
• APPLICATION
• CHALLENGES

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Organization

• Independent public entity which is

established and governed in terms of Section 3 of the National Nuclear Regulator Act, (Act No 47 of 1999)

• Reporting to the DoE
• Comprised of a Board of Directors, CEO &

staff

• +-120 Staff (60% Technical and the difference

Support functions)

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Status of regulations

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Regulations and statutes

• NNR Act

– Section 20 Restrictions on certain actions – Section 21 NIL and NVL – Section 22 COR or COE – Section 23 conditions of authorisation

• 2 (a) protection of persons, property and environment
• (b) provides for the rehabilitation of site

– Section 41 (1) Appointment of Inspectors – Section 41 (4) Powers of Inspectors

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Regulations and statutes

• NNR Act

– Section 36 SSRP

• SSRP

– Section 5.4 Criteria

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NNR’s Role

• Mandate of the NNR is to protect the people,

property and the environment from the harmful effects arising from ionising radiation produced by radioactive material.

• This is done through the establishment and

enforcement of safety standards and regulatory practices.

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NNR’s Role

• Regulation of nuclear activities performed by

two technical divisions: Standards, Authorisation, Reviews and Assessments (SARA) and Compliance Assurance and Enforcement (CAE) divisions.

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NNR’s Role

• SARA:
• Application
• Conditions set for COR or COE (with or

without restrictions – PSA, PRPP, WSA, WRPP, WMP, PS, etc.

• COR – CAT 1 - 5
• DMR issue mining rights (decommissioning

funds)

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NNR’s Role

• Prioritisation
• 0.5 Bq/g

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Annual effective dose Site categorisation > 20 mSv/a A 5- 20 mSv/a B 1-5 mSv/a C 0.25- 1 mSv/a D

NNR’s Role

• CAE:
• Inspection
• Audits (ISO 9001)
• Investigations
• Environmental verification
• Review of routine reports

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PP-0018

• Cost analysis

– For authorised sites, the polluter pays principle applies, otherwise the state will take responsibility for ownerless sites.

• Management And Monitoring during

remediation

– A normal regulatory regime as contemplated in the Act applies for these phases

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PP-0018

• Post remediation management

– Upon remediation, if the site is free of contamination, then it can be released unconditionally otherwise, it will be released for restricted uses, e.g. recreation, etc. – In that case, post remediation monitoring may be required/imposed.

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Challenges

• Cooperative governance (NNR, DMR, DWA)
• Mine closures – demolition,

decontamination, rehabilitation (No national strategy/guideline for remediation of sites)

• Decommissioning???
• Act under review

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Challenges

• Act and SSRP only applies to regulated

actions

• Does not apply to ownerless sites

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