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! RE: International Confererice on Safety of Radiation Sources and Security of l 1 Radioactive Materials, Dijon, France, September 14-18,1998 Summary An international conference on safety of radiation sources and security of radioactive materials was held in Dijon, France on September 14-18,1998. The contarence was sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and co sponsored by the European Commission (EC), the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) and the World Customs Organization (WCO). The conference attracted 341 registrants from over 80 countries. NRC participants included Larry Camper, NMSS and Joel Lubenau, COM, both of whom served as rapporteurs for technical sessions, and Roberta Warren, NMSS/FCSS. Mr. Camper also served on the conference program committee. Former Commissioner Greta Joy Dieus was the conference keynote speaker and chaired a technical session. Copies of the keynote address and Messrs. Camper's and Lubenau's rapporteur overviews are attached (attachments 2,3 &
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The conference was divided about equally between the subjects of radiation safety and security. The latter includes illicit trafficking of radioactive materials. The frequency of //
discoveries of illicit international movements of radioactive materials has declined recently.
Nonetheless, it remains an area of considerable activity for police, customs and regulatory authorities because of continuing concerns over illicit trafficking of potential nuclear U/ weapons materials and concerns over the potential for radiation exposures resulting from illicit intemational trafficking of radioactive materials and the potential use of such materials in terrorism. The conference included a report by the U.S. Customs Service on the steps that it is taking in this regard.
In contrast, the need to assure that radiation sources are used safe'y with appropriate regulatory oversight and adequate measures for accounting and disposal is an emerging issue that is gaining increasing attention. Some measure of this is indicated by a proposal offered to the conference by Jasim Uddin Ahmed of Bangladesh for an international convention on radiation safety (attachment 6). Discussions during the conference included the suggestion 9811020052 981022 PDR ORG EFGIAEA -
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that the IAEA rethink its current program of promoting the uses of radiation,in particular, limiting such promotion to those countries having adequate radiation safety infrastructures in place. Even in the area of security of radioactive materials, comments were offered that investments need to be made in national regulatory programs to control radioactive materials as well as in training and othar resources for monitoring of illicit shipments of radioactive materials.
IAEA has programs to strengthen national radiation safety programs which were desenbed by I lAEA during the conference lAEA acknowledged that it has not provided much technical l guidance in the security area. l I
in this regard, it was especially ;nstructive to this NRC delegate to learn that other countries '
have in place national inventory programs for radioactive sources and national programs for accepting for storage spent, i.e., unused or unwanted radioactive sources and thus removing !
them from the public sector. Such national programs exist both in highly developed countries such as France and in developing countries where such programs have of ten come into being with IAEA assistance. The U.S. is not a leader in this respect. Richard Cunningham, retired l director of NMSS/IMNS and consultant to IAEA, suggested in a private conversation with me l that the NRC should examine the IAEA Regulatory Authority information System ( RAIS) as a possible cost-effective means of implementing the GL registration program that was approved by the Commission earlier this year.
It was interesting to learn that the UK National Radiological Protection Board provides guidance to major users of industrial radiography services, e.g., field radiography performed by hired l l radiographers at customer sites. The guidance informs the customers of what to look for in I t
terms of good radiation safety practice. This seemed like an innovative, cost effective way to ,
l promote radiation safety.
l The contributed papers were published in time to be available at the conference. A copy has
! been placed in the COM/GJD files. The IAEA willlater publish proceedings of the conference which willinclude the presentations made in the briefing sessions, the rapporteurs' reports for the technical sessions, and the closing session comments.
Conference DetMLs The schedule of the conference can be found in attachment 1.
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! Following the opening of the conference, former NRC Commissioner Greta Joy Dicus opened the first briefing session with her keynote address,"The Size of the Problem". This was followed by oral presentations by John Crof t, UK on lessons learned from major accidents with radiation sources and by Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear (CSN) Commissioner Azuara, Spain who spoke about the recent melting of a large ' 'Cs source by a Spanish steel mill. A summary I of this incident was published in the September issue of the HPS Newsletter (attachment 5).
Commissioner Azuara provided the following additionalinformation. There was no exposure of
- members of the public as a result of this incident. and six mill workers received low doses as a i result of intemal exposure to ' 'Cs. The cost of this event totaled about US$ 25 million. About 270 tons of contaminated furnace dust was. generated by the steel mill but additional contaminated materials were created as a result of processing of the contaminated furnace dust by one of the processors. The total amount of contaminated waste was about 1,000
- tonnes. Spain consumes about 12 tonnes of ferrous scrap annually, half of which is imported.
