International Symposium on Uranium Raw Material for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Exploration, Mining, Production, Supply and Demand, Economics and Environmental Issues (URAM-2018)

Five Years After The UPSAT Mission: Progress and challenges

26 Jun 2018, 16:20

20m

M3 (Vienna)

ORAL Track 10. Health, safety, environment and social responsibility Health, Safety, Environment and Social Responsibility

Speaker

Mr Dennis Amos Mwalongo (Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission)

Description

Regulating Uranium extraction industry is complex process which involves multi-regulators with different requirements. Tanzania had several regulators with less experience in uranium mining domain. Different government departments’ legislation and regulations lacked clarity and consistency. Overlapping mandates between different government departments complicated to the operator to which laws should follow. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Uranium Production Site Appraisal Team (UPSAT) was an assistance requested to address this challenge. UPSAT was first assistance mission of its kind in African soil. The mission assessed the following five primary parameters, the regulatory system, Sustainable uranium production life cycle, Health, Safety and Environment (HSE), social licensing and Capacity building. This paper presents the progress and development made since 2013 mission execution.