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14 June 2011
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)10
Over the previous decade, the CNRA has produced a series of regulatory guidance reports known as the "green booklets". These reports are prepared and peer reviewed by senior regulators. They provide ...
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13 May 2011
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)9
The report provides the proceedings from the WGOE meeting discussion on the item of generic interest from September 2010. Additionally, this report aims to analyse the WGOE member country responses t...
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31 March 2011
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)8
On 25 July 2006, Forsmark Unit 1 experienced a short circuit in the offsite 400kV switchyard causing the inoperability of two emergency diesel generators.
This event identified weaknesses in the ele...
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16 March 2011
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)7
The WGRNR organised an international workshop aimed to review and discuss recent and past construction experience lessons learnt including perspectives from regulatory authorities, vendors, and licen...
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24 February 2011
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)5
The purpose of this task group report is to show existing national trending tasks and to assess the possibilities in trending of internationally reported events. The report discusses the opportunitie...
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17 February 2011
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)6
At its May 2009 meeting, the WGOE identified transformer failures as an issue of generic importance. The US NRC had identified that transformer failures had an increasing trend. Transfortmers are non...
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17 February 2011
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)4
The CNRA has procuded a series of reports, known as regulatory guidance booklets or "'green booklets", which examine various regulatory challenges and adress the major elements and contemporary issue...
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20 January 2011
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)3
Report jointly prepared by the CNRA Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations and by the Working Group on Transparency Activities of the European Nuclear Safety Regula...
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20 December 2010
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)1
This Joint Strategic Plan for the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) and the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) takes into account the evolving statut of the nucle...
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7 October 2010
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)2
The Joint CSNI/CNRA Strategic Plan states, the Committees' Operating Plans describe each Committee's organisation, priorities and operating procedures to be used in fulfilling their mandates. The Ope...
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7 October 2010
NEA/CNRA/R(2010)5
These proceedings cover the 10th International Workshop held by WGIP on regulatory inspection activities. The focus of this workshop was regulatory inspection activities in 3 main areas:
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4 August 2010
NEA/CNRA/R(2010)6
This appendix supports the proceedings of the 10th International Workshop held by WGIP on regulatory inspection activities [NEA/CNRA/R(2010)5]. The workshop was hosted by the ministry of Housing, Spa...
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4 August 2010
NEA/CNRA/R(2010)7
This report originated at the 35th meeting of the Working Group of Inspection Practices (WGIP) Members aimed to examine and evaluate the extent corrective action programmes (CAPs) are inspected and t...
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4 August 2010
NEA/CNRA/R(2010)3
Consistent with the CNRA/CSNI Joint Strategic Plan (2005-2009) and CNRA Operating Plan, the WGRNR began in May 2008 a task of examining and documenting the various practices used by regulatory author...
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17 May 2010
NEA/CNRA/R(2010)1
These proceedings cover the 9th International Workshop held by the WGIP on regulatory inspection. THe focus of this workshop was regulatory inspection activities in 3 main areas:
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4 February 2010
NEA/CNRA/R(2010)2
This appendix provides the complete compilation of responses received to the question issued in conjunction with the workshop held on 1-5 June 2008 in Porvoo (Finland), dealing with Training and Qual...
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4 February 2010
NEA/CNRA/R(2009)3
In 2006, the CNRA Working Group on Operating Experience (WGOE) began the task of examining national and international operating events databases in order to identify any potential safety issues relat...
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19 May 2009
NEA/CNRA/R(2009)2
In order to capture the current situation, members of the WGOE IOEF Task Group provided short narratives outlining their national OEF practices. The IOEF Report notes that, in order to get a comprehe...
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11 May 2009
NEA/CNRA/R(2009)1
Fire is a one of the hazards that is most commonly encountered in Nuclear Power Plants and could result in damages to safety related systems and to systems important to obtain and maintain safe shutd...
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10 February 2009
NEA/CNRA/R(2008)5
This revision of the CNRA Historical Record represents an up-to-date accounting of the work performed by the Committee since its conception in 1989. As noted during the 2004 review of the CNRA, “This...
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8 July 2008
NEA/CNRA/R(2008)6
CNRA held several workshops in 1996 and 2001 on the licensing of Digital I&C Systems and a Joint CSNI/CNRA Task Group presented a study on research and regulatory needs in this are in 2006. This work...
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8 July 2008
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17 June 2008
NEA/CNRA/R(2008)1
With the development of the Joint CSNI/CNRA Strategic Plan and the drafting of a CNRA Operating Plan, the need to develop operating guidelines was recognised. These documents along with the Review Re...
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22 January 2008
NEA/CNRA/R(2008)2
The Joint CSNI/CNRA Strategic Plan states in its last paragraph that: "CNRA and CSNI each prepare an operating plan which describes in more detail their committeeís organisation, planned activities, ...
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22 January 2008
NEA/CNRA/R(2008)3
The main objective of the CNRA Working Group on Operating Experience (WGOE) is to share experience and knowledge, analyse and provide expert insights from operating experience to reach timely conclus...
