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Senior Regulators’ meeting – 3 October 2008 1
IAEA 52nd General ConferenceSenior Regulators’ Meeting
3 October 2008
EXPERIENCES IN THE USE BY MEMBER STATES OF THE IAEA SAFETY
STANDARDS
A.-C. LacosteChairman of the Commission on Safety Standards
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Contents
• The CSS mandate and composition
• Regular reports at the CSS meetings
• Reports from the Committees
• Different uses of the IAEA Safety Standards by the MS
• Recent improvements:
– The use in relation to the safety-related Conventions
– The improved quality and relevance of the Safety Standards
– Strategies in place for the future
• Conclusions
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The CSS mandate and composition
• The Commission on Safety Standards (CSS) is a standing body of senior government officials holding national responsibilities for establishing standards and other regulatory documents relevant to nuclear, radiation, transport and waste safety.
• The CSS has a special overview role with regard to the Agency’s safety standards and provides advice to the Director General on the overall programme on regulatory aspects of safety.
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The CSS mandate and composition (Cont.)
The functions of the CSS are:
• To provide guidance on the approach and strategy for establishing the Agency’s safety standards, particularly in order to ensure coherence and consistency between standards;
• To resolve outstanding issues referred to it by the Committees involved in the Agency’s preparation and review process for safety standards;
• To endorse, in accordance with the Agency’s preparation and review process for safety standards, the texts of the Safety Fundamentals and Safety Requirements to be submitted to the Board of Governors for approval and to determine the suitability of Safety Guides to be issued under the authority of the Director General;
• To provide general advice and guidance on safety standards issues, relevant regulatory issues and the Agency’s safety standards activities and related programmes, including those for promoting the worldwide application of the standards.
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The CSS mandate and composition (Cont.)
Composition:
• Senior regulators from Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Republic of Korea, Lithuania, Pakistan, Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States of America, Vietnam;
• Observers: Chairmen of AdSec, ICRP and INSAG, representatives from the OECD/NEA and from the European Commission;
• Chairmen of the four Safety Standards Committees.
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Regular Reports at the CSS meetings
• Reports from the CSS members on the application of the IAEA Safety Standards is a standing agenda item since its 16th meeting in November 2004.
• 53 Reports presented by Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Rep. of Korea, Lithuania, Pakistan, Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States of America and a regional presentation from WENRA.
• Collection of presentations available on the CSS web site http://www-ns.iaea.org/committees/css/
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Report from the CommitteesNUSSC
• The use of the SS in the NUSSC area varies considerably across MS. Some countries more or less take the SS verbatim and make them part of their legal system, others use them as reference to a greater or lesser extent.
• All MS take some account of the SS but there is no one model. Some use the standards to benchmark their national regulation or guidance, but do not use them directly except in a few cases.
• MS with less developed, regulatory systems are more likely to use the SS more directly. An example is where the MS has only research reactors.
• Another use of the SS was as the baseline for the WENRA work and as the basis for the NEA work under the MDEP heading.
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Report from the CommitteesRASSC
The International Basic Safety Standards:
• Covers all exposure situations; and covers occupational exposure, public exposure, medical exposure, safety of sources, protection of the environment
• Applies to all facilities and activities involving exposure to ionizing radiation
• Basis or reference point/benchmark for regulations in all Member States
• Currently being revised with active collaboration of cosponsors and potential cosponsors. Draft 1.0 to be reviewed by Safety Standards Committees in 4th quarter
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• TRANSSC members include Member State representatives, typically from the radioactive material transport regulatory agency (Competent Authorities for Transportation)
• Primary TRANSSC role is the periodic review and revision of the international transport safety standard, Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (TS-R-1)
• The IAEA Safety Standard, Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (TS-R-1), is incorporated world-wide into Member State’s national regulations
• IAEA and TRANSSC work closely with other UN organizations involved in transport of dangerous goods to ensure world-wide safety of radioactive material transport
Report from the CommitteesTRANSSC
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Report from the CommitteesWASSC
• The IAEA Safety Standards in the Waste area date back to 1961. Since that time the waste safety standards have been regularly updated in terms of areas covered and format.
• The Standards in Waste Safety represent international consensus on the primary requirements and guidance on how to meet these requirements.
• The Waste Safety Standards cover:– Predisposal Management– Disposal– Environmental Discharges and Restoration– Decommissioning
• The WASSC is comprised of members from 55 Member States and 6 International Organizations
• The use of the SS in member states was also as the baseline for the WENRA work
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Different uses of the IAEA Safety Standards by the MS
• Notable use by MS:
– Formally adopted (i.e. Brazil, China, Netherlands, Pakistan).
