Ministerial Decree No. 373 validating Regulation on permanent state supervision at nuclear energy sites. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2012 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Nuclear energy Radiation Monitoring Inspection Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract This Ministerial Decree establishes the modalities of permanent state supervision at nuclear energy sites by the officials of the Federal Ecological, Technological and Nuclear Supervision Service. The scope of this Ministerial Decree shall be to ensure constant monitoring and supervision at high risk sites and facilities. Inspection of nuclear sites and facilities shall be carried out as integral part of supervisory arrangements. The purposes of inspection shall be: (a) monitoring of compliance with federal norms regulating the use of nuclear energy; (b) protection of nuclear materials; and (c) control over preparation and execution of hazardous nuclear and radiation operations. Full text Russian Website www.systema.ru