This report provides the proceedings of the WGIP international workshop held from August 29 to September 4, 1992 at the Technical Training Center of the US NRC in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The objectiv...

This report provides the conclusions of two surveys send in 1988 and 1989. The work, initiated by the CSNI, has been completed by the newly created CNRA.

It provides a comparison of regulatory practi...

This is the proceedings of the WGIP International Workshop held on 23-25 May 1994 in Helsinki (Finland).

The main objectives were: 

• To meet with inspectors from other organisations, 
• To exchange inf...

This report, conducted by the Working Group of Inspection Practices, provides a brief description of the different inspection practices of several member countries within OECD. It presents a framewor...

The following inspector qualification guideline has been developed for guidance of qualification of a new inspector recruited to the regulatory body. This guideline has been developed for helping the...

This report is intended to provide a summary of the current regulatory environment within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Member countries regarding probabilistic sa...

An International Workshop on Steam Generator Tube Integrity in Nuclear Power Plants, sponsored by the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) and the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Inst...

As a follow-up to the 1995 Special Issues meeting on Regulatory Approaches to PSA, CNRA agreed to discuss Review Procedures and Criteria for Different Regulatory Applications of PSA in 1997. This rep...

The basic description of the reactor core of a nuclear power plant (NPP) is an important part of the Safety Analysis Report in all countries. Due to increased interest by regulatory authorities in th...

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...

Based on a request of Committees, an Organising Committee of Experts on sofware licensing issues was established to develop a state-of-the-art view of the technological problems and methods for ident...

This was the 3rd international workshop held by WGIP on regulatory inspection activities. The focus of this workshop was on 3 main topics: Inspection Planning, Plant Maintenance and Assessment of Saf...

As a follow-up to the 1995 document on Compilation of Responses to a Questionnaire on the Evaluation of the Safety Performance of Licensees, WGIP members identified several issues where additional in...

The report presents information on regulatory inspection activities with respect to emergency planning in NEA Member countries. The focus of the report is on the third section. It reviews the similar...

This report presents a comparison of inspection practices in participating OECD countries relating to control room operator and shift supervisor licenses. Key questions for this comparison were ”What...