REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND

REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Regulatory Control of Radioactive Sources in Slovenia Andrej Stritar Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration http: //www. gov. si/ursjv http: //www. ursjv. gov. si

REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Legal arrangements and activities • Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration is the regulator for sources outside medicine and veterinary • Campaigns for regaining control over old sources • Inspections • Information and training • Protection of borders http: //www. gov. si/ursjv http: //www. ursjv. gov. si

REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Looking for orphan sources • Origin: – Abandoned sources, that were under control – Sources, that were never under control – Imported sources • Analysis of historical records • Circular letters to – – old owners potential owners Smelters and scrapyards bankruptcy managers etc. • Inspections • At the borders • Smelters and scrap yards are self organised http: //www. gov. si/ursjv http: //www. ursjv. gov. si

REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Recent successes • Cs-137 found in the abandoned factory • Decontamination of former workshop for servicing smoke detectors • Campaign at the research institute – Abandoned sources, contaminated laboratories and storages – ~200 “orphan” sources found – To be stored in the Central Interim Storage or reprocessed. • Frequent cases at the border crossings and smelters http: //www. gov. si/ursjv http: //www. ursjv. gov. si

REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Control at the border • Co-operation with customs and police • Equipped with pagers, portal monitors are being installed in the harbor • Shipments frequently refused at Italian border http: //www. gov. si/ursjv http: //www. ursjv. gov. si

REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Import of scrap metal http: //www. gov. si/ursjv http: //www. ursjv. gov. si

REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Import of scrap metal CSRAO http: //www. gov. si/ursjv http: //www. ursjv. gov. si

REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Refusal during transit http: //www. gov. si/ursjv http: //www. ursjv. gov. si

REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Worst case: reselling to EU CSRAO http: //www. gov. si/ursjv http: //www. ursjv. gov. si

REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Worst case: reselling to EU http: //www. gov. si/ursjv http: //www. ursjv. gov. si

REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Pending arrangement • Each shipment must be measured by qualified persons before import • Benefits: – No cost for state – polluter pays – Possibility to return to the country of origin – No accumulation of waste in our state storage http: //www. gov. si/ursjv http: //www. ursjv. gov. si

REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Mandatory meassurements before import http: //www. gov. si/ursjv http: //www. ursjv. gov. si

REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING, SLOVENIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY ADMINISTRATION . . . instead of current situation CSRAO http: //www. gov. si/ursjv http: //www. ursjv. gov. si