IBRAHIM,M MUHYDEENDepartment Of Radiological Safety

IAEA SAFETY STANDARDS

“Governments, regulatory bodies and operators everywhere must ensure that nuclear material and radiation sources are used beneficially, safely and ethically. The IAEA safety standards are designed to facilitate this, and I encourage all Member States to make use of them.”

Yukiya Amano

Director General

Preface

The objective is to describe the strategies, processes and establishment of the IAEA safety standards.

Objective

IAEA Statute.Introduction.Hierarchy.Safety standard structure.Relationship between the three (3)

categories.Scientific Basis of safety standards.Historical perspective.Conclusion.

Contents

“To establish or adopt… [in consultation with…] standards of safety for the protection of health and minimization of danger to life and property”

“…and to provide for the application of these standards

IAEA Statute

The IAEA Safety StandardsThe IAEA safety standards have a status

derived from the IAEA’s Statute, which authorizes the IAEA“To establish or adopt, in consultation and, where appropriate in collaboration with the competent organs of the United Nations and with the specialized agencies concerned, standards of safety for protection of health and minimization of danger to life and property...and to provide for the application of these standards”.

Introduction

The safety standards provide a robust framework of fundamental principles, requirements and guidance to ensure safety. They are developed through an open and transparent process for gathering ,integrating and sharing the knowledge and experience gained from the actual use of technologies and from the application of the safety standards, including emerging trends and issues of regulatory importance.

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Hierarchy

Hierarchy

• The IAEA safety standards reflect an international consensus on what constitutes a high level of safety for protecting people and the environment from harmful effects of ionizing radiation. They are issued in the IAEA Safety Standards Series, which has three categories

Safety Fundamentals Safety Requirements Safety Guides

The Safety Fundamentals presents the fundamental safety objective and principles of protection and safety and provides the basis for the safety requirements. consist of 1 publication.

Hierarchy cont....

Safety Requirements An integrated and consistent set of stable Safety Requirements publications which establish the requirements that must be met to ensure the protection of people and the environment, both now and in the future. The requirements are governed by the objective and principles of the Safety Fundamentals, it consist of 14 publications.

Safety Guides provide recommendations and guidance on how to comply with the safety requirements, indicating an international consensus that it is necessary to take the measures recommended (or equivalent alternative measures).it consist of 103 publications

Hierarchy cont....

Safety Standard Structure

The main thrust of the structure is divided into three parts A unified Safety Fundamentals. General Safety Requirements (GSR) in seven

parts applicable to all facilities and activities. complemented by a set of six facilities and

activities Specific Safety Requirements (SSRs). The Safety Requirements are implemented through a set of general and specific safety guides.

Relationship between the three categories

Safety Standard Structure

The IAEA’s international standards are based on :

Estimates on radiation health effects made by the United Scientific Committee On The Effects Of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR).

AND Radiation protection recommendations of

the International Commission on Radiological

Protection (ICRP)

Scientific Basis of safety standards

Scientific Basis of safety standards

ICRPPrinciple

Recommendation

UNSCEAREffects

IAEAStandard

Shortly after its inception in 1957, the Secretariat began developing and setting safety standards and the very first IAEA publication Safety Series No. 1 on the safe handling of radioisotopes, published in December 1958 followed by regulations for the safe transport of radioactive material in 1961, the basic safety standards for radiation protection in 1962 and safe radioactive waste disposal into the ground in 1965

Historical perspective

A revised version was published in 1967. A third revision was published by the IAEA as the 1982 Edition this edition was jointly sponsored by the IAEA, International Labour Organization (ILO), Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD/NEA) and World Health Organization (WHO). The next version was the International Basic Safety Standards for Protection against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources (the BSS), published by the IAEA in February 1996.

Historical perspective

The revision of the BSS commenced in early 2007 with a series of drafting meetings on the basis of thematic areas, Further drafting and review meetings with the potential sponsoring organizations were held from late 2007 to 2009. The IAEA Safety Standards Committees and groups of experts from potential sponsoring organizations provided feedback on drafts of the revised BSS in 2008 and 2009.

Historical perspective

In January 2010, the draft text was submitted to IAEA Member States for comment. The Board of Governors of the IAEA, at its meeting on 12 September 2011, established as an IAEA safety standard in accordance with the Statute this Safety Requirements publication, and authorized the Director General to promulgate these Safety Requirements and to issue them as a Safety Requirements publication in the IAEA Safety Standards Series.

Historical perspective

The IAEA safety standards are applicable, as relevant, throughout the entire lifetime of all facilities and activities existing and new utilized for peaceful purposes and to protective actions to reduce existing radiation risks. They can be used by States as a reference for their national regulations in respect of facilities and activities.

Conclusion

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