Senior Regulator’s MeetingIAEA 63rd Session of the General Conference

19 September 2019, ViennaSession-1

Dr. Satyajit GhoseDirector

Nuclear Safety and Security DivisionBangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority

Managing the Regulatory Competence for Nuclear Safety and Nuclear Security- Bangladesh Perspective

No nuclear power plant is under operation or decommissioningstage in the territory of Bangladesh.

A 3 MW TRIGA MARK-II Research Reactor is in operation. Two Units of VVER-1200 (AES 2006) reactor at Rooppur Site

(Under Construction Stage) Central Radioactive Waste Processing and Storage Facility Radioisotope production Laboratory and many other. X-ray Installations Radiotherapy Facilities Nuclear Medicine Facilities Co-60 Irradiation facilities Industrial practices (NDT, Well-logging, Nucleonic Gauge) Research and Education facilities

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Existing Nuclear and Radiological Facilities

IAEA Contribution to National Nuclear Power Program

INIR Mission, 2011 : Phase 1 and Phase 2 activities

IWP for NPP : 2012-2019

INIR Follow-up, 2016 : Progress reviewing

OLA Mission for Legal Instrument of NPP : March 2017

HRD Program : 19 Infrastructure Issues

CPF : 2018- 2022

IPPAS Mission : 2009

IAEA Site Safety Review Mission : 2011

IAEA Pre-SEED Review Mission : 2014

INSSP Experts Mission : 2013-2016 (two Mission)

IRRS Mission, Self-Assessment for RB : Q4 2020 (schedule); May 2019

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Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Act, 2012.A comprehensive law to regulate all nuclear and radiation

related activities in BangladeshBangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority (BAERA)

established in Feb. 2013

Legislative framework

Chronological Development of BAERA

1993Preparation

NSRC Act-1993 enacted in Bangladesh NSRCD created under the NSRC Act-1993

1997NSRCD NSRC Rules-1997 promulgated

NSRCD Start regulatory functions under the NSRC Rules-1997

2008National Plan 1st Draft for New Act for the establishment of Regulator

1st draft for Nuclear Law for the creation of regulatory bod y

20131st NPP Construction

Separate Regulator (BAERA) from BAEC Promulgated the BAER Act-2012

Phase 1

Phase 3

Phase 2

Phase 4

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Regulatory Processes

Core Processes• Regulations and Guides• Notification and Authorization • Review and Assessment • Inspection• Enforcement• Emergency Preparedness• Communication

Support Processes• Human Resources • Training and Competence • Knowledge Management • Physical Resources • Finance • Information Management • Legal Assistance

Challenges

Organization structure for the regulatory body (RB)

HRD plan for the RB (On-going process)

Design philosophy about design selection process of RooppurNPP

Issuance of licenses or approval at different stages of RNPP (Siting and Construction-------).

Number of field specific qualified technical manpower.

Involvement of local experts and external experts (TSO)

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BAERA involves a wide spectrum of advisory resource:

Technical Support Organization (TSO)

Using expertise of Universities andexperienced specialists

Seeking for best international practice inviting foreign experts and scientists

Managing the Advisory Resource (Resource Involvement)

Managing the Resource Involvement

Support from Internal Sources: BAERA National Institutes and Universities.

Support from External Sources : Vendor Country Regulatory Body and its TSO. Regulatory Body “Rostechnadzor” TSO JSC “VO Safety” TSO SEC NRS Indian Regulatory Body “AERB”

Support from IAEA: Capacity building: regulatory oversight, licensing, HRD for core

personnel, etc.

Organization structure Management system of BAERA. HRD plan Regulatory control of radiation facilities and new

project of Rooppur NPP through licensing process Notification on Design Philosophy about design

selection process of Rooppur NPP (RNPP), 2015. BAERA time bound detailed notification for supervising

the safety and security of RNPP, 2015

Achievements of BAERAPeriod [2013-2019]

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Licensing Status of Radiation Facilities

Regulatory Training for Safety

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On 2 November 2017, BAERA issued “Design & Construction Licence for Unit-1.

On 21 June 2016, BAERA issued “Siting Licence” for Rooppur NPP

Current Regulatory Status of the RNPP Project

On 8 July 2018 BAERA issued “Design & Construction Licence for Unit-2”

Construction of Reactor Building of Unit-1

BAERA strengthens its regulatory competence with extensive international cooperation:

IAEA – Meetings, Committees, Work Groups, Projects

Peer Regulatory Authorities –Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation

Global and Regional Networks (GNSSN, ANSN, ANENT, etc.)

