National Sources Registry in Armenia
Armen Babayan
Chief specialist - state inspector of Radiation Safety Department
Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority
International Workshop on National Sources Registry,
20-23 March 2017, Vienna
Outline
Regulatory Infrastructure in Armenia
 Establishment of control over sources
 Status of Advanced Regulatory
Information System
 Users Support
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Regulatory Infrastructure in Armenia
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Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority - ANRA
 1993 – Establishment (main mission was licensing and
inspection of Armenian NPP, establishment of
regulations, Emergency response )
 2001 – Responsibility for sources
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Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center - NRSC
 2001 – Establishment (main mission is to provide
technical support to ANRA)
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Radiation Protection Legislation in Armenia
Laws
Law on Safe Utilization of Atomic Energy for Peaceful
Purposes (01.03.1999)
Article 17
The regulatory authority shall:
… conduct state register for ionizing radiation sources
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Radiation Protection Legislation in Armenia
Decrees of the Government of the Republic of Armenia
Decree № 765 as of 16.08.2001 on approval of “Procedure
on state registration of ionizing radiation sources “
 Decree № 1751 as of 09.12.2004 on approval of “Procedure
on licensing of practices (use) with ionizing generators,
radioactive materials and equipment containing radioactive
materials”
 Decree № 1790 as of 09.12.2004 on approval of “Procedure
on licensing of export from and import to republic of Armenia
of ionizing generators, radioactive materials and equipment
containing radioactive materials (based on IAEA Code of
Conduct supplementary Guide on import and export of
radioactive materials)
 Decree № 553-N as of 03.05.2007 on approval of Procedure
for regaining control over radioactive materials and isolation
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Radiation Protection Legislation in Armenia
Decree № 765 as of 16.08.2001 on approval of
“Procedure on state registration of ionizing radiation
sources “
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The owner obtained ionizing radiation sources subject to
registration within 10 days upon receiving them shall
submit necessary reference notes to the regulatory
authority of the nuclear energy field for registration.
The regulatory authority based on the submitted
reference notes within 5 days period registers the
ionizing radiation source in the register of ionizing
radiation sources. Copies of reference notes relevantly
validated and sealed are returned to the licensee within 3
days period.
Radiation Protection Legislation in Armenia
Decrees of the Government of the Republic of Armenia
The main regulations on Radiation Protection are:
•Decree
№ 1219 as of 18 August 2006 on approval of
“Radiation Safety Norms”
•Decree № 1489 as of 18 August 2006 on approval of
“Radiation Safety Rules”
Regulatory function of ANRA
Notification and National Register of Radiation Source
According to the final information in Armenia there are
1464 ionizing radiation sources. Most of the ionizing
radiation sources are used in medical purposes.
Radiation sources including
1191 x-ray sources
276 sealed sources
7 unsealed sources
There are 132 radioisotope equipments.
Regulatory function of ANRA
Notification and National Register of Radiation
Sources:
Source category
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1st category – 1 source (medical)
2nd category – 3 sources (medical)
3rd category – 43 sources (medical, industrial)
4thcategory – 96 sources (industrial, research)
5thcategory – 133 sources (medical, industrial, research)
Regulatory function of ANRA
Notification and National Register of Radiation
Sources:
The amount of registered organizations (users) are:
Medical organizations – 527
incl. dental organizations - 363
Industrial organization – 18
Research organizations – 12
Educational organizations – 3
Others - 1
Summary – 561organizations
Regulatory function of ANRA
Notification and National Register of Radiation Sources:
From November 2001 till September 2003 the ANRA conducted
the ”inventory” of radiation sources and practices with them. The
objective of the inventory was:
to correct the data on the amount of radiation sources in the
country in order to review national regulatory infrastructure,
to optimize decisions concerning priorities for supervision of
radiation sources,
to optimize the security measures for radiation sources,
to develop national strategies for improving control over
radiation sources,
to develop system of emergency planning and response.
Based on these results, the inventory of radiation sources has
been established and a new registry/database RASOD
(Radioactive sources database) exploiting the NRC USA
strategy, was elaborated.
Initiation of Sources Program In
Armenia - 2001
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Actions:
◦ Infrastructure changes
◦ Legislation (law, requirements, norms,
procedures)
◦ Inventory and Orphan sources search program
◦ Registration and Authorization
◦ Inspections
◦ Instrumental measurements and analyses
◦ Training of regulator and users
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First Version of RASOD
First Regional Meeting in Latin America on
Radiation Sources Regulatory Partnership,
9-11September 2013, Panama City
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Regulatory function of ANRA
Notification and National Register of Radiation Sources:
ARIS
What is ARIS?
ARIS – Advanced Regulatory Information System
ARIS was developed by Nuclear and Radiation Safety
Center (TSO of ANRA) in cooperation with Adstm Inc.,
USA under U.S. NRC/ANRA Cooperation Agreement.
ARIS promotes a consistent and common approach to the
regulatory control of radiation sources and nuclear
materials while offering the flexibility to respond to the
specific needs of a Regulatory Body, with respect to their
national legislative frameworks, administrative structures
and institutional and regulatory frameworks.
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The Database: Maturity
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Common framework
Modular architecture
Regulatory practices
Data Reliability
User rights and roles
Improved user interface
Reports export to different formats
Improved users Support
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Regulatory function of ANRA
Notification and National Register of Radiation Sources:
ARIS is included:
 RASOD-database of ionizing radiation sources and report
generation system.
 LICENSEE-database for organizations, physical persons and
other applicants.
 AUTHORIZATION-database for authorizations including
licenses and permissions.
 TESTING-database of examination questions and system for
knowledge test (not yet integrated to the ARIS).
 NUCMAT-database of nuclear materials and the IAEA report
generation system (not yet integrated to the ARIS).
Regulatory function of ANRA
Notification and National Register of Radiation Sources:
ARIS
 INSPECTION- database for RB inspections (planning,
preparation, conduction, results and follow-up actions).
 OCCUDOSES- database for occupational exposure
control (under development)
Regulatory function of ANRA
Notification and National Register of Radiation Sources:
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1st category – 1 facility (medical)
2nd category – 3 facilities (medical)
3 category - 3 facilities (medical, industrial)
4 category – 5 facilities (industrial, research)
ARIS Architecture
Login
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ARIS Modules
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ARIS Module RASOD
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ARIS v1.5: Module RASOD
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ARIS v1.5: Module RASOD
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ARIS v1.5: Module RASOD
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INSTALLED COMPONENTS
Users Support
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Initial training
Installation and transfer of User Manual
Technical Support through phone and email
Web Site including download of user manuals
and demo versions, FAQ
User’s Meetings
Automatic Updates
User’s Group Meetings
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15-18 July 2013,Yerevan Armenia
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http://aris.am/
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Thank you!
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