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As a result of this incident, meetings have been held in Spain with recyclers, steel i manufacturers, etc. Subjects discussed included radiation detection systems, worker training, technical support, and scrap metal sales contract requirements for monitoring Commissioner Azuara concluded by calling for an international control network for radioactive sourcas that would provide international alerts when radioactive sources are lost, improving controls over old sources and analyzing processes which use radioactive sources.
The second briefing session provided overviews of activities by the IAEA, EC, Interpol and l WCO. Abel Gonzalez, in his presentation, emphasized that the IAEA safety standards
, presumed that a regulatory infrastructure was in place which had adequate resources to l implement the regulatory program, in the past, there has been too much emphasis on developing guidance on the technical aspects of regulation and not enough attention on developing regulatory infrastructure. Additionally, IAEA needs to expand its programs to more specifically address security of radioactive materials. The issue, it was noted, is a global one.
Mr. E. Saka presented an overview of the WCO. The WCO has 147 members and is engaged in training, information exchange and enforcement cooperation. Since 1992, there has been a program specific to nuclear materials smuggling. Training assistance has focused on eastern and central Europe. WCO has a database that includes about 300 cases. Of these,197 occurred in eastern and central Europe,92 in western Europe and 5 in South America. There has been an increasing involvement of organized crime and, increasingly, persons expert in the use of nuclear materials have been involved in the smuggling. Note was made of the problem of dealing with contaminated scrap metals. Mr. Saka called for harmonization of national policies dealing with trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials.
Ms. J. Ekdahl described interpol's activities. There are 177 member countries. The 1990s saw l an increase in illicit trafficking in nuclear materials with the first reported case occurring in 1989.
Most of the increase was attributed to movements of materials from the former Soviet Union (FSU) to eastern Europe and fraud cases (" red mercury"). Interpol is focusing on this issue and is conducting an analytical study, providing training and cooperating with IAEA and WCO. Ms.
Ekdahl stated that there is a separate problem with radioactive waste that is illicitly transported to avoid the costs of waste disposal.
Mr. K. Schnuer described EC activities. The EC has issue a directive to its member countries requiring adoption of the IAEA Basic Safety Standard and requirements governing transportation of nuclear materials. He noted that since the breakup of the FSU, there has been a breakdown of regulatory and other infrastructures in many countries and bluntly stated that there are inadequate enntrols in the newly independent states.
Technical Sessions 1 - 6 dealt with safety of radiation sources and highlights follow:
The French program for safety of radioactive sources was described. Users of radioactive sources must show that funds are available for disposal of the sources and the manufacturer must guarantee that it will take back sources. About 40,000 sources are in use. All radioactive sources must be returned every ten years. Albania is develooing a computerized inventory of radioactive sources in the country but has been thwarted by oil companies bringing in sources without registering them with the national competent authority. This is a problem that was cited h
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at other times during the conference particularly in discussions on the margins and there was a I strong implication in these discussions that American oil companies were not excluded.
Another frequently cited problem are radioactive sources used by the military. These are not )
consistently regulated by civilian authorities. Cases such as those that occurred in Estonia and l
Georgia where radioactive sources that were formerly used by the Soviet military and abandoned leading to serious over exposures of personnel were described and provided graphic examples of the serious nature of the problem. In Albania, five 100 mci' Co and many low activity "Sr military sources were missing. The Albanian military authonties cooperated with civilian authorities to search for lost sources. The regulation of radioactive sources used by the military emerged as a key issue in this conference.
1 It was instructive to learn how other countries deal with the problem of " spent" radioactive sources. China, for example does not permit the storage of spent sources at users' facilities.
They must be transferred to one of 19 storage centers. Ghana has a central storage facility for spent sources as does Saudi Arabia. This is not to say that problems with spent sources have not occurred in these countries but one can conclude that these problems were an incentive to creating programs for receiving and storing spent sources. Providing for storage and disposal I of spent sources was identified as a key issue. Discussions supported the notions that persons should be encouragedto return spent or found sources and manufacturers / suppliers should be ,
required to accept returned sources. Gonzalez noted that implementing the latter would require l international agreements. It was estimated that there are 30,000 spent sources worldwide.
