IAEA Action Plan on Nuclear Safety

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1 Action Plan on Nuclear Safety Presented to IEEE Nuclear Power Engineering Committee San Antonio, TX 2011 January 25 Gary Johnson International Atomic Energy Agency International Atomic Energy Agency

2 Genesis of Action Plan on Nuclear Safety March - Great East Japan Earthquake June - Ministerial Conference on Safety Declared a number of agreed points that should direct the process of learning and acting upon lessons to strengthen nuclear safety, emergency preparedness and radiation protection Requested that prepare an action plan building upon the declarations and recommendations of working groups 2

3 Development of action plan June to September Draft action plan developed Produced in conjunction with member states Considered the points of the ministerial report, the working group reports, the fact finding mission to Fukushima, and the views of the International Nuclear Safety Group (INSAG) September Action plan approved by board of governors 3

4 The plan presents a work program to improve safety world wide Success depends upon cooperation between,, and other stakeholders Standards development organizations are among the important stakeholders The plan identifies actions for Member States and 4

5 The plan includes 12 main actions They are all summarized in the following slides I ll only talk about a couple 5

6 Assess plant vulnerabilities in light of Fukushima lessons Assess plants against site specific extreme natural hazards Develop assessment methodology that Member states may use Assist member states as requested Conduct peer reviews as requested 6

7 Strengthen peer reviews Volunteer to host peer reviews on a regular basis Provide experts for peer review missions Incorporate Fukushima lessons into peer review guidance Ensure peer review services cover all safety topics e.g., regulatory effectiveness, operational safety, design safety, emergency preparedness Conduct peer reviews as requested Report when and where peer reviews have occurred Report peer review results with consent of host State 7

8 Strengthen emergency preparedness and response Conduct national periodic review of emergency preparedness and response arrangements and capabilities Provide experts for peer review missions Support national reviews as requested In nuclear emergency conduct (with the consent of the Member State) fact finding missions and make results public Strengthen international emergency preparedness and response framework Strengthen international assistance mechanisms 8

9 Strengthen effectiveness of national regulatory bodies Conduct periodic reviews of their regulatory bodies Voluntarily host periodic regulatory review missions Enhance Integrated Regulatory Review Services 9

10 Strengthen safety effectiveness of operating organizations Improve as necessary management systems, safety culture, human resource management, and scientific and technical capacity in operating organizations Voluntarily host at least one Operational Safety Review Team mission in the next 3 years Periodically host OSART missions after that Assist member states to improve operating organizations, as requested Strengthen cooperation with WANO to enhance information exchange Enhance communications and interaction among operating organizations 10

11 Improve the effectiveness of the international legal framework Work towards establishing a global nuclear liability regime that addresses Explore mechanisms to enhance the effective implementation of existing International Safety Conventions Join and effectively implement these Conventions International Expert Group on Nuclear Liability to recommend actions to facilitate achievement of a global liability regime. 11

12 Facilitate the development of infrastructure for newcomer countries Create appropriate nuclear infrastructure based on Safety Standards Host Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Reviews and relevant peer review missions prior to commissioning first plant. e.g., design safety reviews, site reviews Assist as requested 12

13 Strengthen and maintain capacity building Strengthen, develop, maintain, and implement their capacity building programs e.g., education, training and exercises, ensure sufficient and competent human resources Incorporate Fukushima lessons into their nuclear power programme infrastructure Assist as requested 13

14 Protect people and the environment from radiation after a emergency Consider ways to improve knowledge and strengthen capabilities for monitoring, decontamination, and remediation Facilitate use of information, expertize, and techniques for monitoring, decontamination, and remediation Facilitate the use of available information, expertise, and techniques regarding removal of damaged fuel and management and disposal of rad waste resulting from a nuclear emergency Share information regarding the assessment of radiation doses and associated effects on people and the environment 14

15 Enhance transparent & effective communications; improve dissemination of information Provide timely, clear, factually correct, and easily understandable information during an emergency on its potential consequences, and prognosis of possible scenarios Organize international experts meetings to learn the lessons from the Fukushima accident Facilitate sharing of a fully transparent assessment of the accident Strengthen emergency notification system and reporting and information sharing arrangements and capabilities Enhance effectiveness and transparency of communication among operators, regulators, and international organizations. Strengthen coordinating role in this regard Review application of the INES scale as a communications tool 15

16 Effectively utilize research & development Conduct necessary research and development in nuclear safety, technology and engineering Utilize the results of R&D and share them as appropriate 16

17 Strengthen safety standards and improve their implementation Utilize Safety Standards as broadly and effectively as possible in an open, timely, and transparent manner. Support in implementation of the Safety Standards as requested. Together with the Commission on Safety Standards review and revise as necessary in a prioritized sequence. 17

18 This is where NPEC comes in NPEC members can make important contributions to: Development of guides International peer reviews safety guides tend to be fairly high level We depend upon Standards Development Organizations to give more detail Consider how IEEE standards should support implementation of safety guides 18

19 Some highlights of progress so far Nuclear safety action team formed Implementation strategy under development Status website established Vulnerability assessment method created Safety Standards action plan created Draft review of safety standards International experts meeting to discuss Fukushima lessons March 2012 lessons learned report by the end of

20 The draft review of safety standards may particularly interest NPEC This document identifies gaps in safety standards with respect to Fukushima lessons learned so far Available at Document 3 Other documents here describe the plans and processes for the review Reviewed by an expert team earlier this month An update the review should be posted with in the next two weeks 20

21 Electrical, I&C activities already envisioned Meeting to start work on a technical report for accident monitoring ~April Meeting to start work on a technical report for temporary power supply connections Not Fukushima related Meetings to start work on computer security documents Revision of computer security program guide New document on design basis cyber threat New document on computer security controls New document on I&C features to implement computer security controls 21

22 Resources Action plan home page Action plan status page Fukushima page Ministerial conference safety review services INSAG information 22