1. Process towards adoption of RAIS in Kenya: process and effects
Isaac Mundia
Radiation Protection Board, Kenya
KINS – Korea institute of Nuclear Safety
KAIST – Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
International Workshop on National Radiation Sources Registry
13-16 March, 2017, Nairobi, Kenya

2. Outline 1 Introduction 2 Radiation Sources Inventory 3 4 Conclusion
Process towards RAIS adoption
Licensing process of advanced countries such as USA, Republic of Korea, UK, Japan, France, and Canada 4
Conclusion 1

3. Introduction Radiation Protection Board – Regulatory Body
There six regional offices mandated with executing RPBs mandate
Established under the Radiation Protection Act, Cap 243-Laws of Kenya
Section 7 of the Act mandates RPB to establish an inventory and maintain various of inventories related to radiation facilities and activities
The objective of the study was to develop licensing procedures of nuclear power plants for Kenya. The six advanced countries were chosen because of : leading in nuclear technology, NPPs construction and operating experience, participation in international nuclear regulations benchmarking together with IAEA and NEA. Nuclear power plants are licensed because for a number of reasons such as: nuclear safety of installations, construction and operation; radiation protection of public, workers, and the natural environment; to provide clear understanding to the consumers, competitors, and the government, international pressure and monitoring from international organizations; consumer protection and government revenue generation; to generate the provisions of an essential public service; expansion of networks and services and universal service objectives, ensures viability and benefits of competitive entry; and the allocation of scarce resources.
The choice of a licensing process depends on the following factors:
Structure and competitiveness
The number and type of licensed operations
The revenue objectives of policy makers
The efficiency of supply of services to the public
The construction timescale
Number of plant units
Plant design 2

4. Radiation Sources Inventory
The radiation source information is kept in both soft and hard copy files.
For decades inventory has been excel based
Each regional office is mandate with a duty of maintaining both types of data.
Updates are sent to the headquarters quarterly.
The objective of the study was to develop licensing procedures of nuclear power plants for Kenya. The six advanced countries were chosen because of : leading in nuclear technology, NPPs construction and operating experience, participation in international nuclear regulations benchmarking together with IAEA and NEA. Nuclear power plants are licensed because for a number of reasons such as: nuclear safety of installations, construction and operation; radiation protection of public, workers, and the natural environment; to provide clear understanding to the consumers, competitors, and the government, international pressure and monitoring from international organizations; consumer protection and government revenue generation; to generate the provisions of an essential public service; expansion of networks and services and universal service objectives, ensures viability and benefits of competitive entry; and the allocation of scarce resources.
The choice of a licensing process depends on the following factors:
Structure and competitiveness
The number and type of licensed operations
The revenue objectives of policy makers
The efficiency of supply of services to the public
The construction timescale
Number of plant units
Plant design 2

5. Process towards RAIS
In 2009, national training course was held in Nairobi.
In 2011, RAIS server and RAIS 3.2 was donated to Kenya
An expert was later sent to train staff on customization and use.
However, we faced challenges in fully adopting RAIS.
The objective of the study was to develop licensing procedures of nuclear power plants for Kenya. The six advanced countries were chosen because of : leading in nuclear technology, NPPs construction and operating experience, participation in international nuclear regulations benchmarking together with IAEA and NEA. Nuclear power plants are licensed because for a number of reasons such as: nuclear safety of installations, construction and operation; radiation protection of public, workers, and the natural environment; to provide clear understanding to the consumers, competitors, and the government, international pressure and monitoring from international organizations; consumer protection and government revenue generation; to generate the provisions of an essential public service; expansion of networks and services and universal service objectives, ensures viability and benefits of competitive entry; and the allocation of scarce resources.
The choice of a licensing process depends on the following factors:
Structure and competitiveness
The number and type of licensed operations
The revenue objectives of policy makers
The efficiency of supply of services to the public
The construction timescale
Number of plant units
Plant design 2

6. Process towards RAIS, cont
Challenges of adoption:
Lean human resource.
ICT Infrastructure
proper documentation of process related to inventory
The objective of the study was to develop licensing procedures of nuclear power plants for Kenya. The six advanced countries were chosen because of : leading in nuclear technology, NPPs construction and operating experience, participation in international nuclear regulations benchmarking together with IAEA and NEA. Nuclear power plants are licensed because for a number of reasons such as: nuclear safety of installations, construction and operation; radiation protection of public, workers, and the natural environment; to provide clear understanding to the consumers, competitors, and the government, international pressure and monitoring from international organizations; consumer protection and government revenue generation; to generate the provisions of an essential public service; expansion of networks and services and universal service objectives, ensures viability and benefits of competitive entry; and the allocation of scarce resources.
The choice of a licensing process depends on the following factors:
Structure and competitiveness
The number and type of licensed operations
The revenue objectives of policy makers
The efficiency of supply of services to the public
The construction timescale
Number of plant units
Plant design 2

