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RAF9038 Final Coordination Meeting
Arusha, Tanzania
(GHANA)
Awudu Razak
2 – 5 December 2013
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Status of progress with implementing the national
self-assessment of the regulatory infrastructure for
safety:
• Status of the first life cycle
• Respondent Teams have finished working on the modules - Dec 2012.
• Analysis Teams have also finished analysing the reports from the
Respondent Teams - June 2013.
• The reports from the Analysis Teams has been submitted to the Project
Management Team.
• No Action plan has been drawn yet but will do so as soon as the Project
Management Team studies the reports and the recommendations.
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Composition of Project Management Team (PMT)
The Director
The Deputy Director
Managers of Centres/Head of Division
Heads of Administration, Audit and Accounts
Chief Technologist
Composition of respondent team(s)
There were 7 Respondent Teams (One for each of the modules). Each Team had 5
members.
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Composition of analysis team(s)
There were 7 Analysis Teams (One for each of the modules). Each Team had 5
members
Modules selected for the first self-assessment cycle
All the 7 modules
Core Questions
Radiological Protection in Medical Exposure
Emergency Preparedness and Response
Radiological Protection in Occupational Exposure
Public and Environmental Radiological Protection
Research Reactor
Transport of Radioactive Materials
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Challenges:
• Training / understanding
• Staff has been given some training and have the basic understanding of
the SAT Methodology.
• Personnel
• RPB/RPI has enough personnel to carry out the Respondent and
Analysis phases. But the problem has been to get all members of the
team to meet.
• Time
• 2 hours every working day has been allocated to the teams to work.
• Technology (computers, etc.)
• Initially a dedicated laptop was used by all the teams, but the
arrangement did not help the teams in doing their work efficiently since
the laptop can only be used by one team at a time.
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Challenges:
• Technical (software, question-sets)
• Installation of SAT, Saving of answers and Attachments of documents is
very slow .
• Different version of the SAT from the IAEA.
• External (i.e. other organisations, cooperation, etc.)
• RPB is the mandated organisation to regulate all activities involving
radioactive materials and irradiating devices in Ghana.
• RPB has signed MOUs with other organisations (Customs, Ghana Health
Services, National Security) to help in the regulatory activities as spelt out
in the LI.
• Others
• Staff motivation was not there.
• Staff had a lot to do. Aside the regulatory function staff were also involved
in research and development activities.
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Project outputs and outcomes:
• Findings (explain during your presentation)
• The existing laws and legal instruments are not compatible with
international standards and guidance.
• Benefits (explain during your presentation)
• Benefitted a lot in the drafting of the new Regulatory Bill.
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• Notable outcomes (such as improved staff knowledge of the IAEA
Standards, unexpected findings, …)
• The knowledge of staff in terms of IAEA Standards, Acts and LI has
improved considerably.
• Changes made in activities / organisation / functioning of the
Regulatory Body
• Ghana has drafted a new bill and is before parliament to be passed into
law. All the findings from the first SAT was taken on board during the
drafting of the new bill.
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Improvements to regulatory infrastructure:
• Implementation of improvements identified by self-assessment
undertaking – progress
• Improvement identified in earlier SAT report has been implemented.
• Results of actions implemented to date
• No actions have been recommended yet.
• Improvements planned
• All the recommendations from the previous SAT have taken considered
during the drafting of the new Bill.
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Other project benefits:
• Training courses
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Regional Training Course on Self-Assessment of National Regulatory
Infrastructure, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 3-7 December 2007.
Regional (AFRA) Training Course on Self-Assessment of National Regulatory
Infrastructures for Safety, Abuja, Nigeria, 15-19 June 2009.
Regional Experience Exchange on the Self-Assessment Exercise, Niamey,
Niger, 29 August - 02 September 2011
Regional Workshop on Exchange of Good Practices and Self-assessment
Result for Improvement of Regulatory Performance, Mombasa, Kenya, 10-14
December 2012
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Relevant observations:
• Areas of common concern to be addressed in other similar
projects
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Staff motivation, Allocated time, Number of staff involved, Duties of staff
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