Regulatory Body of Egypt: Practices and Challenges (Contributed Paper)

In past, Egypt issued the law No. 59 of year 1969 for regulating the use of ionizing radiations inside the country, this law assigns the responsibilities of Egypt Atomic Energy Authority EAEA to control reactors, open sources, and all nuclear and radiation facilities inside its premises, while the ministry of health was responsible for controlling x-ray machine, sealed sources and accelerators. In 1982 EAEA established within its structure a regulatory body called national center for Nuclear Safety and radiation Control NC-NSRC which is dependent on EAEA.. On 30 March 2010 Egypt issued the nuclear law No 7 of year 2010, followed by its executive regulation in October 2011, the new law replaced the old law 59 of year 1969, in addition, the prime minster issued a decree on march 5td 2012 of establishing an independent regulatory body reported directly to him, it has the name of Egypt Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority ENRRA, it is responsible for regulating all nuclear and radiation facilities and activities inside the country, except X-ray machines and linear accelerators for the medical uses, which still remains under the control of ministry of health. ENRRA is managed by a board of directors, which is the supreme committee of the dominant, conduct of ENRRA affairs, and take decisions within the framework of the national plan of Egypt, ENRRA consisted from the old NC-NSRC staff. It organized from three regulatory sectors, and a Technical Support Organization TSO includes three main divisions, besides departments of public communication, center labs, radiation network monitoring, emergency, security, and administrations. ENRRA do a lot of efforts for building and improving its personnel's capacity and skills. (author)