The US NRC met virtually with two directorates of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA), Ghana, on October 27, 2020, to discuss their plans and identify future collaboration activities. The meetings took place under the auspices of the NRC’s Radiation Source Regulatory Partnership (RSRP) and International Regulatory Development Partnership (IRDP) which are supported by NRC contractor AdSTM. The Radiological and Non-Ionizing Radiation Directorate (RNID) regulates sources of ionizing radiation in Ghana while the Nuclear Installations Directorate (NID) regulates the research reactor and plans...
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The US NRC Radiation Source Regulatory Partnership (RSRP) conducted a virtual meeting with the two regulatory authorities in Colombia: The Ministry of Mines and Energy and the Ministry of Health, on October 23, 2020, to discuss the regulatory plans and identify areas for collaboration. The Heads of each Ministry including staff members, the US NRC and AdSTM representatives attended the meeting. The meeting resulted in important discussions on the vision for future bilateral collaboration, which includes regulatory staff training, quality control protocols in medical technologies and well...
The US NRC Radiation Source Regulatory Partnership (RSRP) conducted a virtual meeting with the Uganda Atomic Energy Council (AEC), on October 21, 2020, to discuss AEC plans and identify areas for collaboration. The AEC CEO and Senior Staff Members and US NRC and AdSTM representatives attended the meeting. The meeting resulted in important discussions on AEC´s vision for future bilateral collaboration, which includes public awareness activities, regulatory staff training in authorization/inspection for specific practices and radiation safety officers training. The US NRC and AdSTM will...
On September 30, 2020, the U.S. NRC International Regulatory Development Partnership (IRDP) conducted a virtual bilateral consultation with staff from Romania’s National Commission for Nuclear Activities Control (CNCAN). The focus of the meeting was for IRDP to provide an update on international assistance activities and capabilities during the global pandemic and to discuss CNCAN’s long-term planning and current priorities for its international assistance requests.
On September 2-3, 2020, a virtual workshop was conducted by the NRC staff members and the NRC International Regulatory Development Partnership program for the Polish nuclear regulator, the Panstowowa Agencja Atomiskyki (PAA). The focus of the workshop was Regulatory Workforce Planning.
The consultation was focused on the PAA’s assessment of workforce needs to define skills and personnel needed for review of a reactor application. On the first day, the PAA presented the results of their work in development of expected staffing needs. The PAA had defined their expectations for specific...
From December 8-12, 2019, the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (U.S. NRC) International Regulatory Development Partnership (IRDP) conducted a workshop on the “Fundamentals of Reactor Regulation & Licensing Process” for the Arab Network of Nuclear Regulators (ANNuR). The workshop was hosted by Jordan’s nuclear regulatory body, the Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission (EMRC), at its headquarters located in Amman, Jordan. Participants included officials representing the nuclear regulatory bodies of Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, the Kingdom of Saudi...
From November 18-22, 2019, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s International Regulatory Development Partnership (IRDP) conducted a workshop on “Nuclear Power Plant Design and Construction Codes and Standards” in Bangkok, Thailand. The workshop was hosted by the Office of Atoms for Peace (OAP). Participants included staff from the OAP, the Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (TINT), the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), and Suranaree University of Technology (SUT).During the workshop, IRDP instructors Mr. Bob Gramm and Mr. Gene Imbro addressed the following topics...
From November 18-22, 2019, the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (U.S. NRC) International Regulatory Development Partnership (IRDP) conducted a workshop on “Research and Test Reactor (RTR) Emergency Preparedness (EP)” for the Forum of Nuclear Regulatory Bodies of Africa (FNRBA). The Ghanaian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA), an FNRBA member, hosted the IRDP workshop at its headquarters located in Accra, Ghana. Participants included nuclear regulatory officials from six African countries with varying responsibilities within their organizations including: licensing, inspection,...
During November 11- 15, 2019, Mr. Eric Stahl, Dr. Sunil Weerakkody, and Mr. Glenn Kelly from the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (U.S. NRC) International Regulatory Development Partnership (IRDP) program participated in the “China-US Workshop on Risk-Informed Nuclear Safety”. The workshop was hosted by the Chinese Nuclear Regulator, the National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA), in Beijing, ChinaDr. Sunil Weerakkody, US NRC, and Mr. Glenn Kelly, AdSTM, presented on topics that included probabilistic risk assessments (PRAs); and risk-informed regulations, guidance, and...
From October 7 - 10, 2019, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) International Regulatory Development Partnership (IRDP) instructors, Mr. Bill Cook and Mr. Bob Gramm, provided training on the USNRC resident inspector protocols and facilitated a benchmarking between the USNRC resident and the National Commission for Nuclear Activities Control (CNCAN) site inspector practices. CNCAN staff responsible for site inspections and quality assurance, and staff from the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) licensee, the National Society Nuclearelectrica, participated in the first-of-a-...