WENRA - Western European Nuclear Regulators Association

WENRA Spring Plenary Meeting 2018

22 May 2018

The 2018 WENRA spring plenary meeting was held on 25 - 26 April in Ghent, Belgium. It was hosted by the Belgian nuclear safety authority FANC and its subsidiary BELV. During the meeting, the FANC Director General Jan Bens and BELV General Manager Benoit De Boeck who are both retiring were thanked for their long and rewarding service as WENRA members. More
Switzerland: Restart of Beznau NPP Unit 1

8 March 2018

The Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate ENSI has announced its decision that the Beznau 1 nuclear power plant may be put back into service. The operator of the Beznau plant (Axpo) has demonstrated that the inclusions found in the base material of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) have no negative impact on safety. More
WENRA Fall Plenary Meeting 2017

30 October 2017

WENRA is on track with the implementation of the 2014 Safety Reference Levels. This was one of the issues discussed during the WENRA fall plenary meeting 2017. The meeting was held in The Hague on 26-27 October 2017, hosted by the Dutch Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (ANVS). More
WENRA Natural Hazard Specific Guidance Documents

4 November 2016

The WENRA Reactor Harmonization Working Group (RHWG) has completed the hazard specific annexes (Seismic Events, External Flooding, Extreme Weather Conditions) of the Guidance Document for Issue T. More
European centre for competence for Nuclear Safety

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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

Revised WENRA SRLs for Existing Reactors

WENRA SRLs for existing reactors updated in relation to lessons learned from the TEPCO Fukushima Dai-Ichi accident
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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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WENRA - Western European Nuclear Regulators Association

WENRA Spring Plenary Meeting 2018

Switzerland: Restart of Beznau NPP Unit 1

WENRA Fall Plenary Meeting 2017

WENRA Natural Hazard Specific Guidance Documents

European centre for competence for Nuclear Safety

Revised WENRA SRLs for Existing Reactors

Follow-up on flaw indications in Belgian reactors

RHWG Report on Regulatory Aspects of Passive Systems

WENRA Recommendation in connection with macro-segregation anomalies found in French reactors

Report: Radioactive Waste Treatment and Conditioning SRL