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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 Decommissioning Workshop a success
11 November 2019From 5th until 7th November the WENRA workshop on regulatory aspects of decommissioning took place at and was co-sponsored by the German federal ministry for environment in Berlin. More than 75 participants from more than 20 countries from Europe, North America and South East Asia attended about 20 presentations and took the chance for extensive discussions at the scene. More
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WENRA Safety Reference Levels 2014 - Implementation at the NPPS, reasonably practicable safety improvements
11 November 2019In 2014 WENRA published the revised Safety Reference Levels (SRL) as a result of a review in the light of the learning from the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident. The first task for WENRA countries was to implement the new SRL into their national regulation. Afterwards WENRA’s Reactor Harmonization Working Group (RHWG) started to discuss options for a benchmarking process on the implementation of SRL at the Nuclear Power Plants. More
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Practical Elimination Applied to New NPP designs - Key Elements and Expectations
11 November 2019The Nuclear Safety Directive of the European Union, as amended in 2014, demands that new nuclear installations be designed with the objective of preventing accidents and, should an accident occur, mitigating its consequences and avoiding early radioactive releases and large radioactive releases. Principle 1 in the Vienna Declaration on Nuclear Safety formulates the same objective for new nuclear power plants. More