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RER/9/096 RER/9/096 Regional Planning MeetingRegional Planning Meeting

"Strengthening National"Strengthening NationalInfrastructures for the Control ofInfrastructures for the Control of

Radiation Sources"Radiation Sources"(TSA-1), (Phase II)(TSA-1), (Phase II)

LITHUANIALITHUANIAAlbinas MastauskasAlbinas Mastauskas

DirectorRadiation Protection Centre

Lithuaniaa.mastauskas@rsc.lt

www.rsc.lt

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Legal basis adopted on 20081. Order of the Minister of Health No. V-188 amended the Order of the Minister

of Health No. 643 on Lithuanian Hygiene Standard HN 87:2002 “Radiation Protection in Nuclear Facilities”

2. Order on the Minister of Health Care No. V-1175 amended the Order of the Minister of Health No. V-749 on Lithuanian Hygiene Standard HN 85:2003 “Natural Exposure. Standards of Radiation Protection”

3. Order of the Minister of Health and Head of the State Nuclear Power Safety Inspectorate No. V-1271/22.3-139 On Import, Export, Transit and Transportation of Radioactive Materials, Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel

4. Order of the Minister of Environment No. D1-687 On Order of the Minister of Environment No. 194 amended on Normative Document LAND 34-2000 “Decontrolled Levels of Radionuclides. Re-using of Materials and Rules of Elimination of Waste”

5. Order of the Director of the Radiation Protection Centre No. 73 On Rules of Fit Construction of Transportation Tare of Radioactive Material and Radioactive Waste for Regulatory Authorities of Foreign Countries

6. Order of the Director of the Radiation Protection Centre No. 84 On Confirming the Recommended Exposure Levels in Diagnostic Radiology

7. Recommendations for Institutions and Agencies Attending in Liquidation Chemical, Radiological and Biological Incidences. Formulated by Fire and Rescue Department under the Ministry of the Interior, 2008.

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Basic Regulatory Bodies

Parliament (Seimas)

Government

Ministry of Health

Ministry of the Interior

Radiation Protection

Centre

Ministry of Environment

Environmental Protection Agency

Fire and Rescue

Department

State Food and

Veterinary ServiceState Nuclear

Power Safety Inspectorate

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The Regulatory Body -The Regulatory Body -Radiation Protection CentreRadiation Protection Centre

Director

Deputy director Deputy director

Division of Radiation (7) Protection Supervision and Control

Division of Radiation Protection Training (3)

Division of Supervision (5)and Control of Nuclear Facilities

Kaunas Division (3)

Klaipėda Division (3)

Šiauliai Division (2)

Subdivision of Licensing (2)

Subdivision of State Register of Sources of Ionizing Radiation and

Exposure Doses of Workers (2)

• Secretary •Chief Specialist for Personnel

• Chief Specialist for Public Relations

• Chief Specialist Lawyer• Chief Specialist for IT

• Chief specialist for Quality Management Division of Accountancy

and Economy Planning (3)

Division of Radiation

Emergency Management (3)Division of Procurement

And Maintenance

Division of Expertise (3)

Division of Radiological

Research (8)

Division of Personal

Dosimetry (4)

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Radiation Protection Centre (RPC) Radiation Protection Centre (RPC) StaffStaff

There is employed 63 staff members:• 45 public servants and 12 workers in RPC.• 3 people to left office and 9 were employed.• 84,1 % of staff are with higher education.• 4 persons with doctoral degree and 2 candidates for the doctoral degree.• Average of the staff age – 39,4 years.

Staff improved skills during 2008 attending:• Regional training courses, organized by IAEA (16 persons);• an Introductory public servants training courses (21 persons);• TC, workshops and conferences in foreign countries (25 persons);• RPC in collaborating with Vilnius University organized four internal training courses with the practice for RPC specialists in the field of RP in medicine (22 persons).

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TrainingsTrainings

Training needs. All staff of RPC needs to improve qualification in radiation protection field regularly. • Inspectors should be trained to be able to prepare recommendations and documents regulating implementation of radiation safety in activity using newest digital technologies in medicine.• Trainings related to new NPP building; sitting; Impact assessment of NPP, radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel projects from the point of radiation safety are necessary.• Regional training course on PET/CT and cyclotron are welcome.

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Number of sources of ionizing radiation in 2008

13%

26%

61%

X-ray generators

Sealed sources

Sealed sourcesin smokedetectors

  2006 2007 2008

Number of licenses 84 86 96

Number of licenses of Per-

sonal Health Care 65 67 65

Number of licen-ses of Education

and research 2 – –

Number of licen-ses of Industry 2 4 9

Number of licenses

suspended 34 27 26

Number of licenses repealed 19 22 23

Licensing and inspectionLicensing and inspection

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Management SystemManagement System

Information management. RPC prepared investment project of State Register of Sources of Ionizing Radiation and Exposure Doses of Workers and received about 290,000 EUR support from budget of Lithuania Republic for this register creating.

RPC formulated 23 procedures and 31 work instructions of quality management system for assurance of regulatory functions according to LST EN ISO 9001:2008 and this year is preparing for institution certification. (What about the Quality management system of theregulatory authority in your country?)

Laboratory of Radiological Research for quality assurance has a quality manual and has been accredited several years ago according to ISO 17025:2005 in five main areas:

1. Strontium measurements;2. Tritium measurements;3. X ray machines quality control;4. Individual dose measurements;5. Gama spectrometry.

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SStrengths WWeaknesses1. Legal basis.2. Effective infrastructure of the Regulatory Body.

3. Optimal attention of the Government for the strengthenment of radiation safety and control infrastructure.

4. Additional financial support from the government for the salaries of the specialists.

5. Optimal number of specialist working in regulatory authority, suitable material and technical equipment.

6. Quality management system. Accreditation.

1. Not created biological dosimetry services yet.

2. Training of specialists on PET, CT, cyclotron and others separately.

OOpportunities TThreats 1. Support of IAEA, EC.2. Establishment of Regional training centre and qualification improvement of the personnel.3. Technical cooperation. 4. Organizing regional workshops and training courses.

Economic crisis and its consequences

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