“In 2024, the nuclear regulators of Ukraine and Norway started the implementation of two new joint projects.”, — write: www.epravda.com.ua
In 2024, the nuclear regulators of Ukraine and Norway started the implementation of two new joint projects.
This was reported by the State Nuclear Regulation Inspection of Ukraine (State Nuclear Regulation) on Wednesday, Europeyska Pravda reports.
“The first project – NORM – is joint work on the regulation of safe handling of non-nuclear natural radioactive materials,” the State Nuclear Regulatory Commission noted.
It is noted that this complex project covers a wide range of aspects, aimed at the analysis of industrial enterprises that generate non-nuclear natural radioactive materials, the analysis of existing shortcomings in this field in Ukraine. The result of the implementation of this project should be the development of four regulatory and legal documents that will be applied in our country.
The second project – ARGOS – provides for the transfer of appropriate software and the training of Ukrainian specialists in order to strengthen the system of emergency preparedness and response to radiation accidents. The project is at the stage of implementation: training and configuration of the software are ongoing.
“I would like to express my great gratitude to DSA (Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Agency. – Ed.), which remains one of our most reliable partners, for the constant support of the State Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which is especially important in the context of a full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine,” the leader said Oleg Korikov of the State Nuclear Regulatory Commission following a meeting with DSA Director General Per Strand on Wednesday during the 69th General Conference of the IAEA in Vienna.
The history of cooperation between the State Nuclear Regulatory Commission and DSA began in 2014. Joint projects launched after February 24, 2022 include, in particular, areas such as the survey of territories affected by enemy military occupation and the provision of equipment for radiation reconnaissance in previously occupied territories.
The Parties shall also cooperate in the development of policies and procedures for re-establishing regulatory control over nuclear facilities affected by occupation and hostilities, as well as in the management of critical knowledge necessary to protect personnel, the public and the environment during nuclear or radiation incidents caused by military actions.
It will be recalled that Norway said on Wednesday that the increased level of radioactive cesium (Cs-137), detected near the Arctic border with Russia, probably associated with a forest fire near Chernobyl in Ukraine.
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