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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 of 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:

The internal structure of ANRA is based on few departments. The first Deputy chairman is responsible for Department of Nuclear Safety and Department of Radiation safety, which respectively carry the tasks of monitoring and ensuring Reactors and Radiation safety, including the Radiation waste. The Deputy Chairman is responsible for Technical Section of ANRA. The Staff Manager is responsible for Financial and Accounting Sections as well as the HR department. On the top of organizational Hierarchy stands the Chairman of ANRA.

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,
 * control on safeguards implementation,
 * 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"

International Cooperation
Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority has agreements of cooperation with certain International Agencies.

Cooperation with US NRC
With the agreement signed on September, 1997 US NRC and ANRA exchange technical information. The cooperation includes
 * Personnel Training and retraining
 * Expert assistance
 * Licensing of dry spent fuel storage facility
 * Provision of equipment and Storage Facility
 * Nuclear Material accounting and control

===Technical Cooperation with IAEA === In accordance with the Agreement between the Republic Armenia and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in connection with the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons signed on 23.09.1993 and Protocol Additional to the Safeguard Agreement, as well as the Law of the RA on Safe Utilization of Atomic Energy for Peaceful Purposes ANRA jointly with IAEA safeguards inspectors conducts inspection on safeguards application to nuclear materials. Under IAEA cooperation program various local organization and authorities receive technical and expert assistance in the field of safety improvement. These includes training courses, workshop and scientific visits that are organized and implemented by the IAEA technical cooperation project.

Co-operation with other Local 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 carries out seismic monitoring.

The Safety Regulation
The safety regulations in the nuclear power plant are done by establishing safety norms, rules, conducting researches and analyses properly, doing inspections and enforcement when non-compliance with requirements are discovered. This agreement concerns the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons signed on 23.09.1993. To regulate the radiation protection ANRA implemented monitoring systems and special RP&S norms and rules based on licenses practices with ionizing radiation sources in medicine. Doing inspections of practices with ionizing radiation sources to verify compliance with national regulations on radiation, when the non-compliance with the regulatory discovered. ANRA also cooperates with international organizations on RP&S issues.

Emergency Preparedness Organization
The Law of the RA on Safe Utilization of Atomic Energy for Peaceful Purposes (Article 16), and the basic requirements to planning and implementation of response actions to nuclear and radiation emergencies (point 5.2.1) stipulate that during emergency planning and response ANRA functions as advisor. ANRA has Emergency Response Center which: · Evaluates any emergency situation coming from atomic energy utilization. It also informs state authorities about emergency and make prognosis on changes of radiation situation. · Gives recommendations about protective actions for personnel and population protection. · Makes international notifications, via state authorities, and media about any Nuclear Accident. · Receives information about accidents happened abroad.

The Safety Regulations of Radioactive Waste Management
The International Atomic Energy Agency gives a definition about radioactive material which has no further use. In accordance with the Law of the RA on Safe Utilization of Atomic Energy for Peaceful Purposes, managing the radioactive waste is subject to the safety regulations and the regulatory authority. This implements licensing of radioactive waste management.

Regulation of Safety of Ionizing Radiation Sources in Armenia
In 2001, the Government of the RA adopted decree № 452, according to which ANRA is empowered to implement state regulation of safety of ionizing radiation sources and protection against ionizing radiation. This implementation covers state registration, licensing, and regulatory control.