Dilematics and Challenges of Nuclear Regulatory Control During the Pandemic of Covid-19

Abstract

Dilematics and Challenges of Nuclear Regulatory Control During the Pandemic of Covid-19. Any activity using nuclear energy must be controlled by the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (BAPETEN). The regulatory control is aimed at protecting the health and safety of working personnel, public and environment from the potential hazards arising from nuclear activities. In the implementation of regulatory control, it often needs to do activity involving a number of people, such as meeting to discuss regulation or to clarify some issues of licensing. In many cases, it needs also to do licensing verification and regulatory inspection to the nuclear/radiation facilities to ensure their safety conditions. However, since the outbreak of COVID-19, activities that involve many people such as meetings and visits must be reduced. This has created some regulatory dilemmas and challenges. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct a study to analyze these dilemmas/challenges to find their solutions. Present study using analytical descriptive method was performed to answer such problems. This paper presents results of the study in the form of analysis of the regulatory dilemmas/challenges, and recommends some solutions.¬