In Germany, persons who /ind radioactive sources are required to report this to authorities. In l the period 1991-1997 there were 490 reports of losses and finds of radioactive material. Thefts accounted for 25% Exposures have thus far been low, but such cases are considered to have a high potential for serious danger. In Germany, persons receiving radioactive sources must have r*,ade prior arrangements for disposal. There is a unique number for every licensed ,
radioactive source. Radiation monitoring of scrap metals is routinely performed. l Bankruptcy leads to loss of radioactive sources. It is important that adequate resources be made available to regulatory authorities for control programs for radioactive sources. Risk assessments are also needed to enable appropriate disposition of resources. Argentina is moving to a program where the degree of regulatory oversight is determined by the complexity of operations involving radioactive materials and the attendant risks.
Recommendations were offered to use the international Nuclear Events Scale (INES) for radioactive materials events. Gonzalez noted that the INES is not an appropriate use for this but agreed it would be useful to develop an international incident reporting system for lost sources and analyze incidents resulting from lost or abandoned sources.
Highlights of Technical Sessions 7-10 follow:
Mr. L. Weil in his rapporteur's overview reported Germany's experience with illicit trafficking in radioactive materials Af ter 91 cases in 1991, cases rose to a peak of 267 cases in 1994. The numbers of cases in subsequent years were 163 in 1995,77 in 1996 and 102 in 1997. These figures include suspected cases. Materials that were involved included natural and slightly ennched uranium; 2"Am, "'Cs,85Kr,6 Co, as2Ca sources; Pu ionization sources, some Pu
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l Discussions included calls for informing countries to which radioactive material is exported and I
for nationalinventories of radioactive sources.
Douglas Smith of the U.S. Customs Services provided an overview of his agency's acivities in this area. They have completed a program evaluating radiation detectors for use of agents at 300 U.S. ports of entry. Thirteen companies participated. The purpose was to assess sensitivity, robustness and ease of use of gamma radiation detectors and of radioisotope identifiers (multi-channel analyzers (MCAs)). The program included realistic operational scenarios involving vehicle drive-bys and walk-bys, warehouse walk-throughs, and monitoring of conveyors. Customs will be purchasing personal radiation detectors for agents, portal monitors and portable MCAs. Customs also considered the results of the tests of radiation l detection equipment sponsored by the Steel Manufacturers Association that was conducted at i Koppel Steel in PA and conducted by the Czech Republic. Six thousand Customs agents will be provided with personal radiation detectors and each will each receive four hours of training.
Overall, it was clear the national customs and police authorities worldwide are increasingly involved in monitoring and responding to illicit trafficking of nuclear materials and these efforts are supported by the international organizations. The EC, Interpol and WCO representatives all i noted the uniqueness of this conference in that they were co-sponsors and commended the !
l lAEA for taking the initiative for organizing it.
l The closing sessions consisted of summaries provided by the Chairs of the Technical Sessions followed by a Round Table Discussion. Abel Gonzalez was required to retum to Vienna to assist in the preparations for the IAEA General Conference and Dan Beninson, Argentina, chaired the closing session in his stead. Beninson provided a " summary of summaries" as follows:
l 1 Radiation sources must be used safely
- 2. Accidents must be fully investigated
- 3. There must be regulatory infrastructures in place which are fully supported and which have the capability to inventory and track sources
- 4. Sources that are not captured in national inventories should be searched for and orphan sources taken care of
- 5. There must be an increase in radiation monitoring at borders and improvements in the technologies for this purpose.
- 6. There is need to establish criteria / levels for conducting investigations of illicit trafficking.
The round table discussions were oriented primarily to security and training for customs and others. However, some of the floor discussions reflected a different view, namely that the emphasis on training and other activities directed at illicit trafficking was backward and that the emphasis should be on developing adequate national regulatory infrastructures for radiation safety. Again, there was discussion of developing an international convention on radiation safety that would include (if not emphasize) safety and security of radiation sources and radioactive materials.
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Additional Notes During the conference, I was contacted by Jeong Kwak of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Its Committee for Trade, Industry and Enterprise development is sponsoring a workshop on radioactive contaminated metallurgical scrap to be held May 26 28, 1998 in Prague, Czech Republic. Mr. Kwak will be visiting the Washington DC area and asked for contacts with the USG and US industries that might be interested in participating in this conference. I suggested that he speak with Larry Camper, NRC and John Kahrnak, USEPA, who were at the conference ard Andy Wallo, DOE. I also gave him contacts for the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Steel Manufacturers Association and the American fron and Steel institute. A copy of the first announcement of the workshop is available in the COM/GJD files.
