IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency Arusha, Tanzania TUNISIA AZZA HAMMOU 2 – 5 December 2013TUNISIA RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting

IAEA 2 Status of progress with implementing the national self-assessment of the regulatory infrastructure for safety: Status of the first life cycle started in 2010 Response phase completed in June 2011 : Duration of the response phase: 15 months from February 2010 to May – June 2011 Analysis completed : 5 months from June to November 2011 Action plan completed : June 2012 Next cycle not yet started RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting

IAEA RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting Scope of Self-Assessment: Questionnaires/Modules selected for the first self-assessment cycle 1. Legislative and Government Responsibilities 2. Responsibilities and functions of the Regulatory Body 3. Organisation of the Regulatory Body 4. Authorisation by the Regulatory Body 5. Review and Assessment by the Regulatory Body 6. Inspection and Enforcement by the Regulatory Body 7. Development of Regulation and Guides of the Regulatory Body 8. Management System for the Regulatory Body 3

IAEA 4 Project outputs and outcomes: Findings : uncompliances with the IAEA standards and international undertakings and some aspects critical to effective regulatory control are not in place examples are :  Incomprehensive law  Regulatory body is not clearly defined and effectively independent  Staffing and budget not adequately affected  Some fields are excepted from the scope of regulatory controle like mining PP and military activities  Clear responsibility to the operators  The graded approach  The protection for present and the future generations RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting

IAEA 5 Project outputs and outcomes: Findings (cont) :  The financial security and liability  The safety assessment initial and the regularly review  The Public information  Authorisation regime  Inspection programme  Specific Regulations and procedures RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting

IAEA 6 Project outputs and outcomes: SAT exercise benefits first to CNRP staff : it shows the importance of auto evaluation exercise elements It benefits to the legislative expert group members (who left the conservative attitude after the revolution example Transparency, responsibilities, liability....) All questionnaire items were considered and the reference documents studied by the group as the new BSS, the COC, GSR1... The review of the d rafted nuclear law by the CNRP staff who participated to the exercise, and the new staff members Progress made in regulations, Decrees drafted, EP national plan, training plan adopted as well as inspections programme RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting

IAEA 7 Project outputs and outcomes: The most added value to the CNRP is the involvement of new staff members : Medical Physicians, Informatics engineer, labour doctors nuclear medicine specialists and the expert group of lawyers from many ministries : Prime Ministry High Education and research, Justice, interior, Environment, Transport, Finance, Foreign Affairs and Industry... The decision taken to create a new Nuclear Authority : ANSN and a separate Nuclear Atomic Energy Promotion RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting

IAEA 8 Project outputs and outcomes: Lessons learned : The way to have a comprehensive law and to prioritize the program of regulations to be drafted To complete the national policy and strategy for nuclear safety The importance of national and international cooperation and the implementation of the national engagements with the international community :Complete the conventions and agreements RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting

IAEA 9 Challenges: Training / understanding First meeting on SAT under /9/038 was held in Tunisia with participants from afican francophone countries training workshop on the role of self assessment and and use of the software (first version) Sat team, SAT implementation programme and initiation with local team : CNRP staff MOH staff and other ministries : Prime ministry, MHESR, M of Justice, Environment and Industry Tunisia participated in Niamey Workshop : experience and lessons learned RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting

IAEA RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting Training / understanding (cont) Persons trained are : SAT team, SAT implementation programme : local team : CNRP staff: Administrator, responders MOH staff and other ministries : Prime ministry, MHESR, M of Justice, Environment and Industry : Evaluators Many trained persons left (promotion, retiring...) 10

IAEA 11 Challenges: Personnel : Non-availability of key team members for the Analysis Phases Time : We did not give importance to the time : many concomitant priorities, many changes in the staff members of other organizations Nuclear Law drafted and evaluated by The IAEA, to be officially presented to the government : but after the new constitution promulgation and the election of the new government Implementation of the new software using new BSS new GSR in the decrees in progress RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting

IAEA 12 Challenges: Technical (software, question-sets, etc.) Difficulties with web version installation so that we worked essentially with the version alone Networking difficulty during renewal of PC equipment in MOH and CNRP Difficulty to motivate the new staff members : not trained Personnel not trained for SARIS RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting

IAEA 13 Improvements to regulatory infrastructure: Improvements to the regulatory framework : A new Nuclear Law to be promulgated ASAP after the elections, A project of a new regulatory Body effectively independent ANSN “Autorité Nationale de Sureté Nucléaire” under the Presidency of the government Improvement in regulations related to the Nuclear law drafts Adoption of Training program for staff : creation of Masters Professional and research in medical physics Health physics and radiation Protection Adoption of inspections program using the graded approach. RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting

IAEA 14 Improvements to regulatory infrastructure: Improvements planned Introduction of auto evaluation in other activities like transport Emergencies, waste management and Quality management Continue the networking in self assessment to share experience trogh networking with other countries National workshop for SAT exercise in transport and move to SARIS : planed but reported to 2014 RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting

IAEA Other project benefits: Participation and organization of training programs or workshops : Within FNRBA activities, AAEA and ANNUR FNRBA TWG2 - Self assessment of Radiotherapy Control results analysis and organization of 2 training courses  National training course on safety in Radiotherapy : 3to 6 September 2013 ( Lecturers Azza Hammou and Toutaoui Abdelkader from Algeria – 24 participants sponsored by NOH and WHO)  Regional Training Course on Inspections in Radiotherapy with practical exercise ( Lecturers Azza Hammou, Jn Salava and Silvia Pskova from Slovenia – 24 participating African Countries and 30 participants Sponsorship CNRP and USNRC) 15 RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting

IAEA RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting Other activities SA of medical exposure in Interventional Cardiology staff Redaction of regulations on National Emergency plan and afety rules in diagnostic and INT Radiology SA of Radiation protection knowledge among radiographers Participation to IRRS mission in QUATAR Participation in workshops and courses and international meetings on safety security and waste management within FNRBA and ANNuR Participation to other Networking creation in MENA region on Environment monitoring and ANNuR, Creation of National Network on Nuclear Safety Knowledge Creation of Tunisian Protection Association for Ionizing and Non Ionizing Radiation (ATP RI&NI) 16

IAEA 17 Relevant observations: Need of training of the staff on self assessment prior to the exercise : the new staff members As good practices : close cooperation between the different competencies in the same country and the good use of relevant attached technical IAEA Documents and standards Need to share the lessons learned wit other members of the network and to measure the benefits and to complete the CYCLE Include the SA in the quality management program and the safety culture Use SA in any other area, to be improved to identify gaps, needs and performance, in your field of actions RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting

IAEA RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting For the RB, the country and network members : continue SA and networking Implement the new tool and other safety areas For the country : use the results and measure the benefits to justify actions taken For any member of the network : share the lessons learned 18

IAEA RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting Next steps : New cyclez SARIS Use quantitative and objective criteria for the analyse phase, for the improvements made and for the performance criteria Better define mechanisms of improvement (law, regulations, procedures; E.g. : haw to change the procedures if the law take a long time to be changed ) Haw and who evaluate the action plan and its implementation time frame : IRRS in witch phase of the cycle ? For the follow up develop a continuous communicating system of SA results among similar countries. 19

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