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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
CSRAO