A paper presented by M. Fabretto, Italy on border radiation monitoring of trucks and rail cars 4
resulted in the identification of three additionalinstances of accidental me! ting or processing of radioactive sources. These have been added to the database maintained by James Yusko, CHP.
Personal Comments
, I had the sense that this conference will become recognized as a watershed event because it will establish the importance of safety and security of radioactive materials on a par with nuclear power plant safety and radioactive waste disposal. IAEA recognizes that it needs to develop i
more guidance in the security area and that it may need to rethink its priorities for encouraging
- the broader use of radiation sources vs. the need to assure that adequate regulatory infrastructures for radiation safety are in place and funded. Ms. Dicus' comments in her keynote address provided the initial focus in these areas and her comments were frequently cited in the following days. The use and control of radioactive sources by the military forces (or, more properly, the loss of control)is a wide spread concern. I noted upon my return that the US is not immune to this the US military recently lost an2 *Am source in Germany. The import of radioactive sources without the approval or knowledge of the recipient country competent authority is a vexing problem for many countries. U.S. licensees may not be j guiltless in this respect.
It is clear that the US lags behind other countries insofar as inventorying radioactive sources and providing for spent and found sources,if not their safe disposal, then secure, safe storage for them. This could have an impact upon US views of the proposal for an international convention on radiation safety. The proposal is an intriguing one in that the convention is t
intended to stimulate the development of national regulatory infrastructures for radiation safety.
! However, if the convention were to spell out in detail the necessary components of an !
acceptable national regulatory program for radiation safety which included criteria calling for national inventories of radioactive sources and provisions for receipt and secure storage of spent and found sources, the convention could be problematical for the U.S. On the other hand, if that is what it takes to move the US in these directions it would be a good thing.
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WCO IAEA CN-70 International Conference on the Safety of Radiation Sources and the Security of Radioactive Materials Conference internationale sur la snrets des sources de rayonnements et la s6curit6 des mati6res radioative s
PROGRAMME Dijon, France,14 - 18 September 1998 SECRETARIAT (sponsoring organi.zations):
Scientific Secretaries : K. Duftschmid (IAEA ))
P. Ortiz.L6pez (IAEA)
Co-Scientific Secretaries:: K.E. Schnuer (EC)
J. Ekdahl(INTERPOL)
H. Takizawa (INTERPOL)
E. Saka (WCO) l l Conference Services: H. Schmid (IAEA)
R. Perricos (IAEA) l Technical Co-ordinator: A. Rodriguez (IAEA) l Editor of Proceedings: P. Murphy (IAEA)
Records Officer: M. Davies (IAEA)
! LOCAL ORGANIZATION: Th. Thevenin /J. de Dave l CEA/ Centre de Valduc (FRANCE) l Ilost Government Liaison: Th. Thevenin l (FRANCE) l
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D Beninson (Autondad Regulatono Nuclear), Argentina L. Camper (Nuclear Regulatory Commission), US A l'
