WENRA - Western European Nuclear Regulators Association

WENRA - Western European Nuclear Regulators Association

Netherlands: New Regulatory Body

15 January 2015

The Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Authority (ANVS) started operations on 1 January 2015. The ANVS was established by combining expertise in the fields of nuclear safety and radiation protection, as well as security and safeguards. More
WENRA Handbook Published

13 January 2015

The WENRA handbook gathers all relevant documents, enabling a clear oversight of WENRA's actitivites and position in the European legislative context. It could serve as a useful tool for regulators, policy makers, journalists, the general public or anyone that take an interest in nuclear safety and the work of WENRA and the legislative landscape in which it is operating. More
New European Approach for cross-border Emergency Preparedness

20 November 2014

The heads of the national nuclear and radiation safety regulators in Europe have developed and agreed on a new approach to further improve the response and cross-border coordination for all types of possible accident scenarios including severe accidents, like the one in Fukushima. The approach contains overarching principles and provides incentives for joint actions between neighbouring countries. The regulators have committed to cooperate at the national level with the competent authorities in charge of civil protection for the implementation of the corresponding measures. More
New standards for Nuclear Safety

24 September 2014

WENRA has revised its Safety Reference Levels (SRLs) including the lessons learned from the Fukushima accident. The new version contains 342 SRLs. More
European centre for competence for Nuclear Safety

Our mission

WENRA is an Association of the heads of Nuclear Regulatory Authorities of the European Union’s EU countries with nuclearpower plants NPPs and Switzerland. There were two main reasons why the head of regulators for nuclear safety within the European Union and Switzerland decided to start a co-operation in 1999 in the framework of WENRA (Western European Nuclear Regulators Association). More

Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities SRL

Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities Safety Reference Levels
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Follow-up on flaw indications in Belgian reactors

Activities in WENRA countries following the Recommendation regarding flaw indications found in Belgian reactors
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