7. Process towards RAIS, cont
Overcoming the Challenges of adoption:
Sensitization of officers on advantages of using RAIS.
A small team started a pilot project of migrating data of two regions to RAIS 3.3 Web
Then officers learnt how easy one can query, get statistics, generate reports etc.
Management appreciated how easy it ease to generate performance report using RAIS
National workshop on inventory of radioactive sources
The objective of the study was to develop licensing procedures of nuclear power plants for Kenya. The six advanced countries were chosen because of : leading in nuclear technology, NPPs construction and operating experience, participation in international nuclear regulations benchmarking together with IAEA and NEA. Nuclear power plants are licensed because for a number of reasons such as: nuclear safety of installations, construction and operation; radiation protection of public, workers, and the natural environment; to provide clear understanding to the consumers, competitors, and the government, international pressure and monitoring from international organizations; consumer protection and government revenue generation; to generate the provisions of an essential public service; expansion of networks and services and universal service objectives, ensures viability and benefits of competitive entry; and the allocation of scarce resources.
The choice of a licensing process depends on the following factors:
Structure and competitiveness
The number and type of licensed operations
The revenue objectives of policy makers
The efficiency of supply of services to the public
The construction timescale
Number of plant units
Plant design 2

8. Process towards RAIS, cont
Improvement of ICT infrastructure.
Plan to review all the processes that support inventory was initiated
Support from the Agency
self-assessment exercise
The self-assessment report recommended full adoption of an SQL and web based program, such as RAIS 3.3 Web
The objective of the study was to develop licensing procedures of nuclear power plants for Kenya. The six advanced countries were chosen because of : leading in nuclear technology, NPPs construction and operating experience, participation in international nuclear regulations benchmarking together with IAEA and NEA. Nuclear power plants are licensed because for a number of reasons such as: nuclear safety of installations, construction and operation; radiation protection of public, workers, and the natural environment; to provide clear understanding to the consumers, competitors, and the government, international pressure and monitoring from international organizations; consumer protection and government revenue generation; to generate the provisions of an essential public service; expansion of networks and services and universal service objectives, ensures viability and benefits of competitive entry; and the allocation of scarce resources.
The choice of a licensing process depends on the following factors:
Structure and competitiveness
The number and type of licensed operations
The revenue objectives of policy makers
The efficiency of supply of services to the public
The construction timescale
Number of plant units
Plant design 2

9. Effects of the process
80% of all the radiation sources data has been migrated to RAIS 3.3 Web
Process of procuring VPN services has been initiated allow remote connection
Web-based program for licence application by radiation workers has been developed and is being integrated with RAIS
Documentation of all processes that support maintenance of radiation sources inventory
The objective of the study was to develop licensing procedures of nuclear power plants for Kenya. The six advanced countries were chosen because of : leading in nuclear technology, NPPs construction and operating experience, participation in international nuclear regulations benchmarking together with IAEA and NEA. Nuclear power plants are licensed because for a number of reasons such as: nuclear safety of installations, construction and operation; radiation protection of public, workers, and the natural environment; to provide clear understanding to the consumers, competitors, and the government, international pressure and monitoring from international organizations; consumer protection and government revenue generation; to generate the provisions of an essential public service; expansion of networks and services and universal service objectives, ensures viability and benefits of competitive entry; and the allocation of scarce resources.
The choice of a licensing process depends on the following factors:
Structure and competitiveness
The number and type of licensed operations
The revenue objectives of policy makers
The efficiency of supply of services to the public
The construction timescale
Number of plant units
Plant design 2

10. Conclusion Establishment of an Inventory can be challenging
Main challenge is updating/maintaining an inventory
Anticipating the challenges and roadblocks will help in overcoming them before they become a major issue
Communication and planning will assist in sensitization – everyone needs to get on board in the process. Include updating staff on implementation progress
document policy, process and guidelines on maintenance of an inventory
The objective of the study was to develop licensing procedures of nuclear power plants for Kenya. The six advanced countries were chosen because of : leading in nuclear technology, NPPs construction and operating experience, participation in international nuclear regulations benchmarking together with IAEA and NEA. Nuclear power plants are licensed because for a number of reasons such as: nuclear safety of installations, construction and operation; radiation protection of public, workers, and the natural environment; to provide clear understanding to the consumers, competitors, and the government, international pressure and monitoring from international organizations; consumer protection and government revenue generation; to generate the provisions of an essential public service; expansion of networks and services and universal service objectives, ensures viability and benefits of competitive entry; and the allocation of scarce resources.
The choice of a licensing process depends on the following factors:
Structure and competitiveness
The number and type of licensed operations
The revenue objectives of policy makers
The efficiency of supply of services to the public
The construction timescale
Number of plant units
Plant design 2

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The objective of the study was to develop licensing procedures of nuclear power plants for Kenya. The six advanced countries were chosen because of : leading in nuclear technology, NPPs construction and operating experience, participation in international nuclear regulations benchmarking together with IAEA and NEA. Nuclear power plants are licensed because for a number of reasons such as: nuclear safety of installations, construction and operation; radiation protection of public, workers, and the natural environment; to provide clear understanding to the consumers, competitors, and the government, international pressure and monitoring from international organizations; consumer protection and government revenue generation; to generate the provisions of an essential public service; expansion of networks and services and universal service objectives, ensures viability and benefits of competitive entry; and the allocation of scarce resources.
The choice of a licensing process depends on the following factors:
Structure and competitiveness
The number and type of licensed operations
The revenue objectives of policy makers
The efficiency of supply of services to the public
The construction timescale
Number of plant units
Plant design 2