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l J Ekdahl INTERPOL 1 Gayral (CEA/ DAM), France P. Ortiz Lopez IAEA 1 L. Weil (Bundesamt fuer Strahlenschutz), Germany E Saka WCO K.Schnuer European Commission Monday,14 September 1998 08.30 Registration 09 30 Opening Session Mr J. Bouchard, Director General,CEA/ DAM France roe.ference President t ? nrperson Mr J P. Gayral,CEAIDAM, France Welcoming remarks: Mr M. Femer, Dtrector, Secretanat Gindral de la Defense Nationale, France Mr A J. Gonzalez, Director, Division of Radiation and waste Safety,IAEA Mr J. Shaver, Secretary General, WCO Mr. R E. Kendall, Secretary General,ICPO INTERPOL Mr. K Schnuer, Nuclear Safety Directorate. DG XL'C, EC Mr. J Bouchard, Director General, CEA/ DAM, France Conference President's remarks Cofee BreaWOpening ofExhibition .:%apa si :~wa02.m'ny,tt .\
10:30 Briefing Session i The Problem Chairperson: Mr. J P. Gayral, France 11.00 Key note presentation: " Size of the Problem "
Ms G. Dieus, Commissioner USNRC, US A Oral presentations Mr J. Croft, UK 1l30 "Summarv of Afator .4ccadents nsth Raduation Sources and Lessons i.earneJ
".4 case studv Signs /icant Issues an Mr J A. Azuara, Commissioner CSN. Spain 12 00 the . t WRINOX Es ent. NecJ for Internatwnalinntiatn es 12:30 Lunch Break
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Monday 14 September 1998 Brieflag Session 2 Response from internatwnal Organusatwm l
Chairperson: Mr. I Shaser, WCO l
l4 00 ' International Standards on the Safety of Rminatwn Sources and the Mr AJ Gonzalet.tAEA Securety ofRadwactrve Atatersals" (4 20 ^*The IAEA Afodel Propes tfor Upgradung Radsatwn Protectwn Mr L Qian,IAEA Infrastructure un IA EA Alember States "
la 40 "The IAEA Programme Securutv of Ataternal Aleasures to Prevent Ms A Ndsson tAEA the lilacs Trafficksng on Nuclear and other Radwactsve Afatertals"
- i1.00 "The IAEA Draft Safety Gutde Presentsng. Detectsng and Mr. K. E. Duftschmad, lAEA l Respondtag to flisent Tra))ickung en Radwactne Alaternals" l
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! l6 00 "The Role ofCustoms Servsces and World Customs Organs:atwn Mr. E. Saka. WCO l (WCO)'s Enforcement Programme to combat nuclear and other Radsoactive blatertals Smugginng" l6 20 "Present Actmtues ofINTERPOL to Combat flisur Tral]icksng on Ms 1 Ekdahl.lNTERPOL Radsoactive Statertals " ,
l 16 40 "Present Actavutues of the European Commnsswn sn thefieldofSafeti Mr K. Schnuer. EC ofRadsatwo Sources and Securtts of Radumine Staternals "
l l? 00 Adjourn 19:00 hinyor's Reception at the City Ifall 6
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Tuesday,15 September 1998 Technical Session 1 The regulatory control of radiation sources, including systems for nottfication. authonsation (regustration and hcensing inspection Chairperson: Ms. G. Dieus, US A Rapporteur: Mr.G Weimer, Germany Mr. G. Weimer, Germany 09 00 Rapportcut's Overview 09.20 Discussion ,
09.30 Oral Presentations Mr ) P. Besson, Ms A. Hoorelbeke, France Producing and Using Radioisotopes in France (CN-70:80)
Mr K. Dollam, Mr. R. Kushe. Albania 09 40 Regulatory Aspects ofRadiation Sources Safety in Albanua (CN-70ll6)
Mr. G. Weimer, Germany 09:50 Rapporteur's Summary of Contnbuted Papers 10:30 Co1 Tee Break .
Costributed Papers: Technical Session I Designating Member State / Title ofpaper N W M:
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i-India Regulatory Control for Safe Usage of Radiation Sources in India 3 Mr. P.K. Ghosh The Status Quo. Problems and improvements Pertaimng to Radiation 8 Mr fin liaqi Chrna
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l l Assessment and improvement on System of Licensing for Work u nth 12 Mr S. Xiaobo China loruzing Radiation m Chma f' 7 L
