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CUSTOMS International Safety Fundamentals, Standards and Guidance.
CUSTOMS International Safety Fundamentals, Standards and Guidance.
• 3 primary functions
• Safeguards of nuclear material
• Safety & security
• Nuclear applications – science & technology
• Safety
• Establish safety standards in conjunction with
others as appropriate
• Provide for the application of standards
• Upgrading infrastructure
• Safety Fundamentals
• Present basic objectives, concepts, principles
• Safety Requirements
• Requirements that must be met to ensure safety
• Safety Guides
• Recommended actions, conditions or procedures for
meeting the requirements
SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
GUIDANCE ON BEST
PRACTICE TO MEET
REQUIREMENTS
Drafting or revising
of safety standard
by the Secretariat and consultants
Review Member
by the safety
standards States
committee(s)
Endorsement Committees
by Commission on Safety Standards
NUSSC
RASSC
Approval by the IAEA’s WASSC
Director General or BoG TRANSSC
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Safety
Fundamentals
ICRP Recommendations
ICRP Recommendations
IAEA Standards
1. Introduction
2. General Safety Requirements
3. Planned Exposure Situations
4. Emergency Exposure Situations
5. Existing Exposure Situations
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General Safety Requirements
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Requirement 1: Application of the principles of
radiation protection
• Government
• Regulator
• Operator
• Service provider
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Requirement 3: Responsibilities of the regulatory
body
The regulatory body shall establish or adopt regulations and guides for
protection and safety and shall establish a system to ensure their
implementation
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Requirement 4: Responsibilities for protection and
safety
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Requirement 5: Management for protection and
safety
The principal parties shall ensure that protection and safety is effectively
integrated into the overall management system of the organizations for
which they are responsible
•The principal and other parties shall take into account human factors and
support good performance and good practices to prevent human and
organizational failures
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Safety Guides
• Safety Reports
• These are not standards but provide technical
support – examples of good practice, detailed
methods
• TECDOCs etc.
• Background material, provisional material
• Transient
Other documents:
Joint FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius
Commission’s Guideline levels for
radionuclides in foods contaminated
following a nuclear or radiological emergency
for use in international trade (ALINORM
06/29/12) - adopted by the Commission in
2006;
WHO Guidelines for drinking-water quality
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Safety Conventions and Codes