ENEF WG Risks / Bernard Fourest 12 September 2012 PRAGUEBRATISLAVA ENEF WG RISKS Current activities...

ENEF WG Risks / Bernard Fourest 12 September 2012

PRAGUEBRATISLAVA

ENEF WG “RISKS”Current activities of the SWG “Nuclear Installation Safety”

Bernard FourestChair of Subgroup “Nuclear Installation Safety”

European Nuclear Energy Forum

Bratislava - Prague


Bratislava - Prague

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Bratislava - Prague


Bratislava - Prague

SWG NIS - Current Activities

EU Stress Test – Peer Review process

WENRA conclusions and ENSREG Actions plan

Review of the existing EURATOM nuclear safety regulatory framework

Endorsement of the ERDA report:

„Roadmap towards European Reactor Design Acceptance”



Bratislava - Prague


Bratislava - Prague

EU Stress Test – Peer Review process



Bratislava - Prague


Bratislava - Prague

EU STRESS Test – Peer Review process

25 April: Final report of the stress tests peer review approved by ENSREG. 8 May: Public meeting in Bruxelles to discuss results of the peer review process.24 May: WENRA lessons learnt from the stress tests Commission report to the European Council on the peer review results postponed till autumn.25 July ENSREG published an actions plan Follow-up of the peer review of the stress tests performed on European NPPs.



Bratislava - Prague


Bratislava - Prague

WENRA Conclusions and lessons from Fukushima

Institutional Independance of Regulatory Bodies.Roles and responsibilities of Governments, regulators and utilities Periodic Safety Review.Mutual assistance among Regulators in response to accidents.

CulturalContinuous improvement

TechnicalNatural hazardsContainment in severe accidentAccident management



Bratislava - Prague


Bratislava - Prague

ENSREG Actions Plan (1/2)

Member States and ENSREG Actions National regulators to develop actions plan associated with

stress test peer review recommendations. Update of implementation status of stress tests conclusion

by end 2012 ENSREG workshop March2013 to discuss status and

implementation of national actions plan ENSREG supports WENRA actions Follow-up fact finding site visits To promote further cooperation and confidence building between countries With the same kind of organisation Input of EC report to the European Council



Bratislava - Prague


Bratislava - Prague

ENSREG Actions Plan (2/2)

Off-site Emergency Prepardness HERCA and WENRA to develop guidanceon mutual

assistance between regulators. A joint european studies to identify how to implement effective

off-site emergency prepardness at the European level IAEA Emergency Prepardness review methodology

recognized ENSREG will contribute to IAEA actions plan Transparency and public involvment All national actions plans and ENSREG actiosn to be made public Results of March workshop will be made public



Bratislava - Prague


Bratislava - Prague

ENEF SWG NIS response to the EC Consultation

COM conducted from Dec 2011 until end of Feb 2012 a public consultation on areas of reinforcing the existing EURATOM nuclear safety legislative framework asking stakeholders for comments

SWG NIS therefore developed a set of recommendations which could be used by stakeholders for response. Major items were discussed with EC experts. EC was provided on 24 February 2012

Major items addressed: o Finalize WENRA harmonization processo Implement long term operation processo Consider WENRA Safety Objectives for new builto Ensure performance of regular peer reviewso Harmonize transparency and public informationo Assess cross-border emergency preparedness



Bratislava - Prague


Bratislava - Prague

Review of the legislative framework for nuclear safety

On this basis, NIS prepared a report on Review and possible improvements of the existing EURATOM nuclear safety regulatory framework .

A first version of this report was endorsed by WG/RISK on 19 April.

This Progress Report was presented by the WG/RISK Chairman at the 2012 ENEF plenary in Bratislava. It was well received by the attendance.

Final document should be prepared by the end of this year taking into account the results of the stress test and peer review process, including Commission recommendations



Bratislava - Prague


Bratislava - Prague


SWG NIS meeting 5 July 2012

Reviewed the progress report and considered that it remains essentially valid.

Considered that the main task for the group is to analyse the ENSREG peer review report of the stress test.

Decided to set up a small task force to prepare this analysis. Potential evolution of the CNS and progress of IAEAaction plan will be monitored by NIS members andindustry position on these will be included in thefinal NIS report if necessary.



Bratislava - Prague


Bratislava - Prague


Task force to analyse ENSREG peer review report

Task force members (Eon, Vatenfall, EDF, Cez, ENISS)Main objective of the TF: to identify among the recommendations of the report:Technical requirements useful to be harmonized, that could be dealt with through WENRA/ENISS discussionsIssues to be included in the on going revision of the BSSIssues that could be candidate to be included in a revision of the Safety Directive.ENSREG action plan and WENRA lessons learnt to be included in the analysisResults of the TF will be discussed at the next NIS meeting 19 October.



Bratislava - Prague


Bratislava - Prague

Roadmap towards European Reactor Design Acceptance

Meetings: 23 February, 20 April, 21 June, 4 July 2012

Participants: Utilities (EON, EDF, EDF Energy, RWE, Vattenfall, GDF Suez, Nuclearelectrica), Vendors (AREVA, Westinghouse),

NGOs (FORATOM/ENISS, BULATOM; ETSON), National Ministry (Poland), Consultants (Engineers, lawyers)

Meeting with EC experts (14 February 2012)o Presentation of preliminary results (status end of December)o Advantages for regulators should be emphasizedo Analysis of strengths and weaknesses to be performed

The document has been revised and significantly developed. Presented today for endorsement by WG RISKS (see next presentation)

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