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IAEACN 70/ Organization 25 Mr i J Fletcher Ghana The Regulatory Control of Radiation Sources, including Systems for Notification. Authonzation (Registration and Licensing) and Inspections 52 Ms I hhppova Estonia Organitation and implementation of a National Programine at Regulatory Control of Sources in Lstonia 54 Mr K Coy Germany Regulatory Control of Radiation Sources in Germany 56 Mr M Salama Egypt Secunty of flandling Radioactive Sources and the Role of the Regulatory Ekdy m Egypt 61 Mr N il llovhannisyan Armenia Medical Management of Radiation Safety and Control oflonizing Radiation Sources m Armenia Mr S C Handa Zambia Safety aa4 Secunty of Radiation Sources and the Secunty of 61 Radioactise Matenal Case of Zambia Least Developed Country 99 Mr i P %dal France Dispost: ions reglementaires et techniques apphcables aux installations mettant en oeuvre des rayonnements ionisants Mr F Spano Argentina Performance as a Bav ?cgulatory Rule 105 i10 Mr i 1. -\hmed Bangladesh A Proposal for an International Consennon on Radiation Safety Mr \ Mastaudas Lithuania The State Regulatory System in Radation Protection and Safety at Iil Radiation Sources x
Tuesday,15 September 1998 4 Technical Session 2 Safers assessment techniques apphed to radiation sources Destgn and technologucal measures. nnc!uJung defense un depth and good engsneerung practuce Chairpersons: Mr. D Beninson, Argentina. Mr. D. Queniart, France Rapporteuru Mr N Sugiura. Japan. Mr. D McKtanon, Canada i1.00 Rapporteurs' Ow en icw: Saferv assessment techmques apphed to Mr. N.. Sugiura. Japan radiatwn sources i1:20 Rapporteurs' Oscruew: Design and technological measures. meluding Mr. D. McKinnon. Canada defense m depth and good engineersng practuce 11:40 Discussion 12.00 Oral Presentation Method.>lugvfor Safety and Securutv of Radwactne Sources and Mr M. Keren. Israel hfaterta's The Israelu Approach (CN 70iI81 12.10 Rapporteur's. Summary of Contnbuted Paper Mr N Sugiura. Japan 12:30 Lunch Break Contributed Paper: TechnicalSession 2 No. of paper Name of Responsible Author Designating Member State / Title ofpaper IAEA<N 70/ Organization 79 Mr G Bruhl France Intemational Co operation in the Field of Standardization of Apparatus Using Radioactive Scaled Sources
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i Teeknical Session 3 Managertal measures. nneludsag safety culture. humanfactors. quainty assurance. qualujied experts. traumng and educarson Chairperson Ms D Drabov4. Czech Repubhc Rapporteur: Mr G A. M Webb. lAEA 14 00 Rapporteur's Overview Mr. G A.M Webb,IAEA 14 20 Discussion 14 40 Oral Presentauons The New Orphaned Radioactsse Sources Programme en the l!nuted Mr. N1 Narame Mr. I M Karbud USA States (CN.70/58) 14 50 information Syrtemfor the Management ofa Regulatory I'rugramme Mr. P. Ortiz L6cer. Mr K. Mrabit. Ms S Miaw,IALA (CN.70m) 15.00 Rapporteur's Summary of Contributed Papers Mr. G A M Webb,IAEA 13:30 Cofre Break . C ? -
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24 Mr V.N Ershov Russian Federation Development and Reahzation of the New State System of Account and Control of RAM and RAW 78 Mr J C. Caries France La gestion des sources radioactives au CEA 86 Mr. A. A. Gusev Rusuan Federation The Foundation of Computer Onented Closed tomntion Raduten Sources Turnover Control to Tuesday,15 September 1998 No.ofpaper ;Name ofResponsible Author Designating Member State /
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' Title ofpaper Organization 106 Mr. D. Telleria Argentina Management of" Orphan" Sources 104 Mr. R.il. Rojkind Argentma Developing and Implementing Safety Culture m the Uses of Radiation Sources Technical Session 4 LearningJh>m operassonalexpertence I~
Chairperson: Mr. P. Metcalf, South Afnca Rapporteur: Mr. J. Lubenau. USA 16.00 Rapporteur's Overview 16'20 Mr. J. Lubenau. USA Discussion 16 40 Oral Presentations An Overview ofIndustrial Radiography Accudents an indta Jursng the Mr. A Kumar. Mr. M J. Subcamanya. Mr. C.P. Raghavendran, Period 19871997(CN 70/4) Mr. BK.S. Murthy, Mr. R.R. Vishw akarma, Mr. R Kannan.
