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HomeBenchmarking of nuclear technical requirements against WENRA safety reference levels, EU regulatory framework and IAEA standards
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Benchmarking of nuclear technical requirements against WENRA safety reference levels, EU regulatory framework and IAEA standards
Final report
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The 2017 Nuclear Illustrative Programme of the Commission1 (PINC) provides a basis for discussion on the role of nuclear energy trends and related investments for the period up to 2050, including on how nuclear energy can help achieve the EU's energy objectives. As nuclear safety remains the Commission's absolute priority, it specifically includes investments related to post-Fukushima safety upgrades and those related to the long-term operation of existing nuclear power plants. The PINC indicates how many countries in Europe and in the rest of the world intend to rely on nuclear energy to produce part of their electricity for the coming decades. This will imply new builds and Long Term Operation Programmes. An important obstacle to a timely licensing is that the harmonization developed by national nuclear safety authorities mainly concerns high level safety standards. Whilst this is certainly useful to attain a similar level of safety at EU level, it does not contribute significantly to more rapid or generic licensing of new builds or to extend the operational life of existing reactors. Hence the PINC recommends that the cooperation on harmonisation of licensing process should be fostered and additional efforts to standardise codes and components should be done. The present study supports past and on-going discussions with several stakeholders (ENSREG, ETSON, ENISS/EUR) and aims at bringing insights and material to Member Sates which have an exclusive competence in licensing Nuclear installations.
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- Corporate author(s): Directorate-General for Energy (European Commission) , ENCO
- Themes: Nuclear energy and safety , Energy research
- Subject: benchmarking , nuclear energy , nuclear research , nuclear safety , nuclear technology , standard
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| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-76-08712-0 | DOI 10.2833/972513 | Catalogue number MJ-04-19-481-EN-N |
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