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20 Jul 2016

Belarus to host IAEA Integrated Regulatory Review Service mission in October

MINSK, 20 July (BelTA) – The IAEA Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) will undertake a mission to Belarus in October 2016, reads the review of Belarus’ nuclear and radiation safety in 2015 prepared by the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry (Gosatomnadzor), BelTA has learned.

“In 2015, the country started preparations for a large-scale IAEA IRRS mission that will take place in October 2016. The comments and suggestions from IAEA experts will be used to further improve the Belarusian system of nuclear and radiation safety,” the document reads.

BelTA reporter earlier that before the first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant is launched in 2018, Belarus will host seven IAEA assessment missions.

The present review of nuclear and radiation safety in Belarus is the second document of the kind. It states that in 2015, Belarus’ radiation environment was stable, and no serious changes were registered. The radiation environment was affected mostly by anthropogenic and natural sources of ionizing radiation.

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