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22 January 2008
One of the main missions of nuclear regulators is to protect the public, and this cannot be completely achieved without public confidence. The more a regulatory process is transparent, the more such ...
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16 November 2007
Regulating the long-term safety of geological disposal of radioactive waste poses special challenges due to the very long timescales involved. This report has been prepared to help foster a common un...
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30 October 2007
NEA/CNRA/R(2007)1
The NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) believes that an essential factor in ensuring the safety of nuclear installations is the continuing exchange and analysis of technical inform...
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26 April 2007
NEA/CNRA/R(2007)2
This appendix provides the complete compilation of responses received to the questionnaire issued in conjunction with the workshop announcements. The responses are provided as received, with changes ...
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29 March 2007
NEA/CNRA/R(2006)4
This report is the third in a series of the WGOE (Working Group on Operating Experience) of reports on recurring events. The first two reports NEA/CSNI/R(1999)19 and NEA/CSNI/R(2003)13 discussed a va...
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5 September 2006
NEA/CNRA/R(2006)3
These guidelines have been produced in conjunction with the development of the CNRA Operating Plan. The purpose behind this is to establish a systematic and transparent approach to how the CNRA and i...
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27 June 2006
NEA/CNRA/R(2006)2
The Joint CSNI/CNRA Strategic Plan states in its last paragraph that:
"CNRA and CSNI each prepare an operating plan which describes in more detail their committeeís organisation, planned activities, ...
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26 June 2006
NEA/SEN/NRA/WGPC(2006)4
There is an increasing expectation by the public to be informed and understand the rationale behind decisions especially in areas where peopleís safety or health may be affected. This is particularly...
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22 June 2006
NEA/SEN/NRA/WGPC(2006)5
There is an increasing expectation from the general public for information on abnormal situations occurring at a nuclear or a radiation facility. Historically communication of this information was re...
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22 June 2006
NEA/CNRA/R(2006)1
In 1998, the NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) began an activity, the objective of which was to advance the discussion on how to enhance and measure regulatory effectiveness in re...
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1 March 2006
NEA/CNRA/R(2005)4
The NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) believes that an essential factor in ensuring the safety of nuclear installations is the continuing exchange and analysis of technical inform...
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27 June 2005
NEA/CNRA/R(2005)5
This appendix provides the complete compilation of responses received to the questionnaire issued in conjunction with the workshop announcements. The responses are provided as received, with changes ...
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27 June 2005
NEA/CNRA/R(2005)3
In some countries, there is a growing demand for information about NPP performance from the executives, public and media. Such a demand has to be responded to and the information provided need to be ...
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27 May 2005
NEA/CNRA/R(2005)2
In some countries, there is a growing demand for information about NPP performance from the executives, public and media. Such a demand has to be responded to and the information provided need to be ...
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11 May 2005
NEA/CNRA/R(2005)1
This report completes a study that was endorsed by CNRA following discussion on the issue. It is intended to be a basis for a new section in the next revision of the “Status Report on Regulatory Insp...
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4 April 2005
NEA/CNRA/R(2004)2
The organisations, structures and processes of regulatory authorities have evolved over the past 50 or so years. Major changes have taken place following events such as Three Mile Island and Chernoby...
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15 November 2004
NEA/CNRA/R(2004)1
This report presents a comparison of inspection practices at Research Reactors (RR) versus Nuclear Power Plants (Nuclear Power Plants) in participating OECD Nuclear Energy Member Countries. Key quest...
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5 March 2004
NEA/CNRA/R(2003)4
This report presents the WGIP survey on contracted work. The task was undertaken by the WGIP to identify trends and impacts from the use contractors by NPP organisations in member countries. The surv...
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3 October 2003
NEA/CNRA/R(2003)3
This report by the Working Group on Inspection Practices provides information and perspectives on how inspections of nuclear fuel cycle facilities are carried out in NEA member countries.
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14 March 2003
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11 February 2003
NEA/CNRA/R(2003)2
For preparation of the workshop held by the Working Group of Inspection Practices in May 2002 in Veracruz (Mexico), participants were invited to supply their national inspection approaches used in in...
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11 February 2003
NEA/CNRA/R(2002)1
The attached tables 1,2 are a comparison of international practises with respect to license periods for nuclear-related licensed activities. These tables were prepared by the Canadian Nuclear Safety ...
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16 September 2002
NEA/CNRA/R(2001)9
During discussions at several meetings, the Working Group on Inspection Practices (WGIP) on management and safety culture issues, it was agreed: it was important that the management of a licensee nee...
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14 November 2001
NEA/CNRA/R(2001)8
In 1995 the WGIP issued Status Report on Inspection Philosophy, Inspection Organisation and Inspection Practices, NEA/CNRA/R(94)3, OCDE/GD(95)3. Included was information on the regulatory bodies in 1...
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9 November 2001