BAERA International Cooperation

International Cooperation

Agreement with Rostechnadzor of RF, 2012

Agreement with AERB, India, 2017

Agreement with Rostechnadzor and AERB (approval stage), 2019.

Member of RCF, 2018

Agreement with Gosatomnadzor, Belarus, (under process), 2019.

Agreement with CSN, Spain (under process), 2019

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Cooperation with Russian Federation

Joint protocol signed between BAERA and Rostechnadzor on 14th October 2015 ,

Moscow

General Framework Contract between BAERA and JSC VO “Safety” , 2016 for BAERA Infrastructure Development (2016-2026)

Action plan on nuclear regulatory infrastructure development [2020-2025]

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– Nuclear Grade Human Resource Development;– Development of Regulations, Codes, Standards,

Guides, Manual;– Review & Assessment– Inspection– Capacity building– Physical infrastructure to accommodate all the

regulatory activities– Resident Inspector Office space for new regulators

at Rooppur site;– Laboratory Setup, Online Monitoring System, etc.

Participation in all training courses, workshops, meetingsorganized by the IAEA and other the international bodies;

University initiatives of providing basic and attractive nuclearengineering educational programme;

Establishing national education and training infrastructureand launching some advanced nuclear courses;

Use of research infrastructure for education and training;

Establishing bilateral arrangements with the IAEA, vendorand experienced NPP Operators and regulators for educationand training in nuclear field.

Status of Nuclear HRD Program

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A significant number of staff are being trained in home and abroad through various training programs like-

IAEA / RCA / ANSN fellowships, training courses, MEXT, Japan fellowships, ITC / FTC program of Japan, etc. Higher Study (M.Sc./PhD) program of BGD Govt. MOST organized FTC on nuclear energy in BAERC, India

under the Inter-Governmental Agreement for the cooperation of HRD in the field of nuclear energy.

Over 30 IAEA workshops were organized at BAERA

Status of Nuclear HRD Program

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BAERA implements human resource development:

• Long-term HRD Program• Recruiting staff• Personnel training • Periodic refresher training• Participation in technical

and scientific events on thenational and international level

BAERA Human Resource Development Program

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Human Resource Development Process

TrainingRecruitmentExternal support

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An HRD program for regulatory staff is being implemented byBAERA to provide relevant staffing for effective regulatorycontrol of two NPP units by BAERA.

BAERA prepared a phased recruitment plan to strengthenstaffing and regulatory capabilities up to 360 staff by the endof 2025.

Increase of staff to meet the planned headcount of 80 by theend of 2020 and proposed 94 staff by the end of 2021.

BAERA Human Resource Development Plan

BAERA Human Resource Development Plan (Period 2020- 2025; Total number of staff: 150)

BAERA implements human resource development:

Long Term Training- 48 months; 10 staff

Mid Term Training- 24 months; 20 staff

Short Term Training- 6 months; 20 staff

Short Term Training-3 months; 20 staff

Training- 4 weeks; 30 staff

Training - 2 weeks; 50 staff

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IPPAS Mission in Bangladesh : 2009

Government declared NPP as the highest category installation Enhancing capability and developing human resource for maintaining

PPS of NPP through coordination among the stakeholders (Ministries, regulator, operators, intelligence and low enforcement agencies, armed forces, etc.)

Integrated Nuclear Security Support Plan (INSSP), 2013-2019

INSSP Review Mission, 2019

IPPAS Mission in Bangladesh : 2020 or 2021 [ proposed]

Received and Participated: EM, and Training/Meeting/Workshop Establishment of Radiation Detection and Response Capability, May 2015 Nuclear Security Culture related training, 2013 and 2016

Nuclear Security Regime in Bangladesh

BAERA is facing significant challenges of managing the regulatorycompetence:

Commitment of all the staff members to maintain and continuouslyimprove the regulatory competence

Assimilation of a big number of newly recruited personnel

Implementation of HRD (Training) Action Plan

Preparation for IRRS Mission Q4 2020

Allocating enough financial resources to support Internationalcooperation and External resource

Challenges of Managing of the Regulatory Competence

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