GSR Part 7 Requirements M. Breitinger Incident and Emergency Centre International Atomic Energy Agency
GSR Part 7 Established by the Board of Governors at its meeting on 3 March 2015 Published 17 November 2015
Structure and contents GSR Part 7 Follows GS-R-2 to the extent possible In line with guiding principles for revision Division among general, functional and infrastructural requirements kept Does not distinguish Response and Preparedness functional requirements Has no extensive cross-references Has improved consistency in terminology
Structure and contents GSR Part 7 (2015) Overarching requirements Emphasis on topic Assigned to the Government Associated requirements Detailed requirements associated with the overarching requirement topic Wherever possible, assigned to relevant organization unless responsibilities are on several organizations simultanously There is NO hierarchy among requirements!
Structure and contents Overarching vs associated requirements Overarching requirement Associated requirement
GS-R-2 (2002) GSR Part 7 (2015) General Requirements Basic Responsibilities Threat assessment Emergency management system Roles and responsibilities Hazard assessment Requirements for Infrastructure Authority Organization Protection strategy Authorities for emergency preparedness and response (EPR) Organizations and staffing for EPR Coordination of EP Plans and procedures Logistical support and facilities Training, drills and exercises QA programme Coordination of EPR Plans and procedures for ER Logistical support and facilities for ER Training, drills and exercises for EPR QM Programme for EPR
GS-R-2 (2002) GSR Part 7 (2015) Functional Requirements Establishing emergency management and operations Identifying, notifying and activating Performing mitigatory actions Carrying out urgent protective actions Assessing the initial phase Providing information and issuing instructions and warnings to the public Protecting emergency workers Managing the medical response Managing emergency response operations Identifying and notifying a nuclear or radiological emergency and activating an emergency response Taking mitigatory actions Taking urgent protective actions and other response actions Providing instructions, warnings and relevant information to the public Protecting emergency workers and helpers in an emergency Managing the medical response in a nuclear or radiological emergency
GS-R-2 (2002) GSR Part 7 (2015) Functional Requirements (cont.) Keeping the public informed Carrying out agricultural countermeasures, countermeasures against ingestion and longer term protective actions Mitigating the non-radiological consequences of an emergency response Conducting recovery operations - - Communicating with the public throughout a nuclear or radiological emergency Taking early protective actions and other response actions Managing radioactive waste in a nuclear or radiological emergency Mitigating non-radiological consequences of a nuclear or radiological emergency and emergency response Terminating a nuclear or radiological emergency Requesting, providing and receiving international assistance for emergency preparedness and response Analysing the emergency and the emergency response
Revised terminology GS-R-2 (2002) GSR Part 7 (2015) Threat assessment Hazard assessment Threat categories Emergency preparedness categories Quality assurance programme Quality management programme Iodine prophylaxis Iodine thyroid blocking
Revised concepts GS-R-2 (2002) GSR Part 7 (2015) National coordinating authority Threat category V Intervention Agricultural countermeasures, countermeasures against ingestion and longer term protective actions National coordination mechanism Emergency preparedness category V Protective actions and other response actions Protection strategy Urgent and early protective actions: Protection of food-chain and water supply systems Prevention of ingestion of food, milk and drinking water Prevention of inadvertent ingestion
Revised concepts (cont.) GS-R-2 (2002) GSR Part 7 (2015) Generic intervention levels in terms of avertable dose Generic action levels for foodstuffs (for activity concentrations) Management system Conducting recovery operations Transition from emergency response to long term recovery operations Generic criteria in terms of projected dose and received dose Generic criteria for food, milk and drinking water (in terms of projected dose and received dose) Operational intervention levels (for activity concentrations) (contained in GSG-2) Emergency management system Terminating a nuclear or radiological emergency Transition from an emergency exposure situation to an existing exposure situation or to a planned exposure situation
New or strengthened concepts GSR Part 7 (2015) Emergency planning distances System for placing health hazards in perspective Interface with nuclear security in EPR Responsibilities of international organizations Leadership in EPR Fitness for duty of emergency workers Helpers in an emergency Reference levels for emergency exposure situation Keeping international community and informed in an emergency Analysis of the emergency and emergency response International assistance in EPR Periodic and independent appraisals Compensation of victims for damage
Interface with nuclear security in EPR GS-R-2 (2002) Applied for any nuclear or radiological emergency Established requirements for: - Integration of emergency arrangements with those for law enforcement response and for investigation activities - Coordination of emergency plans with those of law enforcement
Interface with nuclear security in EPR (cont.) GSR Part 7 (2015) Applies for nuclear or radiological emergency irrespective of the cause explicitly (which may be a nuclear security event) Establishes requirements for coordination and integration of emergency arrangements and response measures to circumstances surrounding a nuclear security event at all levels to a greater extent Addresses interfaces where emergency arrangements or the emergency response may affect nuclear security systems and the nuclear security systems may affect the emergency arrangements Protecting sensitive/confidential information and data in EPR Provides references to existing Nuclear Security Recommendations publications where necessary
Implementation Translations into all official languages are ongoing Activities to support implementation: Webinars Protection of Emergency Workers and Helpers, 6 May 2016 Over 100 participants Future webinars to be announced through official Contact Points Workshops Regional workshops on GSR Part 7 already conducted or being planned for: Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Latin American & Caribbean, North America Training materials being updated, as needed
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