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= Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority =

=== Legal acts of Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority === Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority establishes are in charge of nuclear and radiation safety in the sphere of atomic energy utilization in the Republic of Armenia.

It abides by the IAEA [3] demands that the government of the Armenian Republic adopted Decree № 573 as of 13 November 1993 on the creation of state regulatory authority for nuclear and radiation safety in atomic energy utilization field (ANRA) in the Government of the RA.

On June 27 2002, following the Government decree № 912, ANRA was restructured and turned into the inspectorate on nuclear and radiation safety in the atomic energy utilization field within the Ministry for Nature Protection of RA.

The duty of the Nuclear regulatory authority is the regulation of the state’s atomic energy utilization. In order to guarantee the safety of the environment, the people and the staff, ANRA oversees and manages the safe usage of ionizing radiation sources, radioactive waste and the transportation of radioactive and/or nuclear materials in the Armenian Republic.

The actions taken by the ANRA are monitored by the Constitution of the RA, international treaties authorized by the RA, the Law of the Armenian Republic on Safe Utilization of Atomic Energy for Peaceful Purposes and a number of other laws.

The Organizational structure of ANRA: Deputy officials .
On July 17 of 2008, by the Decree Number 866, of Republic of Armenia, the structure and objectives of ANRA were governed. Within this decree, ANRA organizational structure was formed. Which is as follows:

Functions of ANRA
"To cope with its tasks and achieve its goals the ANRA fulfills the following functions :
 * organization of development, development drafts of safety rules and regulations, legal acts related to the atomic energy utilization field and submission of the aforementioned to the Government of the RA in the established order,
 * licensing of practices and individuals implementing these practices and holding positions important to safety in the atomic energy utilization field,
 * suspension or  termination of license in accordance with the requirements of the international treaties and the legislation of the RA when non-compliance by a licensee with license terms and conditions is detected,
 * safety assessment, organization and conduct of expertise of practices, installations and equipment in the atomic energy utilization field,
 * organization and conduct of researches for safety improvement purposes in the atomic energy utilization field,
 * control on compliance with requirements of the legislation of the atomic energy utilization field and issued licenses by legal entities and physical persons,
 * inspection of QA programs of vendors implementing safety important practices and services for the licensees in the atomic energy utilization field,
 * control on preparedness of licensees to possible emergency situations,
 * during emergencies assessment of  situation and on the basis of prognosis on its possible changes submission of proposals on implementation of necessary protective actions to the state authority of the RA empowered with the responsibility for emergency situation related issues,
 * jointly with the authority empowered with responsibilities for foreign affairs control fulfillment of the RA of commitments undertaken under the international treaties of the RA in the atomic energy utilization field,
 * control on safeguards implementation,
 * registration of nuclear materials, ionizing radiation sources and radioactive waste,
 * cooperation with other international organizations and regulatory authorities of other countries by exchanging information on safety-related issues,
 * coordination the IAEA national and regional technical cooperation projects;
 * according to the Convention on early notification in case emergencies making early international notification on an emergency and act as a contact point on notification in the event of emergency,
 * monitoring and controlling exposure to environmental radiation,
 * adopting ministerial acts, and
 * other functions as established in the RA legislation"

Co-operation with other Government Agencies
Although Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority, as a legal entity and agency, holds sufficient amount of resources to regulate and accommodate all the necessary tasks, ANRA cooperates with the ministry of Energy and Ministry of Emergency situation, to prevent possible damage, and also ensure the safety requirements. For this reason within Ministry of Emergency situations there is a special unit that with ANRA that carries out seismic monitoring.