Mr. A. Sharma. Mr. B C. Bhatt. India 16:50 . Unwual Event.r Regardsag Losses and Funds ofRaduoactne Maternals Ms I Barth. R. Ctarwinki, Germany in Germany nn the Years 1991 to 1997(CN.70:23) 17.00 Poster Session 18:00 Adjoum II
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Chairperson: Mr P Metcalf. Sou h Afnca l Rapporteur: Mr 1 Lubenau. USA 09 00 Rapporteur's Summary of Contnbuted Papers 09 40 Dncuuion Mr i Lubenau. USA 10 00 Coffee Break i ontributed Papers: fechnical Session 4 No ofpaper Name of Responsible Author i
(AEA.CN 70/ Designating Metnber State / Title ofpaper Organization tF \1r i S Wheatley UK Radiation Accident m Wet Nam 2ti Mr Yansheng Zhang Chma The Lessons from the Radiation Accidents m Chma oser th Years 17 Mr C Milu Romama Some Safety Aspects dunne the Replacement of Cobalt 60 Sour Teletherapy 44 Mr I -\ ! otada Venezuela Radiation Incident m Od Well Logging xn Mr M 11 Peron France la reponse pour les cas de detection et de saisies de matiern radioactives W
\tr S Wramidre Georgia The Radiological Accident m Ibdis I:
Wednesday,16 September 1998 No. of uper Name of Responsible Author Designating Member State /
IAEA4'N 70/ Title of paper Organization 92 Ms M Oresegun IAEA Accidents m industnal Radiography and Lessons to be Leamed A Review oflAEA Safety Report 95 Mr POrtir L6pe IAEA Lessons Learned from Accidents m Radiotherapy . an IAEA Safety Report 96 Ms 11 S B Souto Ameigenda Uruguay The impor.ance of Govemmental control of Radioactive Sources used m industnal Apphcations 100 Mr 1 A Lozada Venezuela Leakage of Caesium Draquitherapy Sources 101 Mr G Mand g4!adze i Georgia Radiation Sources and Matenals Safety and Secunty in Georgia 50 Ms D Drabon Czech Repubhc Unusual Esents Concemmg Radiation Sources m the Czech Repubhc m 1995 1997 Technical Session S Internationalco-operatwn. uncludang reportang systems and databases Chairpenon: Mr. S. Magnusson. Iceland Rapporteur: Mr K Schnuer. EC 10 30 Rapporteur's Oseruew 10 50 Discussion Mr K Schnuer. EC il 10 Oral Presentation The IAEKs Subprogramme on the Safers of Radiatwn Sources and Mr P Grtst L6per. Ms M Dresegun. Mr A Ililbao. bit G A M the Xccurrir v/Radmactne Maierwis (CN.70/94) WtM. Mr R Cunnmgham. IAEA 11 20 Rapporteur's Summary of Contnbuted Papers Mr K Schnuer. EC I1
Wednesday,16 September 1998 Contributed Papers: Technicat Session 5 No.of paper Name of Responsible Author Designating Membec State / Title of paper IAEN4;N 70I , tOrganization 6 Mr. Y.Y Sungita Umted Republic of Tanzania Quality Assurance of Diagnostic .LRay Units in Taniania i 1
21 Mt S Al.llitali Morocco Approche et organisatton de la surete des sources radiuaetnes et i la securite des installations 43 Mr. A Salmins Latvia Awareness. Training. Exchange of information and Co-operation among Regulatory Authonties and other Law Enforcement lastitutions - Espenence and Problems in Latvia 64 Mr N Chahed Tunisia Etat actuel et programme de mne a mveau des mecanismes de surete des sources en Tunnie 88 Mr i N Dahnaret Republic of Moldova The Prevenuon of Local Nuclear Accidents in the 'tepublic of Moldova Teeknical Session 6 Vers /icarnon of comp lsance, monstorsng ofcompinance Assessment of the effectuseness ofnarsonalprogrammes for the safety ofsources. ancluding development ofperformance enJscator .
Chairpersons: Ms E Amaral. Brazil.Mr Z. Pan, China Rapporteurs: Mr L Camper. USA Mr. L. Jova Sed. Cuba 12 00 Rapporteur's Overuew Vers /icutmn ofcompliar:e. momtoring of Mr. L. Jos a Sed. Cuba compinance 12 20 Discussion 12:30 Lunch 8reak 14 Wednesday;16 september 1998 , .- a. ,se ., ,
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'109 Mr. M.J. Tormt. Spain La problematique liec & la manipulation des sources de radium 226 l en Espagne i
107 Mr. D O. llernander Argentina Frequency of Regulatory inspections 15
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lh 20 Discussion (6 40 Oral Presentations i' Measures to Prevent Breaches an the Securars of Radwas ouve Mternah Ms G Znka-Ahtbert. Mt B Svshn. Mr S lsaksson.
