experience in establishing nuclear security information

Third International Regulators Conference on Nuclear Security.

Richard NDI SAMBA DIRECTOR OF REGULATIONS AND

REGULATORY CONTROL, NRPA- CAMEROON

E-mail [email protected]

Experience in Establishing Nuclear

Security Information Management

Systems for Regulatory Bodies.

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Scope

1) Introduction

2) Interface of Safety, Security and Safeguards

3) Implementation of Regulatory Information

Management Systems

4) Conclusion


CAMEROON

Africa in miniatureIntroduction


Facilities and Activities using Radiation Sources

400 Radioactive sources (SR)

with a total of 40 facilities.

Map of Ionizing

Radiation Sources in

Cameroon


• Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) & Amendment (2015)

• Safeguards Comprehensive Agreements with Additional Protocols (2015) and Small Quantity Protocol (2019)

• Security Council resolution 1540

• Security Council resolution 1373

• Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive(2006) Sources with IMPORT/EXPORT Guidance (2012).

• Guidance Disused Sources (2018) is in process.

Legally binding: Legally non-binding:

International Instruments

The Constitution of the Republic ofCameroon prescribed that theInternational Law/Obligations overridenational law and provided other partyto effectively implement the relevantinstrument.


Legislation and Regulations• Law No 2019/012 of 19th July 2019 to Lay Down the General

Framework for Radiological and Nuclear Safety, Nuclear Security, Civil

Liability and Safeguards Enforcement supersedes Law No 95/08 of

30th January 1995 on Radiation Protection

• Decree of application No 2002/250 of 31st October 2002 establishing

the organization and functioning of NRPA.• Law N° 2010/012 of 21 December 2010, Related to Information and Computer

Security.• Law N° 2014/028 of 23rd December 2014 laying down Suppressions of

Terrorists Acts.• Law N° 2016/015 to lay down General Weapons and Ammunition Regulations

giving Authorization and Enforcement provisions for Radioactive Sources.• NRPA became operational in April 2007.

• There is provision on Article 4 of Decree of 2002 for National Register

of Sources, Authorization, Inspection, Enforcement, Emergency

Preparedness and Occupational Exposure.

• Three Ministerial Regulations on Public Health were enacted by the

Minister of Public Health in June 2013 to reinforce Decree of 2002

especially on responsibilities of safety and security of sources.


Interface: Safety, Security & SafeguardsInformation Management Systems promote a consistent and common

approach to the regulatory control of nuclear materials and radioactive

sources while offering the flexibility to respond to the Country’s

specific needs with respect to their national legislative frameworks,

administrative structures and institutional and regulatory frameworks .

RASIMS

EPRIMS

NUSIMSINSSP

ITDB

CBRN + AP


Action Plan on national regulatory infrastructure for safety and security

Regulatory Function Related Actions Developed

Management System of

the Regulatory BodyEstablish an integrated management

system with processes consistent with the

latest internationally established standards• Authorization

• Review and

Assessment

• Inspection

• Enforcement

Guidelines for Application of AuthorizationPolicies and procedures

Graded Approach, Procedures,Policy and procedures

Regulatory Records Customization in RAIS 3.3 web


Implementation of Nuclear

Security Information

Management Systems•First Experience with Regulatory information systems as nuclear

security is concerned was with IAEA Regulatory Authority Information

System (RAIS)

•Since 2009, data collections for radiation sources are continuously

being done nationwide and registered with the help of this software

RAIS.


Security Levels for Threat Assessment

Sources Categories 1 2 3

Security Level A A B

Number of Sources 2 39 46

Activities/Practices Radiotherapy Industrial

Radiography

(NDT)

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Captured Nuclear Security Event/Incident


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INSSP and NUSIMS Integration - Cameroon


Point of Contacts NUSIMS CMR

POC NUSIMS, QA Checks, Operator and facilitator, System Administrator)

IAEA

National POC

President (DG NRPA, Validate)

POCs Stakeholders POC NRPA (Committee to Upload)


NUSIMS Profile September 2019

Chart showing status indicator profiles in

NSA4- Detection Architecture and

Capabilities

Figure. 1. Chart showing the number the percentage score of the number of

Nos and Yes answered in NSA4- Detection Architecture and Capabilities


INSSP and NUSIMS Integration - Cameroon


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• Incident and Trafficking Database (ITDB)


NRPA as a regulatory body is

leading the implementation of

national nuclear security regime.

National coordinating role to

manage the

committee/arrangement to

discuss and implement nuclear

security is established. NRPA is

also a member of Forum of

Nuclear Regulatory Bodies in

Africa (FNRBA) and intends to

create collaboration under the

Nuclear Security Working Group

with Nuclear Security Division of

IAEA in order to adopt the project

approach for Regulatory NUSIMS

in Africa Region

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The use of various Regulatory

Information management

systems can be of importance

if the aspect of safety, security

and safeguards is integrated to

have categorization of

radioactive sources and

nuclear materials reflect

security groups and levels then

Nuclear Material AccountingControl (NMAC) for NuclearSecurity

Conclusion


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