Zoia Trafimchik Department for Nuclear and Radiation Safety

of the Ministry for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus

Ministry for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus (MES) – National Regulatory Authority

MES

Department for Nuclear and

Radiation Safety

(Gosatomnadzor)

Department for Supervision of

Compliance with Safety Measures

(Gospromnadzor)

Department on Mitigation of the Consequences of

the Catastrophe at Chernobyl NPP

Department on Material Reserves

Republican Centre on Emergency Management

and Response … …

Decree of the President of the Republic

of Belarus 12 Nov. 2007

#565

Belarusian Nuclear Regulatory Authority Steps of Development

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3 GOSPROMNADZOR (National Competent Authority for Safety Work in Industry, Nuclear and Radiation Safety)

Supervisor – Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus

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5 GOSPROMNADZOR subordinated to the Ministry for Emergency Situations and Protection of Population from Consequences of Chernobyl Disaster of the Republic of Belarus (new National Competent Authority)

The Ministry delegated to GOSPROMNADZOR control and regulation functions

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Ministry for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus (National Competent Authority) created GOSATOMNADZOR as a Department

and delegated to GOSATOMNADZOR control and regulation functions in nuclear and radiation safety

2013

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GOSATOMNADZOR staff increased more than twice (up to 82 staff units) in order to create conditions to perform all the regulatory functions taking into account progress of the Belarusian NPP project

1957 BELARUS – member of the IAEA

1991 BELARUS – independent country

Concept of Energy

Security of the Republic of

Belarus Sept. 2007

Presidential decision

Specifications of the Belarusian NPP

Belarusian NPP will consist of two units with total capacity of up to 2400 (2x1200) MW, service life of a unit - 50 years

Location - Ostrovets site in Grodno region

The Russian project “AES-2006" with pressurized water reactors (PWR) of the third generation

July 2006

The Government considered the possibility of

introducing nuclear power into the national energy

development plan

Sept. 2007

Adoption of the Energy Security Concept of the

Republic of Belarus, providing the

inclusion of nuclear fuel on the energy

balance

Nov. 12, 2007

Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus №565

"On Some Measures for the Construction of a Nuclear

Power Plant"

Identified: general designer, operator, regulatory authority

Jan. 31, 2008

Resolution of the Security Council of

the Republic of Belarus №1

Decision to construct a NPP in Belarus with total capacity of 2,000

MW

Adoption of major documents

Development of Belarusian regulatory authority infrastructure 2006-2012 (1)

documents adopted Presidential Decrees: Acts of Government:

bilateral agreements between the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation on cooperation in the field of peaceful use of nuclear energy

•on NPP construction

•on licensing

•on international treaties implementation

•on measures of control

and supervision activities

•on staff training

•on scientific support of NPP construction

•on national working group for coordination the performance of state control over NPP construction

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Development of Belarusian regulatory authority infrastructure 2006-2012 (2)

July 30, 2008

The Law of the Republic of Belarus

№426-W

“On the Use of Nuclear Energy” October 14, 2010

Framework Agreement in the Field of Nuclear and Radiation

Safety between GRS and MES

May 2012

License for siting of Belarusian NPP

Unit 1 and 2 issued

June 2012

The IAEA INIR Mission took place in

Belarus

Development of Belarusian regulatory authority infrastructure 2006-2012 (3)

INIR Mission in Belarus (June 2012)

The mission developed 17 recommendations in the following fields: Safety

Management

Legislative framework

Safeguard

Regulatory framework

Human resource development

Stakeholder involvement

Security

Radioactive waste management

• National complex plan to follow the mission recommendations (37 actions with different deadlines, for the period 2012-2017) is adopted and approved by the Government

Internal: • Documents submission for the

Belarusian NPP safety assessment (February)

• GAN staff increased from 39 to 82 (July)

• License for construction of foundations of buildings and structures of Belarusian NPP Unit 1 issued (September)

• Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus №499 "On the Construction of Belarusian NPP“ (November)

Start of Belarusian NPP construction

NOVEMBER 2013

External: • Admission to RCF

• Bilateral cooperation agreements with foreign regulatory authorities of:

