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Western Nuclear Regulators Association

• Nuclear safety was included in the EU enlargement
  criteria
• National safety approaches have been developed
  from IAEA safety standards, industrial standards,
  the Convention on Nuclear etc., but independently
• Western nuclear Regulators Association was
  established in February 1999

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• Wenra was created in 1999 to
• develop a common approach to nuclear safety
• provide an independent capability to examine
  nuclear safety in applicant countries

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Publications

• Report on nuclear safety in candidate countries
  (2000)
• Report on pilot study of Reactor Safety in WENRA
  countries (2003)
• Harmonisation of safety approaches (2006)
• power reactors
• waste and Spent Fuel storages (ref. levels)
• decommissioning of nuclear installations (ref
  levels)

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Wenra members by March 2003 are the Heads of
the Regulatory bodies in

• The Netherlands
• Romania,
• Slovakia,
• Slovenia,
• Spain,
• Sweden ,
• Switzerland,
• The United Kingdom

• Belgium,
• Bulgaria,
• Czech Republic,
• Finland,
• France,
• Germany,
• Hungary,
• Italy,
• Lithuania,

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• By March 2003 the objectives of Wenra comprise
• develop a common approach to nuclear safety
• provide an independent capability to examine
  nuclear safety in future applicant countries
• network of chief nuclear safety regulators in
  Europe
• exchange experience
• discuss significant safety issues

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WENRA-Harmonized safety approaches

• Safety areas
• Safety management
• Design
• Operation
• Safety verification
• Emergency preparedness
• Decommissioning strategy and planning

• Power reactors
• Waste and Spent Fuel storages
• Decommissioning of nuclear installations

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Steps towards harmonized safety approaches
1999
Safety Areas Safety Issues Reference levels
2004
Assessment of national differences
2005
2006
National action plans
2007
2010
Harmonized safety Approaches (regulations)
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Reference levels

• Represent
• good practices in our countries
• from which we can seek to learn from each other
• to further improve nuclear safety and its
  regulation