STRIMS
Legislative Decree 101/2020 establishes registration obligations on the institutional ISIN website for entities carrying out the following activities:
- import or production for commercial purposes or, in any case, exercise of trade in materials or sources of ionizing radiation;
- intermediation of materials or sources of ionizing radiation;
- possession of sources of ionizing radiation;
- possession of sealed high-activity sources;
- possession of special fissile materials, raw materials, minerals and nuclear fuels;
- shipment of radioactive materials;
- transport of radioactive materials;
- collection and transport of radioactive waste;
- management of radioactive waste.
Legislative Decree 101/2020 also establishes obligations for the same entities to transmit to the same institutional ISIN website the information relating to:
- each operation carried out;
- the type and quantity of ionizing radiation sources (radioactive materials and radiation generators) and radioactive waste subject to the operation.
The aforementioned obligations to register and transmit information are fulfilled through the use of the STRIMS portal (Waste, Materials and Sources Traceability System).
In implementation of the provisions of art. 241 of Legislative Decree 101/2020, ISIN published in the Official Journal no. 253 of 22.10.2021 the press release announcing the operation, on its institutional website, of the Waste, Materials and Sources Traceability System (STRIMS); therefore, after 90 days from the date of publication of the communication, starting from 21.01.2022, in addition to the registration obligation, the obligations to communicate the information provided for by Legislative Decree 101/2020 have come into force.
Public Administrations entitled to issue authorizations for practices with category B ionizing radiation sources are also subject to the obligation to register and transmit information to STRIMS.
These administrations, defined as Competent Authorities, are:
- the Authorities in charge of the authorization procedure, identified by laws of the Regions and the autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano (art. 52, paragraph 1 of Legislative Decree 101/2020);
- the Prefectures (art. 52, paragraph 2 of Legislative Decree 101/2020).
In compliance with the provisions of art. 48, paragraph 3, art. 52, paragraph 5 and art. 67, paragraph 4 of Legislative Decree 101/2020, ISIN has made a specific area of the STRIM portal operational to allow state administrations and bodies, who request it, access to consult the data recorded on the system, for their institutional purposes, in particular to bodies with inspection functions and for the operational needs of the National Fire Brigade, Public Rescue and Civil Defense Corps.