Armenia

Russian Federation

Ukraine

• Submission of the National report on Convention for Nuclear Safety

Development of Belarusian regulatory authority infrastructure 2013

MAJOR EVENTS

Scheme of Current Gosatomnadzor Structure (82 staff units totally, July 2013)

HEAD OF GOSATOMNADZOR

Consultant

Section for physical protection

Section for

licensing, permissible work and expertise organization

Sector for legal assurance

Section for financial and economic works

The First Deputy Head

Division of safety evaluation of systems and equipment of nuclear facilities

Section for organization of supervision for nuclear and radiation security of nuclear facilities

Section for safety analysis of nuclear facilities

Division for supervision of nuclear and radiation safety of nuclear facilities

Section for nuclear and radiation safety at the site of NPP

Deputy Head

Radiation Protection Division

Section for organization of supervision for nuclear safety of ionizing radiation sources

Section on supervision for safety of radioactive wastes and spent nuclear materials management

Division for supervision for radiation safety of ionizing radiation sources in the regions and in Minsk

Section for Communication and Public Information

Section for organization of research scientific works and elaboration of documentation

Deputy Head

Division for ideological and organization and personnel-related activity

Section for professional training and quality management

Creation of Strong Regulatory Body: Changes in Gosatomnadzor Structure (since 1 July 2013)

39 staff units in the beginning of 2013 → 82 since 1 July 2013

8 new sub-division created

38 new specialists recruited since 1 July 2013 up to now,

among them

16 young specialists (graduate students)

Instruments to manage this growth and change

Internal:

State Staff Training Programme for 2008 - 2020 (increased 10 times in 2014)

Special programmes for getting access to self-guided work for newly recruited specialists

Internal traineeship for 16 young newcomers (6-month period) Information hours with the young specialists held by the Head of

Gosatomnadzor Sharing of regulatory experience (internal and external) by

participating in training abroad, on-the-job training, workshops, missions, etc.

SSG-16: Action 76. The regulatory body should develop competences in managing the growth of and change in the organization

Information hour of the Head of Gosatomnadzor with the young specialists

EXTERNAL

Instruments to manage this growth and change (SSG-16, Action 76)

Bilateral via cooperation agreements with regulatory authorities/TSO:

Armenia

Austria

France

Germany

Poland

Russian Federation

Ukraine

Lithuania (under development)

Multilateral cooperation via programmes, projects, experience exchange:

IAEA

EC

RCF

WENRA

ENSREG

VVER

Nordic Council

Strong emphasis on safety culture development

Belarus - RCF membership benefits:

Not to get lost in the vast community of regulators

Increase the level of transparence on nuclear safety

Make part in common contribution to the global nuclear safety Involvement into common safety principles development

RCF- place of multilateral brainstorming to generate approaches in strengthening embarking safety infrastructure in order to do…

…right things

…at right time

… by right people

SSG-16: Action 75. The regulatory body should start developing and implementing effective management systems and should promote a strong safety culture.

2-3 Dec. 2014 High Level

Mission of RCF providers to

Belarus on the topic “Safety Culture for

Nuclear Safety – Essential

Characteristics

and Experience”

Headed by the IAEA DGD Mr.Flory,

participants – France, Russia, USA, Vietnam,

IAEA, EC

3 Dec. 2014 Special

workshop for GAN staff on safety culture

issues

1-12 Dec. 2014 Regulatory

Control Workshop in Minsk for 16 young GAN

specialists (with translation into

Russian)

RCF – practical contribution to safety culture development

Safety culture visit to Belarus 2-3 December, 2014

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Challenges 2015-2016

1. Intensive GAN staff capacity building by effective use of existing internal and external means/instruments

2. Simultaneous processes: to learn and to perform the functions

3. System of knowledge preservation & transfer (for long-term) is needed

4. Supporting and guiding activities of Subdivision for supervision of nuclear and radiation safety at the NPP site

5. Intensive activities regarding equipment acceptance

6. TSO creation in short

7. Establishment of GAN Quality Management System

8. IRRS mission 2016 preparation and conduction (including self-assessment, using SARIS software)

Thank you for attention!