Inspections by the Swedish Radiation Protection Authority Torsten

Inspections by the Swedish Radiation Protection Authority Torsten Cederlund, Peter Hofvander and Carl-Göran Stålnacke Department of Occupational and Medical Exposure European ALARA Network 8 th Workshop Uppsala, Sweden

Swedish Radiation Protection Authority

Use of ionising radiation in Sweden • Nuclear power – 4 NPP´s, research reactor, fuel factory &facilities for waste/spent fuel • More then 1000 non nuclear industries with licensed equipment • Research facilities 11 major sites and 760 licenses • 232 hospitals – X-ray, nuclear medicine, radiation therapy, research • Dentists, 12000 (general licenses) • Veterinaries 264 licenses

Swedish Radiation Protection Act • Is a framework from 1988 • Requires licence for all work with ionising radiation • Is giving general radiation protection obligations

Authority • SSI has the authority to: – issue prescriptions and prohibition – issue decision under penalty of a fine – withdraw a licence.

The base for all inspection activities is our regulations: SSI has issued a number of regulations according to BSS, 96/29 Euratom. You will find our regulations on SSI´s web site: www. ssi. se

Inspection Policy with Strategy and Guidelines for Inspection • The policy describes the approach to and overall goals for SSI’s inspection activities. • The strategy specifies how SSI should work in order to attain its policy goals. • The guidelines provide sound guidance for everyone working with inspections at SSI. The guidelines are of a general nature and are to be applied within all activity areas at SSI.

High-priority facilities for supervision according to the policy are: • Those that result in or can result in high radiation doses • Those where there is a considerable risk that many can receive minor but not negligible radiation doses • Those about which SSI needs to have more knowledge.

Number of: inspections per year Number of objects Part inspected Dentists 0 12000 0% Industry 30 1500 2% Veterinarian 5 264 2% Medicine 300 10 % 30 Nuclear instal % 40 6 600

The inspection process Selection and planning Evaluation Preparation and planning Follow-up Inspection Post inspection work

Selection and planning • Where? • Who? • When?

Inspection • • ID Regulations Protocols No equipment

Post inspection work • Report – – – Date Inspectors Persons interviewed Regulations Comments (both good and bad) • Licensee checks report before it is sent

After the authorities decision • The licence holder have to respond in writing • Time limit depending on the issues • Usually – SSI is satisfied with the actions • Some cases – exceeded time limits • Rarely – new decision under penalty of a fine

Discrepancies found 1. Inadequate education and training in particular concerning cardiologists and orthopaedist 2. Inadequate organisation of radiation protection lack of qualified expert,

Feedback • SSI Reports • Annual meetings with radiation protection managers at NPP: s • Biannual meetings with qualified experts • Biannual meetings with the medical physicists • SSI active at national meetings

Conclusions • SSI has high demands on the users to have a quality assurance programme for all activities involving ionising radiation • SSI works continuously to improve the quality of the supervision

Conclusions We believe that our inspections are justified but not yet optimised