Federal Ecological, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service

(Rostechnadzor)

ROSTECHNADZOR VARANS:
NUCLEAR REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
CO-OPERATION

Da Lat, Vietnam
May 19-21, 2015

Authorities for State Safety

Regulation
in Atomic Energy Use
Federal
Environmental,
Industrial and
Nuclear
Supervision Service
(Rostechnadzor)
Technical aspects of
nuclear and radiation
safety and security

Ministry of the Russian

Federation for Civil
Defense, Emergencies
and Elimination of
Natural Disaster
Consequences
(EMERCOM of Russia)

Fire protection

Ministry of Natural Resources and

Environment of the Russian Federation
and Federal Service for Supervision of
Natural Resources (subordinated to the
Ministry)
Environmental aspects

Federal Medical and

Biological Agency
(FMBA)
(subordinate to
Ministry of Health and
Social Development of
Russia)
Radiation safety of
personnel

Federal Service for Supervision

in the Sphere of Protection of
Consumers Rights and Social
Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor)
Radiation safety of population

Rostechnadzor Main Functions:

Nuclear and Radiation Safety
State Authority for nuclear and radiation
safety regulation
Regulatory and Competent Authority according
to the relevant international Conventions
Elaboration and implementation of the state policy in the field of
nuclear and radiation safety regulation
Safety regulations development and enactment
Licensing of activities in the field of nuclear energy use (including
safety review)

Supervision of nuclear and radiation safety and security

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TSOs and their Main Missions

Scientific and
Engineering
Center for Nuclear
and Radiation Safety
(SEC NRS)

VO Safety

Safety Review

Drafting Regulations and Guides

Refresher Training, Postgraduate Training
R&D in the field of nuclear and
radiation safety
Publishing Activity
Emergency preparedness and
response

Inspections and Oversight over

important to safety equipment
manufacturing, assessment of
compliance

Basis for the Assistance

to Newcomer- Countries
Regulators
- Rostechnadzor is authorized by the Government of the

Russian Federation Decree for assistance in the

development of national systems of nuclear and
radiation safety regulation in the countries, constructing
NPPs based on Russian technologies (including training
of foreign regulatory bodies personnel)
- Agreement signed between Rostechnadzor and State
Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom on cooperation in
assistance activities related to development of national
nuclear power infrastructure in the countries that
decided
to
construct
NPPs
based
on
Russian
technologies (October 3, 2012)

Legal Basis for Bilateral

Cooperation between
Regulatory Bodies:

and/or
INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION IN
THE FIELD OF PEACEFUL USE OF
ATOMIC ENERGY

INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION
IN CONSTRUCTION OF NUCLEAR
POWER PLANT

INTER-AGENCY AGREEMENT BETWEEN

REGULATORY BODIES ON COOPERATION IN
THE FIELD OF NUCLEAR AND RADIATION
SAFETY REGULATION

Assistance Goals
Creation of independent, competent, technically
equipped national regulatory authority, with
sufficient and effective workforce
Establishment of open, clear and transparent
regulatory system (including licensing process) with
strict division of responsibilities between all of the
stakeholders;
Facilitation of co-operation between national
regulator and regulator of vendor country(exchange
of experience, best practices and knowledge based
on long history of VVER-type reactors safety
regulation);
Involvement into international cooperation in
multilateral format on specific issues (IAEA
Regulatory Cooperation Forum, VVER Regulators
Forum, etc.)

