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On March 21, 2022 NRSC participated on a workshop hosted by the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (hereinafter referred to as ANRA) on nuclear security awareness raising for decision makers in Armenia, and from 22-25 March Integrated Nuclear Security Support Plan (INSSP) Review Mission for Armenia. Both events were conducted in a hybrid format. The INSSP review team consisted of the IAEA staff and experts from Greece and USA, who attended the event face-to-face, and one expert from the USA joined the events remotely. Representatives from the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of the RA, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RA, the Ministry of Defense of the RA, the Police of the RA, the National Security Service of the RA, the State Revenue Committee of the RA and, the Armenian NPP, ANRA and Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center attended the events. During the workshop on nuclear security awareness raising for decision makers in Armenia on 21 March  the IAEA staff made an overview of IAEA Nuclear Security Programme, including the INSSP and NUSIMS, explaining in detail their importance. The Armenian representatives made a presentation on the nuclear security in Armenia, discussed existing challenges and opportunities in this field, made an overview on Armenia’s INSSP implementation. The purpose of the INSSP mission conducted from 22 to 25 March was to review and update Armenia’s Integrated Nuclear Security Support Plan, to assess achievements and identify and prioritize nuclear security needs to be addressed in the country. As a result, Armenia’s INSSP and its Implementation Plan covering the period of 2023-2027 have been updated.

Representative of NRSC participated in Technical Meeting on «International Safeguards in the Design of Radioactive Waste Management Programmes», organized by IAEA in VIC premises from 21 to 25 March, 2022. The purpose of the event was to review the draft Nuclear Energy Series publication provisionally entitled International Safeguards in the Design of Radioactive Waste Management Programmes. The event served as a forum to review the main text of the publication, to contribute to and review the technical examples related to Member States’ experience.

During 2021, “Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center” CJSC has successfully carried out the identification of disused and orphan radioactive sources used in the following organizations: Institute of Physical Research of NAS RA, Institute of Ecologonospheric Research of NAS RA, Cardiology Research Institute, National Polytechnic University of Armenia, National Institute of Metrology Found radioactive sources of National Institute of Metrology were recovered and securely transported to “Rendering Harmless of Radioactive Waste” CJSC for safe storage. In total, more than 80 radioactive sources from the above-mentioned organizations were identified and recovered.

Representatives of radiological laboratory group of NRSC participated in TC Workshop on “Development of the safety case and safety assessment of geological disposal facilities and activities for the safe management of RW”, organized by IAEA in Vienna. The aim of the workshop was to exchange information and experience on development of the safety case and safety assessment(s) for geological disposal of radioactive waste.

NRSC experts participated in the training course on approximation of RA national legislation with the EU legislation on 27 September. The objective of the meeting was to support local policy developers and experts involved in the legislation development and harmonization of RA legislation with the EU legislation within CEPA agreement. Following topics were interactively discussed: EU legislation and institutes, approximation approaches, development of policies and legislation.