Denmark has nuclear research reactors at Risø that must follow the exact fuel handling and radioactive material rules.
In Denmark, for example, we have the Danish Health Authority’s radiation protection unit, Danish Decommissioning, and train hospital physicists. There is also enough time to prepare the workforce on simulators at similar jobs.
Setting up a regulatory authority is a big job, but it is doable if you find the best experts in the field.
They did so in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in April 2008, and the FANR regulatory authority was established at the end of September 2009 [1]. The first is a four-piece work. South Korean APR-1400 reactors were commissioned in 2012, and the first reactor was connected to the grid eight years later. The others trail behind like pearls on a string.
Denmark is not the UAE, but we are also not starting from scratch. Things can move slowly if there is political will and the economy is in order.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates?fbclid=IwAR1n1F8awtwmK_v3Cj9hgWCzV_ZPTrKWtH5Jz9EsiB1pfqyMLOV3-9zhkLk#Nuclear_Regulation_in_the_UAE
