Southwest Supervision Station of the National Nuclear Safety Administration Conducts Demonstrative Supervision of Radiopharmaceuticals

Recently, the Southwest Nuclear and Radiation Safety Supervision Station of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (National Nuclear Safety Administration), together with the Department of Radiation Source Safety Supervision, the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and Chengdu University of Technology, organized representatives of enterprises in its jurisdiction to conduct demonstrative supervision of radiopharmaceutical (medical isotope) production. This initiative aims to serve the national "Medium- and Long-Term Development Plan for Medical Isotopes (2021—2035)" and comprehensively enhance the radiation safety management level of the nuclear medical industry in the Southwest region.

It is reported that this supervision activity practiced the concept of research-based supervision. In response to the characteristics of the Southwest region—where R&D, pilot testing, and large-scale production proceed in parallel, and the safety risks of unsealed radioactive materials are complex—the activity involved pre-arranging production process flows and compiling risk lists and inspection rules focusing on key links such as hot cell glovebox operations, target handling, material transfer, and radioactive waste disposal, innovatively exploring a risk-oriented regulatory model.

During the activity, the Southwest Supervision Station actively promoted the Ecological Environment Code, provided on-site answers to enterprise concerns such as major changes to nuclear technology utilization projects and clearance, and guided enterprises to consolidate their primary responsibility for radiation safety. At the same time, the activity built an industry exchange and mutual learning platform featuring "inspect one, observe a batch, drive a whole area," inviting representatives of enterprises in the jurisdiction to follow and observe the entire process, and jointly deepening industry-university-research integration exchanges with university experts.

Next, the Southwest Supervision Station will continue to promote the deepened application of achievements such as risk lists and inspection rules, adhere to equal emphasis on supervision and service, continuously improve the risk-oriented research-based supervision and inspection model, firmly safeguard the bottom line of nuclear and radiation safety, and ensure the high-quality development of the nuclear medical industry in the Southwest region with high-level safety guarantees.