Nuclear Safety - AMSSNuR
Presentation
The operation of nuclear facilities is associated with risks related to the use of radioactive products that may cause exposure to workers, the public, and the environment in excess of regulatory limits.
The principle of nuclear safety includes the technical and organizational limits carried out in order to limit the effects of ionizing radiation and prevent incidents.
Nuclear safety comes into play at various stages in the life cycle of a nuclear facility: site selection, design, construction, operation, final shutdown, dismantling, and decommissioning. The aim of nuclear safety is to protect the environment, as well as present and future generations, against the radiological and nuclear risks that could result from the use of nuclear applications.
In accordance with Law No. 142-12, nuclear safety is first and foremost the responsibility of the operator of a nuclear activity or facility.
AMSSNuR, as an independent safety authority under the supervision of the Head of Government, ensures that regulatory requirements in the field of nuclear safety are respected by the operator.
In the Kingdom of Morocco, the only nuclear facility is the research reactor operated by the CNESTEN at the Centre d’Etudes Nucléaires of the Maamora since 2009. In this context, CNESTEN must guarantee the nuclear safety of its facility at all times, thanks to the implementation and development of a nuclear safety culture based on rigorous compliance with current regulations and operating procedures.
In accordance with the decision establishing AMSSNuR’s administrative organization, the Nuclear Safety and Radioactive Waste Management Department (NSWM) is one of three business departments reporting to the Director General.
Its mission is to ensure that all nuclear activities and facilities, as well as radioactive waste management, comply with nuclear safety legislation and regulations. It also promotes a nationwide nuclear safety culture.
The NSWM is responsible for:
-Develop and implement, on the basis of AMSSNuR’s strategic orientations, a nuclear safety regulatory upgrade plan by preparing draft regulatory texts (decrees, orders, technical prescriptions, and guides).
-Implement the regulatory control process and procedures (review-evaluation, authorization, inspection, etc.).
-Contribute to the national organization for managing radiological emergencies.
-Monitor the implementation of international conventions on spent fuel safety and radioactive waste management.
-Contribute to ensuring that all nuclear activities, facilities, and radioactive waste management comply with legal and regulatory provisions.
-Ensure a high level of nuclear safety by the operators of the nuclear facilities concerned.
-Implement a technology and regulatory monitoring program.
-Contribute, through an inspection program, to ensuring that all nuclear and radioactive waste management activities and facilities comply with nuclear safety legislation and regulations.
-Monitor inspections, the implementation of recommendations, and the measures recommended by AMSSNuR.
-Set up a national radioactive waste management system in coordination with the relevant ministerial departments and in collaboration with the country’s scientific bodies.
-Participate in and contribute to the development of international cooperation programs in the fields of nuclear safety, radioactive waste management, and spent fuel safety.
– Contribute to public education and information on nuclear safety and the safety of radioactive waste management.
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