Radiation Sources Regulatory Partnership
RSRP assists regulatory authorities to establish the long-term regulatory control through safe and secure use of radiation sources. Participating Countries →
Inventory
AdSTM helps to conduct a country wide inventory of known radiation sources. Information on facilities and radiation sources entered into the RASOD (see Software) database serves as a National Registry used to strengthen licensing and inspection activities.
Legislation and Regulation
The program provides assistance to in-country regulators in order to develop and implement laws, regulations and guidance for safe and secure use of radiation sources. We also work with interagency community to adopt, enact and promulgate rules and regulations.
- Amending existing Laws on Nuclear Energy, Radiation Protection and Licensing
- Developing standards and regulation on radiation protection and safe use of sources
- Government decrees on inventorization, national registry, inspections
Independent Regulator
We work with government agencies to promote the independent status of the regulator. Historically, we have worked with many of the countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States, but the program is being expanded to include countries in Central and South America.
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Licensing
The program develops user licensing guidance and conducts user workshops to the facilitate the licensing process.
- Develop licensing procedures
- Develop user guidance procedures
- Seminars to prepare users for licensing
- Regulatory staff augmentation to handle heavy
application workload
Inspections
We help to develop a program and inspection procedures for materials facilities, and provide training in conduct of inspections.
- Development of inspection plans and procedures
- Development of and conduct of inspection exercises
Infrastructure
The program provides physical infrastructure for day-to-day functioning of a regulatory body:
- Upgrade HQ office building infrastructure and develop office space for regional offices
- Provide office infrastructure (computers/networks, phone system, radiation monitoring equipment)
- Transport for inventory and regular inspection activities
- IT support – regulatory web-site and support regulation publishing
Software
We have helped develop software packages, now used worldwide:
- RASOD – Radiation Sources Database for tracking disposition of sealed, unsealed sources, associated devices and X-ray equipment – transactional database that serves as a National Registry
- AUTHORIZATION – licensing database for materials facilities and X-ray installations
- NUCMAT – database with capacity to manage accounting and provide reporting of nuclear material
- TEST – examination system for personnel professional certification (currently used for testing knowledge in legislative documents and radiation protection)
Training
The program offers training in the following areas:
- Fundamentals of Radiation Protection
- Physical Security of Materials Facilities
- Post-Graduate Course in Radiation Protection for
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