Workshop on Management and Safe Disposal of Radioactive Waste

1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الهيئة العربية للطاقة الذرية ورشة عمل حول ادارة النفايات المشعة والتخلص الامن منها Workshop on Management and Safe Disposal of Radioactive Waste Eltahir Osman Sudanese Nuclear & Radiological Regulatory Authority Rawia Salah Sudan Atomic Energy Commission

2. Introduction • Use of radioisotope in Sudan started 45 years ago • Radioactive waste management program started 1995 • Act and regulatory authority are in place • Radioactive waste management regulations enacted since 1998 • Waste management facility established in 2000 • Strategy for Sudan nuclear power pograme (waste) was established and revised by IAEA

3. Regulatory body • In 1996 the Sudan Atomic Energy Commission Act (SAEC) was issued, replacing the Atomic Energy Commission established by the Act of 1972. • The 1996 act assigned the SAEC as a regulator and as a provider of nuclear technology and applications in Sudan. • The SAEC board assigned in the 1996 act a national committee “Radiation Protection Technical Committee” (RPTC) to take control of the regulatory activities on behalf of the board. • In February 2010 a decree of the Minster of the ministry of Science and Technology (MoSC) establishes an independent Regulatory Body under the name “Sudanese Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority (SNRRA).

4. The new nuclear act is now under preparation to ensure consistency with international safety standards. • The draft was revised by the IAEA. • This draft has been sent to the council of ministers for process. • No person or entity shall operate a radioactive waste or spent fuel management facility without authorization issued by the regulator (new act) • The prime responsibility for ensuring safety and security of radioactive waste (spend fuel) through life rests with the relevant holder of the authorization

5. facilities generate radioactive waste • Medical: Radiation & Isotope Center-Khartoum, National Cancer Institute Gazira, … • Industerial • Research: Agricultural Research- Gazira, Khartoum University, …

6. RW Facilities • SAEC RW Department

8. Storage container 3 x 4 meter Operating area lab Waste management Facility Waste Facility consist of : • Work area (lab) • Cargo container (short-lived and/or waiting for conditioning) • Storage

9. Storage (1) Cemintation area Extraction hood Laboratory Work bench Wash basin Door Work bench

10. RW Inventory • Registered sources now about 637

12. RW Classification physical form: • Solid • Liquid Activity :high, intermediate, low Half life :long, medium, short

13. Classification of radioactive waste

14. HLW shall first be stored in pools of water adjacent to the power plant in order to be cooled off before being transferred to interim storage facilities, which is likely to be outside the country. Final disposal of low and intermediate level radioactive waste generated from the proposed NPPs in Sudan

15. Assistance required • Expert missions to evaluate the required preparations for radioactive waste management for the first NPP. • Training of staff on radioactive waste management generated from the first NPP. • Scientific visits to similar types of NPPs

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