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Regulatory Control of Radioactive Sources

in SloveniaAndrej Stritar

Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration

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Legal arrangements and activities

• Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration is the regulator for sources outside medicine and veterinary

• Campaigns for regaining control over old sources

• Inspections• Information and training• Protection of borders

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Looking for orphan sources

• Origin:– Abandoned sources, that were under control– Sources, that were never under control– Imported sources

• Analysis of historical records• Circular letters to

– old owners– potential owners– Smelters and scrapyards– bankruptcy managers etc.

• Inspections• At the borders• Smelters and scrap yards are self organised

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Recent successes

• Cs-137 found in the abandoned factory• Decontamination of former workshop for

servicing smoke detectors• Campaign at the research institute

– Abandoned sources, contaminated laboratories and storages– ~200 “orphan” sources found– To be stored in the Central Interim Storage or reprocessed.

• Frequent cases at the border crossings and smelters

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Control at the border

• Co-operation with customs and police• Equipped with pagers, portal monitors

are being installed in the harbor• Shipments frequently refused at

Italian border

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Import of scrap metal

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Import of scrap metal

CSRAO

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Refusal during transit

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Worst case: reselling to EU

CSRAO

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Worst case: reselling to EU

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Pending arrangement

• Each shipment must be measured by qualified persons before import

• Benefits:– No cost for state – polluter pays– Possibility to return to the country of

origin– No accumulation of waste in our state

storage

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Mandatory meassurements before import

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... instead of current situation

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