GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
DECREE
No. 1488 of December 30, 2012
On APPROVAL OF REGULATIONS
ON SPECIFIC FEATURES OF ENSURING UNIFORMITY OF
MEASUREMENTS WHILE CARRYING OUT ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF
ATOMIC ENERGY USE
Pursuant to Part 7 of Article 1 of the Federal Law "On Ensuring the Uniformity of
Measurements", the Government of the Russian Federation decrees:
1. To approve the attached Regulations on the specific features of ensuring the
uniformity of measurements while executing activities in the field of atomic energy use.
2. The present Regulations come into effect since December 1, 2013.
Chairman of the Government
of the Russian Federation
D.Medvedev
Approved by
Decree of the Government
of the Russian Federation
No. 1488 of Sunday, December 30, 2012
REGULATIONS
ON SPECIFIC FEATURES OF ENSURING THE UNIFORMITY OF
MEASUREMENTS WHILE CARRYING OUT ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF
ATOMIC ENERGY USE
1. The present Regulations set forth the specific features of ensuring the uniformity
of measurements while executing activities in the field of atomic energy use for the
purpose of achieving the required accuracy, credibility and compatibility of measurement
results in the process of production, designing, construction, operation and disposal of
nuclear facilities, ensuring highest priorities for nuclear and radiation safety of nuclear
facilities, compliance with the non-proliferation regime in respect of nuclear weapons,
nuclear materials and technologies.
2. The activities related to ensuring the uniformity of measurements in the field of
atomic energy use are carried out by the federal executive authorities performing the
functions of the state policy and regulatory and legal regulations' making , and rendering
of governmental services in the field of ensuring the uniformity of measurements, as well
as by the State Atomic Energy Corporation "Rosatom", authorized body for atomic energy
use control (hereinafter referred to as the authorized body) and organizations carrying out
activities in the field of atomic energy use for peaceful purposes as well as organizations
conducting activities in the field of atomic energy use related to development,
manufacture, testing, operation and utilization of nuclear weapons and military-oriented
nuclear power installations.
3. The authorized body provides for interdepartmental interfaces in the field of
ensuring the uniformity of measurements in the field of atomic energy use.
4. The Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology provides for
interdepartmental methodical coordination in the field of ensuring the uniformity of
measurements in the field of atomic energy use.
5. The authorized body upon agreement with the Ministry of the Russian Federation
for Industry and Trade establishes the procedure for certification of the standards of units
in the field of atomic energy use.
6. The procedure of testing standard specimens or measurement facilities in the field
of atomic energy use in order to approve the type and rate the engineered features as
measurement facilities is to be established by the authorized body upon agreement with
the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Industry and Trade.
7. The metrological requirements for measurements, standards of units, standard
specimens, measurement facilities, their component parts, software, and measurement
procedures (methods) applied in the field of atomic energy use are to be established by the
authorized body upon agreement with the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and
Metrology.
8. The procedure of conducting the obligatory metrological review in the field of
atomic energy use is to be established by the Ministry of the Russian Federation for
Industry and Trade upon agreement with the authorized body.
9. The procedure of arrangement and maintenance of the sections of the Federal
Information Fund for Ensuring the Uniformity of Measurements in the Field of Atomic
Energy Use is to be established by the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Industry and
Trade upon agreement with the authorized body.