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Regional Workshop on the

International Basic Safety Standards

Overview of IAEA Safety Standards

22-25 May 2012, San Jose, Costa Rica

Tony Colgan

Head, Radiation Protection Unit

Why Safety Standards?

IAEA Statute (Article III.A.6)

• “To establish or adopt… [in consultation with…] standards

of safety for the protection of health and minimization of

danger to life and property”

• “…and to provide for the application of these standards”

BSS Workshop Costa Rica 2012

VISION for the IAEA Safety Standards

Our Vision

• The IAEA safety standards seen as the global reference for nuclear,

radiation protection, radioactive waste and transport safety

• Used by Member States to deliver consistent levels of safety for the

protection of workers, the public and the environment

• Many safety standards are jointly sponsored by other international

organizations


IAEA Safety Standards

Effects of radiation

Recommendations for protection

Safety Fundamentals

No. SF-1

Fundamental Safety

Principles

Requirements for

Safety Requirements

No. GSR Part 3

Radiation Safety

(Basic Safety Standards)

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New Recommendations

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Safety Fundamentals

Safety Requirements

Safety Guides

high level underlying principles

specify obligations and responsibilities

(“shall” statements)

recommendations to support requirements

(“should” statements) based on

international best practices



Safety Fundamentals

“The ten commandments”




1958 1961 1962

SS No. 15

1965




• Not binding on Member States but may be adopted by them

• Binding for IAEA’s own activities

• Binding on Member States in relation to operations assisted by the

IAEA

• Binding on Member States entering into project agreements IAEA



or, to be more precise……. BSS Workshop Costa Rica 2012

Commission

on Safety Standards

(CSS)

Nuclear Safety

Standards

Committee (NUSSC)

Radiation Safety

Standards

Committee

(RASSC)

Waste Safety

Standards

Committee

(WASSC)

Transport

Safety

Standards

Committee

(TRANSSC)


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Interface between Safety and Security

• New committee has been established to approve security

guidance documents: Nuclear security Guidance

Committee

• Safety DPPs and security DPPs to be reviewed to identify/define

interfaces

• Draft documents that have a identified interface should be developed in

consultation

• Draft safety and draft security documents should be reviewed and

approved to ensure that the coordination has been effective



Outline and work plan Preparation by the Secretariat

Review by the committees and the Commission on Safety Standards

Drafting and revision of safety standard

by the Secretariat and consultants

Review by the safety standards

committee(s)

Member States

Endorsement by the Commission on Safety Standards

Establishment by the IAEA Director General or the Board Publication

• SF and SRs: approval by Board

• SGs: approval by DG


Long-term Structure

BACKGROUND (June 2006)

• The CSS requested the Secretariat to prepare for November 2006 a proposal for a revised overall structure for the safety standards, which should:

• develop a vision on what the entire series would comprise in the future (the concept of a ‘closed set’ of safety standards);

• establish a logical relationship between the unified Safety Fundamentals and the various Safety Requirements, as well as logical relationships between the Safety Requirements and the subsequent Safety Guides;

• maintain a manageable number of publications and take into account the need

for efficiency and timeliness for the future development of the Series.


Long-term Structure


Safety Guides to support the BSS

Supporting Safety Guides - general

• Radiation Safety in Medical Uses of Ionizing Radiation (DS399)

• Radiation Protection of the Public and the Environment (DS432)

• Occupational Radiation Protection (DS453)

New dose limits for the lens of the eye will be addressed appropriately in

each safety guide

Technical Meeting Q4 2012 in Vienna



DS453 – Occupational Radiation Protection

• To supersede: RS-G-1.1, RS-G-1.2, RS-G-1.3, RS-G-1.6, GS-G-1.4

• First Consultants Meeting in April 2012

DS399 - Radiation Safety in Medical Uses of Ionizing Radiation

• To supersede: RS-G-1.5

• To cover all aspects of radiation protection in medicine (occupational, public,

medical exposures, waste, transport, safety of sources, etc)

• Drafting to start in 2nd half of 2012

DS432 - Radiation Protection of the Public and the Environment

• New Safety Guide

• Several Consultants Meetings have already taken place



Some Safety Guides under Development – specific

• Establishing a National Radiation Safety Infrastructure (DS455)

• Radiation Safety and Regulatory Control for Consumer Products (DS458)

• Regulatory Control of Radioactive Releases to the Environment from Facilities and

Activities (DS442)

• Protection of the Public against Exposure Indoors to Natural Sources of Radiation

(DS421)

• Application of the Principle of Justification to Practices, including Non-Medical Imaging

(DS401)

• Radiation Safety in Well Logging (DS419)


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• Safety Guides under development

• DS421 - Protection of the Public against Exposure to

Natural Sources of Radiation • Submitted to Member States for comment – closing date: 13 Aug 12

• DS401 - Application of the Principle of Justification to

Practices, including Non-Medical Imaging • Submitted to Member States for comment – closing date: 7 June 12

• DS459 - Management of Residues from Mining, Mineral

Processing, and other NORM Related Activities • Drafting to start shortly, to supersede: WS-G-1.2

• DS442 - Regulatory control of radioactive releases to the

environment from facilities and activities • To be submitted to Member States for comment in early 2013

• To supersede WS-G-2.3



• Safety Guides under development

• DS419: Radiation Safety for Well Logging Sources

• DS420: Radiation Safety for Nuclear Gauges

• DS434: Radiation Safety of Radioisotope Production

Facilities

• DS458: Radiation Safety and Regulatory Control for

Consumer Products

• DSXXX: Radiation Safety for Radiation Sources used in

Research and Education

• DSXXX: Radiation Safety for X-ray Generators and

Sources Used for Inspection Purposes



• Published Safety Guides

• RS-G-1.7: Application of the Concepts of Exclusion,

Exemption and Clearance

• RS-G-1.8: Environmental and Source Monitoring for

Purposes of Radiation Protection

• RS-G-1.9: Categorization of Radioactive Sources

• RS-G-1.10: Safety of Radiation Generators and Sealed

Radioactive Sources

• GS-G-1.5: Regulatory Control of Radiation Sources



• Published Safety Guides

• SSG-8: Radiation Safety of Gamma, Electron and X Ray

Irradiation Facilities

• SSG-11: Radiation Safety in Industrial Radiography

• SSG-17: Control of Orphan Sources and Other

Radioactive Material in the Metal Recycling and

Production Industries

• SSG-19: National Strategy for Regaining Control over

Orphan Sources and Improving Control over Vulnerable

Sources



• Feedback from Workshop – Safety Guides

• Are there any gaps in the coverage of topical areas by

the existing Safety Guides?

• Are there requirements/topical areas in the revised BSS

that you have difficulty implementing, that require

additional guidance?
