The RF Regulators’ View of Nuclear Materials Safety

Pursuant to the Federal Law on the Use of Atomic Energy, and on the basis of Executive Order No. 26 of the President of the Russian Federation, dated January 21, 1997, and titled “Federal Executive Agencies Authorized to Perform State Regulation of Safety in the Use of Atomic Energy,” the Russian Federation (RF) Gosatomnadzor, together with the Russian Federation Ministry of Health, the Russian Federation Gosgortekhnadzor (State Committee for Oversight of the Safe Conduct of Mining Operations), and the Russian Federation Ministry of Internal Affairs, performs federal regulation of nuclear, radiation, engineering, and fire safety. Apart from mandated regulation of safety and oversight of safety assurance, the principal function of the RF Gosatomnadzor (GAN) is to license activity in the field of the use of atomic energy.