By RIA Novosti
Moscow : Russia's industrial safety regulator Rostekhnadzor said Friday it would establish a system for exchanging information with the UN nuclear watchdog to ensure radiation safety.
The system will help Russia comply with the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) code of conduct on radiation safety and security, which was revised as part of counter-terrorism measures following the Sep 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
"Rostekhnadzor and the IAEA are planning to set up in 2007 a system for radiation safety regulating bodies to exchange information in this sensitive field," Yevgeny Anoshin, an official of the Russian regulator, said.
The official said a pilot project had been launched by the service to set up the database and train experts from regulatory authorities in Russia and other erstwhile Soviet republics.
At the request of the Russian watchdog, an IAEA mission will look into its operations in 2009, Anoshin said.