Assistance to Newcomer Countries Regulators. Russian Approach.

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1 FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL, INDUSTRIAL AND NUCLEAR SUPERVISION SERVICE OF RUSSIA (ROSTECHNADZOR) Assistance to Newcomer Countries Regulators. Russian Approach. Alexey Utenkov Deputy Head of International Relations Department Head of Division for Assistance in Regulatory Infrastructure Development IAEA Technical Meeting on Topical Issues in the Development of Nuclear Power Infrastructure, Vienna, February 2, 2016

2 ROSTECHNADZOR Government of the Russian Federation Direct Subordination Federal Ministries, Services and Agencies subordinated to the Government; Federal Services and Agencies subordinated to the Federal Ministries Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service (ROSTECHNADZOR)

3 Main Functions of Rostechnadzor a state authority for nuclear and radiation safety regulation a regulatory and competent authority in accordance with relevant international conventions (CNS, JC, CPPNM) Elaboration and implementation of the state policy in the field of nuclear and radiation safety and security regulation; Safety and security regulations development and enactment; Licensing of activities in the field of nuclear energy use; Supervision of nuclear and radiation safety and security.

4 ROSTECHNADZOR TSOs Main Missions VO Safety SEC NRS Safety Review Drafting Regulations and Guides Refresher Training, Postgraduate Training International Cooperation R&D in the field of nuclear and radiation safety Publishing Activity Emergency preparedness and response Inspections and Oversight over safety sensitive equipment manufacturing, assessment of compliance

5 Assistance to counterparts in developing their national nuclear power infrastructures Agreement between Rostechnadzor and State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom on cooperation in assistance activities related to development of national nuclear power infrastructure in the countries that decided to construct Russian designs NPPs (October 3, 2012); Rostechnadzor is authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation to provide full-scale assistance in the development of national systems of nuclear and radiation safety regulation in the countries ordering the construction of Russian design NPPs (including arranging personnel training); Integrated proposal of the Russian Federation in the development of national nuclear power infrastructures (comprehensive approach, 19 elements as per the IAEA Milestones in the Development of National Infrastructure for Nuclear Power);

6 IAEA recommendations taken into account: IAEA Safety Series SSG-16 (Establishing the Safety Infrastructure for a Nuclear Power Programme); Milestones in the Development of a National Infrastructure for Nuclear Power (NG-G-3.1) Recommendations on capacity building for safe, secure and sustainable nuclear power programmes 6

7 ROSTECHNADZOR Milestones Milestone 1: Understanding the commitment (pre-project) Milestone 2: Ready to request bid for the first NPP Milestone 3: Ready to commission and operate the first NPP Elements of Nuclear Infrastructure National Position Legal Framework Regulatory Framework Radiation Protection Financing Human Resource Safeguards Security Emergency Planning Nuclear Fuel Cycle Nuclear Waste Environmental Protection Nuclear Safety Sites selection Stakeholder Involvement Electrical Grid Management Industrial Involvement Procurement 7

8 ROSTECHNADZOR Elements of infrastructure which require direct involvement (or participation) of nuclear regulatory body: National Position REGULATORY FRAMEWORK Financing Safeguards Emergency Planning Nuclear Waste Nuclear Safety Stakeholder Involvement Management Procurement Legal Framework Radiation Protection Human Resource Security Nuclear Fuel Cycle Environmental Protection Sites selection Electrical Grid Industrial Involvement 8

9 Common newcomer countries regulators gaps Lack of experience; Gaps in legal and regulatory framework; Insufficient staffing; Lack of competences; Insufficient funding; Lack of independent status.

10 Legal Basis for Cooperation between Regulatory Bodies: INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF PEACEFUL USE OF ATOMIC ENERGY and/ or INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT INTER-AGENCY AGREEMENT BETWEEN REGULATORY BODIES ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF NUCLEAR AND RADIATION SAFETY REGULATION

11 Cooperation agreements and memorandums: Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (June 2010); Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety (October 2010); Ministry of Science and Technology of Bangladesh (Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Board subordinated to the Ministry) (February 2012); Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus, Gosatomnadzor of Belarus (December 2013); Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority (November 2015); Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission of Jordan (under preparation for signing); National Nuclear Regulatory Authority of Nigeria (under preparation for signing)

12 Areas of cooperation: Experience exchange in the development of legal and regulatory framework (review of the existing regulatory and legal documents, support in development of necessary regulatory documents); Licensing procedures and review of licensees documents (experience exchange and consultancy during NPP siting, construction, commissioning and operation); Inspection practices; Training and consulting of regulatory personnel

13 Mechanisms: Workshops; Technical visits (including the IAEA TC Programme); Topical technical meetings; Theoretical and practical classes within the training programs; Joint inspections (participation of newcomers countries inspectors as observers in inspections carried out by Rostechnadzor at the Russian NPPs); Consulting and outsourcing services rendered by TSOs of Rostechnadzor.

14 ROSTECHNADZOR Complex modular program for assistance to newcomer countries regulators during the all stages of NPP life cycle Roadmap of cooperation between regulatory bodies (providing the assistance taking into account the schedule of NPP construction project) Set of services which may be rendered to newcomer countries regulators by TSOs of Rostechnadzor

15 1. Assistance in development of legal and regulatory framework in the field of nuclear energy use; Module goal: development or enhancement of legislative and regulatory framework, comprising national laws and normative acts, establishing nuclear energy use regulatory environment, rights and obligations of operating organizations, other issues of state nuclear regulatory infrastructure. 2. Transfer of practice of licensing, safety review and supervision; Module goal: establishment or enhancement of sustainable safetyrelated methodology and necessary infrastructure in the field of nuclear energy use.

16 3. Development of Regulatory Authority competencies; Module goal: establishment of specialists qualification requirements, including inspectors and safety review experts, development of training system to support Regulatory Authority staff requirements and qualification level, development of Regulatory Authority Quality Management system. 4. Outsourcing services of TSOs to support newcomer countries Regulatory Authorities. Module goal: Provision of immediate technical assistance, including conformity assessment of NPP equipment, supervision of supply and assembly at nuclear facility, safety review, other services.

17 Main training programs for regulatory bodies personnel: Comprehensive modular training program (covers full range of regulatory activities); Training program on fundamentals and practice of NPP construction and activities of regulatory body during NPP construction; Training program for inspectors of regulatory body, supervision of NPP operation

18 Conclusions: Understanding the importance of the role to be played by national nuclear regulator (importance of having effectively independent, competent and strong regulatory body); Open and clear regulatory system with strict delineation of responsibilities between all of the stakeholders (including licensing process); Cooperation between national regulator and regulator of vendor country (regulator-to-regulator format) should be facilitated (exchange of the experience, practices and knowledge based on long history of WWER-type reactors safety regulation); Participation in topical international cooperation in multilateral format (for example, IAEA Regulatory Cooperation Forum, WWER Regulators Forum );

19 Thank you for attention!