{"content":[{"text":"Support in development \n of TSO capabilities \n Development of a Self-Assessment \n Questionnaire (SAQ) to assess scientific \n and technical capabilities of the TSO focusing \n on the core TSO technical areas (based on \n TECDOC-1835):","bbox":{"left":0.071429,"top":0.047649,"width":0.378448,"height":0.122524}},{"text":"Safety research and development \n An essential characteristic of a TSO is its \n capability to perform R&D activities to support \n the regulatory body or other public authorities. \n The TSO forum provides an opportunity to the \n international community and TSOs worldwide \n to participate in international collaborative R&D \n projects to optimize their use of resources, \n facilitate cost effective and efficient research, \n share expertise and facilitate the building of a \n common understanding at the international level.","bbox":{"left":0.519047,"top":0.047649,"width":0.40262,"height":0.18714}},{"text":"• What are the scientific & technical capabilities \n of the TSO? \n • How are these developed, managed and \n sustained? \n • How are these applied in regulatory functions, \n particularly in reviews and assessments?","bbox":{"left":0.071429,"top":0.178301,"width":0.39316199999999996,"height":0.10511599999999999}},{"text":"SAQ Tool: Structure","bbox":{"left":0.071429,"top":0.2963,"width":0.17715599999999998,"height":0.01558799999999999}},{"text":"TSO workshops \n The TSOF supports in organizing National \n Workshops in member countries to foster TSO \n efforts in establishing and maintaining technical \n and scientific capabilities for supporting \n regulatory functions. During the workshop an \n analysis of the results of the self-assessment by \n the host organization is carried out by means of \n SAQ supported by a spider web chart analysis \n tool. The first such pilot workshop was organized \n in South Africa, 25–29 November 2019.","bbox":{"left":0.071429,"top":0.450088,"width":0.404708,"height":0.18714000000000003}},{"text":"Members and partners \n Member States: Belgium, Canada, China Czech \n Republic, , Finland, France, Germany, Italy, \n Japan, Lithuania, Pakistan, Poland, Republic of \n Korea, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, \n South Africa, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United \n States of America.","bbox":{"left":0.519047,"top":0.504719,"width":0.4052649999999999,"height":0.12062399999999995}},{"text":"Partner organizations: European Commission \n and its Joint Research Centre (JRC), European \n Training and Tutoring Institute (ENSTTI) and \n European Technical Safety Organizations \n Network (ETSON).","bbox":{"left":0.519047,"top":0.633171,"width":0.39356499999999994,"height":0.08205200000000001}},{"text":"Any member of TSOF may request to organize \n such a national workshop through the IAEA.","bbox":{"left":0.071429,"top":0.645357,"width":0.383094,"height":0.031864}},{"text":"How to join TSO Forum? \n The TSOF membership is open to TSOs and \n expert groups carrying out TSO functions from all \n IAEA Member States. Representatives from the \n EC, OECD/NEA and established regional TSOs \n may participate as observers. For membership, \n please contact TSOF.Contact-Point@iaea.org. \n For more information, please visit the TSOF \n website at https://gnssn.iaea.org/main/tsof","bbox":{"left":0.519047,"top":0.72974,"width":0.40948799999999996,"height":0.15388199999999996}},{"text":"TSO conferences \n These conferences are organized to highlight \n initiatives as well as challenges/issues in \n developing and strengthening scientific and \n technical capabilities to support regulatory \n decision-making:","bbox":{"left":0.071429,"top":0.808304,"width":0.371407,"height":0.10399499999999995}},{"text":"• 5th TSO Conference is planned to be held in \n Russian Federation in 2022.","bbox":{"left":0.071429,"top":0.920427,"width":0.379864,"height":0.031864}},{"text":"20-02169E","bbox":{"left":0.936977,"top":0.913586,"width":0.011751999999999985,"height":0.03590899999999997}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.071429,"top":0.312698,"width":0.409523,"height":0.123121},{"left":0.071429,"top":0.689938,"width":0.409524,"height":0.105428},{"left":0.517276,"top":0.24941,"width":0.413187,"height":0.237014}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.071429,"top":0.312698,"width":0.409523,"height":0.123121},{"left":0.071429,"top":0.689938,"width":0.409524,"height":0.105428},{"left":0.517276,"top":0.24941,"width":0.413187,"height":0.237014}]}