Singapore legislation
Regulation 55
of Radiation Protection (Ionising Radiation) Regulations 2023
Regulation 55
Responsibilities associated with management of radioactive waste
Subregulation 1
Every approved person is responsible for the safe management of radioactive waste under the person’s responsibility.
Subregulation 2
Every approved person must take all necessary measures to ensure an adequate level of protection and safety by various means, including —
when requested by the Director‑General, demonstration of safety by means of a safety assessment and by means of periodic safety reviews for an existing facility or activity;
preparation and implementation of appropriate operating procedures, including monitoring;
application of good engineering practice;
establishment and implementation of a suitable management system commensurate with the hazard of the waste management activities;
ensuring that staff are trained, qualified and competent;
establishment and maintenance of a mechanism to provide and ensure adequate financial resources to discharge its responsibilities;
derivation of operational limits, conditions and controls to assist with ensuring that the radioactive waste management facility is operated in accordance with the safety assessment;
ensuring that there are no avoidable delays in processing waste and transferring to the next step as soon as practicable;
using relevant international experience to ensure operations are as safe as practicable;
ensuring radioactive waste is managed by appropriate classification, segregation, treatment, conditioning, storage and disposal, and maintaining records of such activities; and
ensuring disposal of radioactive waste is not unnecessarily delayed.
Subregulation 3
Every approved person must promote and maintain a strong safety culture.
Subregulation 4
Every approved person must appoint, when required by and subject to the approval of the Director‑General, a technically competent person with the appropriate independence and authority to be a Radioactive Waste Management Officer in order to assist the approved person in the safe and efficient on‑site management of radioactive waste.
Subregulation 5
Every approved person approved to accumulate or dispose of radioactive waste must develop a suitable and comprehensive recording system for radioactive waste management activities under the person’s responsibility, which must include discharges and must allow for traceability of radioactive waste from the point of its collection through to its long term storage and its disposal.
Subregulation 6
Every approved person approved to accumulate or dispose of radioactive waste must ensure that all records related to radioactive waste inventory and radioactive waste management activities must be —
kept up to date; and
retained in such a way as to ensure that relevant information is accessible in the future.
Subregulation 7
When any radioactive waste is being transferred, associated records must be provided to the approved person of the subsequent step.
Subregulation 8
Every approved person must submit records and provide written reports on the person’s radioactive waste management activities that are required to be submitted and provided under these Regulations to the Director‑General in the form and manner required by the Director‑General.