Enhancing the capacity and effectiveness of the regulatory body and developing a national waste management strategy (TH3.01/13)

Background

The purposes of this project are as follows:

• Development of a strategy for enhancing the capacity and effectiveness of the regulatory authority and establishment of an associated action plan for implementing this strategy.
• Further development and enhancement of the regulatory framework in Thailand, in order to ensure the safety of research reactors and nuclear power plants and to harmonize it with best international practice.
• Enhancing the capabilities of the regulatory authority in fulfilling its functions of assessing and verifying the satiety of nuclear installations.
• Perform a review and update the Human Resource Development Action Plan for OAP.
• Development - in cooperation with OAP and its TSO - of a national strategy and regulatory framework for radioactive waste management, in accordance with the best international standards and practice.
• Enhancing the capacity and effectiveness of the regulatory body in regulating Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM).
• Supporting the OAP in the establishment of a primary standards laboratory for radiation metrology.
• Supporting the OAP in enhancing its capacity and effectiveness in estimating doses to non-human biota and to members of the public from radiation or radioactive material naturally present or released to the environment.