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l6 50 PMural Protectson of Radsoacreve Maternals at a Canerstes Research Mr 11 11ock. Austna l Initetute(CN 70/15) 1 1700 Rapporteur's Summary of Contnbuted Papers Mr L. Weti. Germany l l
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! 18 Mr. S. I Kondratov Ukraine Ukraintan Efforts in Preventing Ilhett Trafficking m Nuclear l- Matenals and other Radioactive Sources
$ 3 -- Ms T Vc;bn Estonia The Preventmg ofIlheit Tratricking of Radioactive Matenals in Estorua 74 Mr R. Venot France Protestion and Control of Nuclear Matenalin France
- ili Mr. C. Rodngue: Argentina Secunty of Radioactive Sources and Matenals l
Thursday,17 September 1998 l'echnical Session 8 Detectwn and udentsficatwn techniques for ulticativ tratlicked raJwactuve maternals i
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60 Ms G Smagata Poland Combating lilegal Nuclear Itallic PolandT bpenence 62 Mr R Carchon Belgium Detection and Wnitonng $5siems tbr the Presention ot liiicit Trafficking of Radioactne and Nuetear \tatcrials at Sea Ports m EU Member States
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No.of paper, Name of Responsible Author Designating Member State / -Title of paper j IAEADI 70/ Organization 67 Mr. D. E. Becker Germany Concept of Assistance of the Federal OtTice for Radiation Protection with Regard to Senous Cases of Prevention of Nuclear
- l. Hazards I 98 Mr. P. Beck Austria ITRAP The Ilhcit TratTicking Radiation Assessment Programme 102 Mr. S.M. Khan USA Test and Evaluation of Isotope Identitiers 41 Mr. A. Derevyashko Belarus Customs Control oser the Transportation of Radiation Sources and Radioactive Materials through the Frontier of the Repubhc of Belanis i
r Technical Session 9 Detectson and s^Jentsficasson techasquesfor ellscut!y trafficked radsoactuve matertals Chairpenon: Mr. D Smith, USA i' Rapporteur: Mr. C. Schmitter Austna i 11:30 Rapporteur's Overview Mr. C. Schmitier, Austna ll:50 Discussion 12.10 Oral Presentations Radiation Portal Evaluatson Parameters (CN.70'l03) . Mr. R. L. York, US A 12:20 Eqvspment of #sgh Sens Imrt to Detect smuggled Radioactne Afaterrah Mr. A A Antonovski, Mr L M Kagan hir A 1 Stasrov Helarus Transported Acrrns the " East. West
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Tecknical Session l0 Response to detected cases and seced raJsoactive materials. strengthensag ofthe awareness. trasning. and exchange of snformation Chairperson: Mr. It Taktzawa. INTERPOL Rapporteur: Mr.W.ChlT. USA 15:30 Rapporteur's Overview Mr. W. Cliff. USA 15 50 Discusston 16 10 Oral Presentation The WCOilAEA Josnt Traimng Programmesfor Custons Servuces on Mr. E. Saks, WCO Mr. K.E. Duttschmid. IAEA Radscactsve Maternal Smuggling (CN.10:91)
I6 20 Fsnancial Consequences of Detentnons and Secures of fliscativ Mr. J P. Montmayeul. France Trafficked Products (CN.101Ii) 16 30 - Raoporteur's Summary of Contnbuted Papers Mr. W. ClitT, USA 16 40 Discussion 11 00 Poster Session 18.00 Adjourn vie 19:N Bus departure to GALA DINNER 21
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IAEACN.70/ Oi3anization 16 Mr. A S Strezov Bulgana Problems and Management of Radioactive Sources and Measurn against liheit Trafficking on Nuclear Materials m Hulg.iria 46 Ms El Causse France Contrale par les agents des douanes des substances radmeinn l
! 65 Mr A Shmani Tunisia Contrale des sources radioactives at regles generales en cas d'acc,Jent 7? Mr J Pennerous France L'organisation de cnse du Commissanat a l'energie atomique pour repondre a une demande d' assistance des pouvoirs pubho 68 Mr S K Shakshook Libyan ' Arab Jamahirva importance of the Awareness. Training, Exchange ot intonnacim
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1 9 00 Concluding Session: Summaries by Chairpersons ofthe TechnscalSessions Chairpersont Mr. AJ. GonzAlez,lAEA TechnicalSession I: Ms. G. Dicus, USA TechnicalSession 2: Mr. D. Beninson, Argentma l Techalcel Session 2: Mr. D. Queniart, Ytance TechnicalSession 3: Ms. D. Dribova, Czech Repubhc TechnicalSession 4: Mr P. Metcalf, South Africa TechnicalSession 3: Mr. S. Magnusson, Iceland TechnicalSession 6:Mr. 2. Pnn, China l TechnicalSession 6: Ms. E. Amaral, Brazil TechnicalSession 7: Mt. lU. Strauss, USA TechnicalSession #: Mr. N. Kravchenko, Russian Federation TechnicalSession 9: Mr. D. E. Smith, USA TechnicalSession 10: Mr. IL Takizawa, INTERPOL i1:00. v . Cofoe Benek m .
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