Adapting International Experience to Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites in the Central Asian Republics

This paper outlines progress being made within the regulatory cooperation programme between the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority and its sister organizations in the Russian Federation. Experience is drawn from work at nuclear technology legacy sites, such as the sites of temporary storage at Andreeva and Gremikha, and also on the remediation of uranium mining and milling facilities. The planned application of this experience to the enhancement of regulatory supervision in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic is described. Preliminary observations are made concerning how this work might feed into the development of international guidance. (author)