The previous report The Use of International Operating Experience Feedback for Improving Nuclear Safety, [NEA/CNRA/R(2008)3] addressed the proposal made at the December 2006 CNRA Meeting for the WGOE...

The 12th International Workshop was held by WGIP on regulatory inspection activities. This workshop, which is the twelfth in a series, along with many other activities performed by the Working Group,...

An international Workshop on Challenges and Enhancements to Defence in Depth (DiD) in Light of the Fukushima Daiichi Accident was jointly organised by the NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activiti...

The Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident demonstrated the importance of increasing the robustness of NPPs to extreme external conditions and beyond design basis accidents. In this respect, the CNRA establi...

The Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident serves as a case study for various disciplines within nuclear sciences. Researchers worldwide in health physics, radio-ecology, severe accident analysis, and human ...

This report issued by Working Group for Inspection Practices (WGIP) aims to examine and evaluate how maintenance programs are inspected and the benefits of the inspections. This information would the...

The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) Working Group on Inspection Practices (WGIP) sponsored the 11th International Workshop on Nuclear Regulatory Ins...

Following discussions at the CNRA meeting held on 7-8 June 2010, the Senior Task Group on Long-term Operation was established to prepare a document on regulatory challenges for long-term operation of...

This appendix provides the complete compilation of responses received to the questionnaire issued in conjunction with the International Operating Experience Feedback Workshop. The workshop was coordi...

Based on the regulatory actions underway or being considered in different member countries concerning their ability to maintain their corporate knowledge with respect to the ageing work force, the Co...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...