WENRA - Western European Nuclear Regulators Association

WENRA supports CNS amendment

9 April 2014

A majority of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS) has supported a proposal to amend the Convention and agreed to discuss it at a Diplomatic Conference. The European countries unanimously supported the proposal. The proposal, originally submitted by Switzerland, will serve as a basis to further improve the safety of nuclear power plants around the world as well as reducing the gaps between safety improvements. These are also the main objectives WENRA is reaching to achieve, in Europe as well as worldwide. More
2014 WENRA Spring Meeting

18 March 2014

At the Spring Meeting of the Western European Nuclear Regulators' Association WENRA in Lucerne, Switzerland, the heads of the European nuclear authorities have confirmed their leading role in defining and implementing up-to-date safety requirements for nuclear power plants. More
Swedish nuclear power plants to examine reactor vessels

5 March 2014

The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority has issued the decision that OKG AB (OKG) and Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB (FKA) must examine the reactor vessels of the Oskarshamn 3 and Forsmark 3 reactors. OKG and FKA operate the nuclear power plants at Oskarshamn and Forsmark, respectively. The situation is a consequence of the manufacturing flaws discovered at two nuclear power reactors in Belgium in the summer of 2012. 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

WENRA Recommendation

The reactor pressure vessels in every European NPP should be subjected to a standardised review to check for manufacturing flaws.
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Safety Reference Levels

WENRA Working Groups define requirements for key issues on the base of selected IAEA requirements and regulatory experience.
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WENRA - Western European Nuclear Regulators Association

WENRA supports CNS amendment

2014 WENRA Spring Meeting

Swedish nuclear power plants to examine reactor vessels

European centre for competence for Nuclear Safety

WENRA Recommendation

Safety Reference Levels

Two Vice-Chairs for WENRA

Public Consultation of Revised WENRA Safety Reference Levels

Switzerland: The first NPP is to be shut down in 2019