– Direct use of standards (i.e. Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, India, Korea Rep. of, Russian Federation)
– Used as reference for review of national standards (by many other States also by Industry) and as benchmark for harmonization
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Different uses of the IAEA Safety Standards by the MS
WENRA
• The IAEA Safety Standards were the basis for the WENRA’s« Safety reference levels »
• WENRA : a club of European nuclear regulators
• A process on a voluntary basis
• aiming at reaching high and harmonized levels of safety across Europe and further improving safety
• An original approach– Not aiming at developing a stringent European
technical regulation– Not establishing new technical standards– Rather, having common safety references, based
on already existing documents such as IAEA SS
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Different uses of the IAEA Safety Standards by the MS
• Development of « safety reference levels »– For existing power reactors– For interim storage and decommissioning
• The « safety reference levels » were largely based on IAEA safety standards– Safety requirements– Safety guides– In very few cases, completed by national
regulations• Showing that the IAEA SS were well adapted
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Different uses of the IAEA Safety Standards by the MS
• A benchmark has been performed to check these 2 issues : Are the « safety reference levels » covered by the national
regulations ? Are they implemented by the operators ?
• WENRA members committed themselves to reach an harmonized situation for existing power reactors by 2010 Update of the national regulations
• Through the WENRA « safety reference levels », the substance of IAEA standards will be taken into account in the national regulations of European countries by 2010, and implemented in the nuclear facilities
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Different uses of the IAEA Safety Standards by the MS
• Medical application is an important area where the
CSS highlighted the need for significant
improvement in the application of the safety
standards in the Member States
• Application of Safety Standards in countries
embarking in Nuclear Power programme is another
priority identified by the CSS. A specific guide is in
preparation to assist the MS (presented this
morning)
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Recent improvements:The use
in relation to the safety-related Conventions
Some feedback from the 4th CNS review meeting
• More Contracting Parties reported using, or intending to use, IAEA Safety Standards as the basis for creation or revision of regulatory requirements for nuclear safety (e.g. GS-R-1 Legal and Governmental Infrastructure and supporting safety guides).
• European countries reported harmonization efforts through the voluntary incorporation of WENRA Reference Levels, which are based on the IAEA Safety Standards.
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Recent improvements:The use
in relation to the safety-related Conventions
Some feedback from the 4th CNS review meeting (Cont.)
• Substantial progress was reported regarding safety management and safety culture, in operating organizations and Regulatory Bodies. IAEA Safety Requirements (e.g. GS-R-3: The Management System for Facilities and Activities and supporting safety guides ) were frequently referenced.
• Most Contracting Parties reported the use of IAEA Safety Guide NS-G-2.10: Periodic Safety Review of Nuclear Power
Plants.
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Recent improvements: The improved quality and
relevance of the Safety Standards
• The quality and relevance of the safety standards has significantly increased over the past ten years.
• This has resulted in an increase in – their actual use by MS and– the commitment of MS and their
involvement in the review and approval process
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Recent improvements: Strategies in place for the
future• Complements the presentation from the Secretariat this
afternoon
• After 50 years of essentially bottom-up approach, the Safety Fundamentals SF-1 marks the beginning of a top-down approach leading to a complete and consistent Series
• A CSS roadmap was approved at the May 2008 meeting for the long-term objectives
• « Safety measures and security measures must be designed
and implemented in an integrated manner » as mentioned in the point 6 of the roadmap.
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Recent improvements: Strategies in place for the future
(cont.)
• A paper on structure and format for the safety requirements was approved at the September 2008 meeting, as well as criteria for the optimization of the collection of safety guides and a template for new DPPs (decision making tool for new guides)
• User-friendliness was also addressed by the roadmap
• A process is engaged for ensuring harmonized use of terms and a rigorous approval process of the safety glossary
• Processes with stakeholder involvement are being established for the effectiveness of the feedback mechanisms
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Conclusions
• In 2006, the unified safety fundamentals SF-1 was published. It states the 10 fundamental principles to be applied in order to achieve the fundamental safety objective.
• The CSS shares with the Safety Standards Committees and the Secretariat some objectives to be reached in order to achieve a worldwide use by the MS of the IAEA Safety Standards.
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Conclusions: some objectives for a worldwide use of the IAEA Safety Standards• For the Safety Standards Series:
– Completeness,– Logical top-down relationship,– Consistency,– User friendliness,– Manageable number of publications
• For the Safety Standards content:– Consensus on high level of safety and best international practices
• For the Safety Standards review and approval process:– rigour,– transparency,– high level approval,– effectiveness of feedback mechanisms