Prof. Dr. Sayed Ali El-Mongy

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The Egyptian Nuclear Safety Regulatory
Activities

• Prof. Dr. Sayed Ali El-Mongy
• Vice-Chairman of NRRA
• Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority
  (NRRA)
• Coordinator of SSS TWG (ANNuR Arab League)
• Member of NSGC of IAEA
• sayedelmongy_at_hotmail.com
• 21 May 2013 Cairo University

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• Center for Nuclear Science and Peaceful
  Applications (NSPA)
• Cairo University

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• Chronology of the Egyptian Atomic Energy
  Authority
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• 1955 Act No. 509 , The Atomic Energy
  Commission (
• Prime Minister)
• 1957 Decree of the President Nasser No.288,
  
  
  
• Atomic Energy Establishment ( The
  presidency),
• 1960 Law No.59 to regulate peaceful uses of
• Atomic Energy in Egypt
• 1961 First reactor criticality (2 MWt)
• 1977 The Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority
  (EAEA) by
• Law ( Minister of electricity and
  energy)
• 1991 Code of Practice of the EAEA

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Atomic Energy authority (EAEA)
Nuclear Research Center
Rad. Research Tech. Center
Minister of electricity
Nuclear Safety Center
Hot Lab. Center
Nuclear Material Authority , 1977
Nuclear Power Plants Authority, 1976
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Member of NPT 1968, Ratified 1981
Nuclear Safeguards agreement 1982
Signed CTBT - 1996
Signed nuclear terrorism - 2005
Signed Early Notification - 1986
Signed Assistant emergency, 1986
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1982, The establishment of a competent regulatory
body in Egypt (Nuclear Regulatory and Safety
Committee) . 1991 , Based on the Decree of the
President No. 47 , the NCNSRC was
established 2006, the Presidential Decree no. 152
(ESAC) for control of NMs, Executive Ministerial
Decrees No.(419,420 and 421) for implementation
procedure. 2007 the Strategic Decision for the
peaceful electricity by NPPs 2010 , By the Law
No.7 ratified by the President in 29 March 2010.
An independent Nuclear and Radiological
Regulatory Authority (NRRA) was established
2011 The code of practice was issued (26
Oct. ) 2012 Full independence of NRRA ( 5
March). Chairman Vice-chairman
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A Structure of NRRA (Nuclear Safety Institute)
Chairman (NRRA)
Vice-Chairman
Regulations Nuclear Emergency Division
Nuclear Law Licensing Dept. Safeguards Phy.
Protection Dpt Quality Assurance Dept.
Central Lab. For Radiation Measurements
Radiation Monitoring Network
Radiation Control Division
Radiological Safety Dept. Site Environmental
Dept. Radiation Protection Dept.
Licensing unit for radioactive sources
Emergency room
Safety of Nuclear Installations Division
Engineering Safety Dept. Operation Human Factor
Dept. Fuel Cycles Safety Dept.
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Board
Chairman
Vice chairman
Nuclear Facilities Sector
Management system Head
Site Security
Radiological Facilities Sector
Medical center
Nuclear Safeguards Security Sector
Quality Assurance system
Nuclear Safety Institute
Engineering affairs
Rad. Network, Labs. , Emergency
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• Primary Functions of NRRA
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• Regulations Guides ????????? ??????????
• Authorization (Licensing) ??????? ????????
• Review Assessment ??????? ?????????
• Regulatory inspections ??????? ?????????
• Enforcement actions ????????? ?????????
• 6) Emergency

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NPP Lifetime
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• The Main Duties of NRRA ???? ?????? ??????
• 1. Reviewing and Assessment of the Safety
  Reports of Nuclear and Radiation Facilities.
• 2. Conducting Regulatory Inspection for Nuclear
  and Radiation Activities.
• 3. Carrying out Safeguard Inspection for Nuclear
  Materials.
• 4. Issuing Licensing, Permit Authorization or
  Approval for Personnel or Facility or Procedure,
  or Safety Document.
• 5. Developing Regulations, Rules and Procedures
  Related to Nuclear and Radiation Safety Issues.
• 6. Control of Transportation of Radioactive
  Materials on-Land or in the Suez - Canal.
• 7. Conducting Research in Areas relevant to
  Nuclear and Radiation Safety.

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The activities carried out by the NRRA????????

Licensing of the following facilities (in
the last 10 years) The first research
reactor)) 1- ET-RR1 2- ET-RR2 ( The second
research reactor) Fuel manufacture pilot
plant))3- FFPP 4- CHARGED PARTICLE
ACCELERATOR 5- GAMMA IRRADIATOR (Nasr City
Alexandria) ,industry,oil) Research, medicine)6-
RADIATION LABORATORIES
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• The Licenses issued
• 1. Licensing Requirements of Research Reactors
  (RRs), 1997
• 2. Licensing of Operators of Research Reactors
  (RRs), 1998
• 3. Basic Regulatory Rules for the Protection
  against Ionizing Radiation, 1998
• 4. Safety Regulations Concerning Radio-active
  waste, 2004
• 5. Regulatory inspection program 2004
• 6. Inspection Requirements for Nuclear
  Facilities at EAEA, 2005
• 7. Licensing of charged particles accelerators,
• 8. Licensing of gamma irradiators , 2006.
• 9. Re-licensing of gamma irradiator 2012

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• ??????? ?? ?????? ??????? ?????? ?????? AAEA
  -ANNuR
• Steering Committee
• Thematic Working (TWGs) Groups
• Nuclear SSS

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• IAEA ???????
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• Workshop in the field of Nuclear Safety,
  QA , Waste management, transportation, nuclear
  safeguards and security,.)
• European Commission (EC)
• US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) DOE
• Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS)

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Mr. Amano (IAEA Director General) Dr. Sayed El
Mongy
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Thanks Center for Nuclear Science and Peaceful
Application ( NSPA ) - Cairo University