Purpose and objectives of the Workshop

School for drafting regulations Nuclear Safety

Vienna, 26 November -7 December 2012

Tea Bilic Zabric

Rationale

Comprehensive national legal framework is essential for ensuring the safe and peaceful uses of nuclear energyCountries embarking on a new nuclear power programme need to develop/amend a comprehensive set of regulations

IAEA assistance has been requested

Rationale

Optimise resources

Foster harmonization and regional cooperation

Ensure full compliance with IAEA standards and other international undertakings

Organise a series of workshops called “School for drafting regulations” (third school but first for nuclear safety)

Purpose

To provide participants with the competences and support to draft, during the course of the workshop, national implementing regulations on nuclear safety in accordance with IAEA Standards

Considerations of regulatory requirements from EU legislation will be covered to the extent they represent priority for the MS

Objectives

To respond to requests of assistanceTo provide useful reference materialTo share experience of more advanced countriesTo leave ownership and responsibility of preparing regulations to the national regulatory bodies

Scope

Regulatory framework and responsibilities in the licensing process (IAEA approach and alternative regulatory process for combined licence) of a nuclear installation

Main requirements on different stages of the licensing process (siting, design, construction, commissioning, operation and decommissioning), documents to be submitted

Organization

Key presentation by external expert and IAEASharing of examples of regulationsGroup discussion on items of interestDrafting national regulationsGroup review of draftsEnglish used as the default language

Organization

For each module:

Topic-specific Experts to lead the work1 Expert to lead the whole workshopClose monitoring by IAEAIAEA Experts for particular topics

First workshop for NS

Open to participants ofAlbania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey and Ukraine

Candidates should be regulatory staff responsible for drafting or enacting of nuclear safety regulations, with knowledge and experience in regulatory activities

Previous workshops for RS

Lesson learnedThe methodology of implementing school (short presentation, followed by drafting) was very effective and appropriateThe selection of participants. Participating MS designated a lawyer and a technical expert and such combination was found as a very convenient solution for drafting regulations

Previous workshops for RS

Lesson learnedEven the heterogeneousness of participating MS in established regulatory infrastructure and different needs and interests, the division of participating MS on groups (based on the similar level of the development of regulations) during the drafting regulations shown as a very good and effective approach

Previous workshops for RS

Lesson learnedDue to the lack of time some participants were not in position to draft the missing norms but only to identify the gapsIt was evident during the workshop that the scope in some modules was too extensive for the participating MS which do not have detailed regulations

Previous 2 weeks on RS

Lesson learnedMain idea on drafting regulations was not well understanded to all participants (there are excpectations on drafting law, procedures..)Participants have not clear idea what regulations they wanted to draftParticipants are specialists in only specific areas, activ participation in all topics of the modules is difficult

Expected results

Participants will gain sufficient knowledge and expertise to be able to produce sound regulations properly framed within existing national legislation and in line with the IAEA standards and best international practiceParticipants with developed national regulations will be able to revise or fine tune existing regulations during the school

Expected results

It is expected that workshop will create an efficient platform for participants to exchange their knowledge and experience in drafting and/or reviewing regulations. Cooperation among participants after the event, using appropriate networks/platform designed to foster horizontal cooperation, will be encouraged