IAEA Recommendations

Milestones in the Development of a National Infrastructure

for Nuclear Power (NG-G-3.1)

Evaluation of the Status of National Nuclear

Infrastructure Development (NG-T-3.2);

Establishing the Safety Infrastructure

for a Nuclear Power Programme (SSG-16).
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Main Areas of Assistance

Review of the existing regulatory and legal

framework

Development of regulatory documents on safety

Licensing procedures and review of licensees

documents (experience exchange and consultancy
during NPP siting, construction, commissioning
and operation)

Inspection practices (including participation as

observers in
inspections at the Russian NPPs carried out by
Rostechnadzor)

Training of regulatory authority personnel

RTN VARANS Co-operation

Legal Basis
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF
PEACEFUL USE OF ATOMIC ENERGY
(signed at Hanoi, March 22, 2012)

INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION IN CONSTRUCTION OF

NPP AT NINH TUAN SITE
(signed at Hanoi, October 31, 2010)

Bilateral Agreement between

Rostechnadzor and VARANS
(signed at Hanoi, October 31, 2010)

Areas of Co-operation as per

Agreement between
Rostechnadzor and VARANS
Legislative basis of nuclear regulatory activity;
Licensing of activities in the field of peaceful use of
atomic energy;
Development and implementation of inspection
programs;
Management of radioactive waste and spent
nuclear fuel, including their transportation;
Physical protection of nuclear facilities, radiation
sources, storage facilities, nuclear materials and
radioactive substances;
Quality assurance of equipment for nuclear
facilities;
Emergency preparedness and emergency response;
Training of nuclear regulatory body personnel;
other areas accepted by mutual agreement

Overview of activities carried

out in 2010-2015
2010

Working meeting between the management of Rostechnadzor

and VARANS (Moscow, June);

Workshop on NPP siting safety requirements (Hanoi, July);

Signing of bilateral agreement on cooperation (Hanoi, October);

Training workshop with visiting of Kalinin NPP (Unit 4 under

construction) and ZIO-Podolsk equipment manufacturing plant,
(Moscow, November)

Overview of activities carried

out in 2010-2015
2011

Working meeting on development of cooperation program

(Hanoi, February);
Meeting between Chairman of Rostechnadzor and DG of
VARANS (Moscow, March);
Delegation of Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam
visited Rostechnadzor (sharing of experience in development
and enactment of regulatory documents), Moscow, June;
Delegation of Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
of Vietnam visited Rostechnadzor (sharing the experience of
nuclear and radiation safety regulation), Moscow, December;
Scientific visit of VARANS representative to Rostechnadzor
under the IAEA TC Programme (Moscow, October-November)
Training of 8 students from Vietnam in the Moscow Power
Engineering Institute
Assistance in development of regulatory documents (during
2011-2012)

Overview of activities carried

out in 2010-2015
2012

Working meeting on discussion of cooperation plans for 2012 (Moscow,

February), holding of two training workshops and two scientific visits is
agreed;

Participation of Rostechnadzor representatives in international consulting

meeting on nuclear regulatory issues arranged by MOST of Vietnam (Hanoi,
March);

Working visit of VARANS delegation headed by DG Vuong Huu Tan to

Moscow (sharing of information on the details of Russian regulatory
system, activities of Rostechnadzor and its TSOs), Moscow, May;

Scientific visit of VARANS representative to Rostechnadzor under the IAEA

TC Programme (Moscow, September);

Practical workshop on the use of simulators and computer codes for

verification of technical solutions in the design of NPP (Moscow,
November-December);

Two-weeks training for 10 Vietnamese specialists on the general aspects of

nuclear safety regulation (Moscow, December)

Overview of activities carried

out in 2010-2015
2013 -2014

Workshop on quality control of VVER structural components

(Hanoi, April);

Training workshop on implementation of regulatory documents on

safety requirements for designing and construction of NPP (Hanoi,
June)

Scientific visit of representatives of MOST and VARANS to

Rostechnadzor (Moscow, Novovoronezh, August 18-22);

Workshop on experience exchange in conducting safety review

in the process of licensing of the activities in the use of atomic
energy (Hanoi, September)

Overview of activities carried

out in 2010-2015
2015
Meeting of the Russia-Vietnam Joint Coordination Committee
on atomic energy (Hanoi, February 2-3), meeting between the
management of Rostechnadzor and VARANS.
Plans for cooperation in 2015:

Workshop on experience exchange in nuclear security

regulation (to be held in Hanoi in November 2015);

Training of VARANS inspectors in Russia (under

consideration)

Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear

Supervision Service of Russia (Rostechnadzor)

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