BELGIAN GLOBAL APPROACH ON THE RADIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE
OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES
IN METAL SCRAP AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTE
WERTELAERS A., DROESCH P., MICHIELS J., PEPIN S., POFFIJN A., SCHRAUBEN M.
FEDERAL AGENCY FOR NUCLEAR CONTROL (FANC), Brussels, Belgium
International Conference on Control and Management of Inadvertent Radioactive Material in Scrap Metal
CSN – IAEA - February 2009 – Tarragona, Spain
Preventing
radioactive sources ending up
in non-nuclear sectors
Identifying
the facilities sensitive
to orphan sources flows
Facilities => Orphan sources sensitive flows
 Container park
Defining
the flows
that are
sensitive
for
orphan sources
Imposing appropriate monitoring,
based on a graded approach
in these non-nuclear facilities
• Vigilance procedure
 Scrap yard < 25,000 tons/year
• Basic staff training
 Sorting site
 …
• Reaction procedure when a source is found
• Notification to FANC
 Scrap yard > 25,000 tons/year
 Waste incinerator
Facilities => Automatic monitoring
 Foundry > 25,000 tons/year
 Public waste landfill
• Screening with portal monitors
• Intervention by operators
• Reaction procedure when a source is found
• Notification
Collecting information
from sources found in these facilities
and providing feedback
FANC
Financing mechanism
to deal with
orphan sources
NIRAS/ONDRAF
KEY FACTORS FOR SUCCESS
 Close cooperation with :
• NIRAS/ONDRAF : Belgian National Agency for Radioactive Waste and Enriched Fissile Materials
•Financing mechanism for orphan sources
• Environmental administrations of the three Belgian Regions : the Flemish, Walloon and Brussels-Capital Regions)
 Stakeholders involvement : professional sectors
•COBEREC (Belgian Recuperation and Recycling Federation)
•FEBEM/FEGE (Waste Management Federation)
•GSV (Belgian Steel Federation)
•INTERAFVAL (Flemish Intermunicipal Companies for Waste Treatment)
•VVSG (Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities – public waste management)
•COPIDEC (Walloon Intermunicipal Companies for Waste Treatment)
•AGORIA (Federation for the Technology Industry)
 Financing mechanism for orphan source : fund of NIRAS/ONDRAF
• Registration of facilities (and portal detector) mandatory
• Notification of source discovery
• Examination by FANC : orphan source ? financing ?
• FANC orphan source certificate => ONDRAF/NIRAS