Revision of the Basic Safety Standards
International Basic Safety Standards for Protection Against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources
A review of the Basic Safety Standards (the BSS) was carried out in 2006 in cooperation with the cosponsors (FAO, ILO, NEA, PAHO and WHO) and potential cosponsors UNEP and EC. The review concluded that, while there was no major issue requiring urgent revision, there was a case to be made for the revision of the BSS in order to take account of the many improvements that have been suggested.
In the 4th quarter of 2006, a Document Preparation Profile (DPP) was approved by the IAEA Safety Standards Committees, and endorsed by the Commission on Safety Standards. The Agency, in cooperation with the co-sponsoring and potential co-sponsoring organizations, initiated the revision of the BSS in 2007.
During 2007, 2008 and 2009, there have been many meetings relating to the revision of the BSS, including drafting meetings with the cosponsors, a Technical Meeting in July 2007, coordination meetings of BSS Secretariat (made up of the cosponsors and potential cosponsors of the BSS), a Technical Meeting on radon in December 2009, and meetings of the IAEA Safety Standards Committees (RASSC, WASSC, NUSSC and TRANSSC) that reviewed and provided written comments on various drafts of the revised BSS (draft 1.0, draft 2.0, draft 2.5).
The four Committees approved that the revised BSS could be sent to Member States for comment at their meetings in October and November 2009.
Current status
Draft 3.0 of the revised BSS was sent to the IAEA Member States for comment on 28 January 2010. The closing date for comments is 31 May 2010. Comments should be submitted to the IAEA through official channels.
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