On the issue of the development of legislative and regulatory provision of the radiation safety of the public

Abstract

After the publication of ICRP Publication 103 in 2007 and IAEA Basic Safety Standard “Radiation Protection and Safety of Radiation Sources: International Basic Safety Standards. General safety requirements Part 3” in 2014, there is an ongoing process in the Russian Federation on the harmonization of the norms of the radiation safety and basic rules on the provision of the radiation safety with the international requirements. According to the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation № 585 “On the establishment of the basis of the governmental policy in the field of the provision of nuclear and radiation safety in the Russian Federation in the period up to 2025 and the future perspective” and the Plan of the execution of the “basis of the governmental policy…”, approved by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation №139-r, 02.02.2019, a work has been initiated on the development of the changes and additions into the Federal State Laws № 170-FZ “On the use of the nuclear energy” and № 3-FZ “On the radiation safety of the public”. For the successful execution of the mission it is necessary to develop joint inter-agency workgroups with the parallel development of the changes and additions to the № 170-FZ. №3-FZ, NRB and OSPORB.