Inspections by the Swedish Radiation Protection Authority

1. Inspections by the Swedish Radiation Protection Authority Torsten Cederlund, Peter Hofvander and Carl-Göran Stålnacke Department of Occupational and Medical Exposure European ALARA Network 8th Workshop Uppsala, Sweden 22-24 September 2004

2. Swedish Radiation Protection Authority

3. Nuclear power 4 NPP´s, research reactor, fuel factory &facilities for waste/spent fuel More then 1000 non nuclear industries with licensed equipment Research facilities 11 major sites and 760 licenses 232 hospitals X-ray, nuclear medicine, radiation therapy, research Dentists, 12000 (general licenses) Veterinaries 264 licenses Use of ionising radiation in Sweden

4. Swedish Radiation Protection Act • Is a framework from 1988 • Requires licence for all work with ionising radiation • Is giving general radiation protection obligations

5. SSI has the authority to: issue prescriptions and prohibition issue decision under penalty of a fine withdraw a licence. Authority

6. SSI has issued a number of regulations according to BSS, 96/29 Euratom. You will find our regulations on SSI´s web site: www.ssi.se The base for all inspection activities is our regulations:

7. The policy describes the approach to and overall goals for SSI’s inspection activities. The strategy specifies how SSI should work in order to attain its policy goals. The guidelines provide sound guidance for everyone working with inspections at SSI. The guidelines are of a general nature and are to be applied within all activity areas at SSI. Inspection Policy with Strategy and Guidelines for Inspection

8. Those that result in or can result in high radiation doses Those where there is a considerable risk that many can receive minor but not negligible radiation doses Those about which SSI needs to have more knowledge. High-priority facilities for supervision according to the policy are:

9. Number of: inspections per year Number of objects Part inspected Dentists 0 12000 0 % Industry 30 1500 2 % Veterinarian 5 264 2 % Medicine 30 300 10 % Nuclear instal 40 6 600 %

10. The inspection process Selection and planning Preparation and planning Evaluation Inspection Follow-up Post inspectionwork

11. Selection and planning • Where? • Who? • When?

12. ID Regulations Protocols No equipment Inspection

13. Report Date Inspectors Persons interviewed Regulations Comments (both good and bad) Licensee checks report before it is sent Post inspection work

14. The licence holder have to respond in writing Time limit depending on the issues Usually – SSI is satisfied with the actions Some cases – exceeded time limits Rarely – new decision under penalty of a fine After the authorities decision

15. Inadequate education and training in particular concerning cardiologists and orthopaedist Inadequate organisation of radiation protectionlack of qualified expert, Discrepancies found

16. SSI Reports Annual meetings with radiation protection managers at NPP:s Biannual meetings with qualified experts Biannual meetings with the medical physicists SSI active at national meetings Feedback

17. SSI has high demands on the users to have a quality assurance programme for all activities involving ionising radiation SSI works continuously to improve the quality of the supervision Conclusions

18. We believe that our inspections are justified but not yet optimised Conclusions