WENRA - Western European Nuclear Regulators Association

WENRA - Western European Nuclear Regulators Association

Happy New Year 2015

7 January 2015

WENRA wishes you a very Happy New Year 2015! 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
2014 WENRA Autumn Meeting Stockholm

21 October 2014

The regular autumn meeting of WENRA took place in Stockholm Sweden. For the first time a joint meeting was held between WENRA and the Heads of the European Radiation protection Competent Authorities HERCA to discuss coordination in emergency planning in Europe. 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
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
"WENRA more necessary than ever"

19 March 2014

15 years ago the Western European Nuclear Regulators Association WENRA was founded. In this interview, its initiator and founder, André-Claude Lacoste talks about the beginning, the importance of “club-values” and of why the work of WENRA is more important than ever. 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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