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Recent Activities
International Conference on Topical Issues in Nuclear Installation Safety: Ensuring Safety for Sustainable Nuclear Development, 17-21 November 2008, Mumbai, India
Safe, secure, peaceful and efficient use of nuclear energy requires sustainable tools, including infrastructure that provides legal, regulatory, technological, human and industrial support for the nuclear programme. A country planning a nuclear programme or currently operating nuclear facilities must develop, maintain or improve safety through the mechanisms of international connectivity, sustainable knowledge transfer and synergy among important programmes to safely and reliably operate and maintain the nuclear power programme. These efforts are necessary to protect the citizens within the country, within neighbouring countries, the region and the world.
Over the years, the IAEA has organized several international conferences on topical issues in various areas of nuclear safety. The present conference continues this work by focusing on nuclear installation safety.
The objective of the conference is to foster the exchange of information on topical issues in nuclear safety, especially on issues that ensure safety for sustainable nuclear development. The conference will identify foundations for international consensus on the basic approaches for dealing with these issues, and will propose recommendations concerning:
- The vital role of national regulators and international organizations in the global harmonization of nuclear safety;
- Opportunities for nuclear development: the perspectives of vendors and operators;
- Safety infrastructure for nuclear programmes;
- Safety management and operational experience feedback; and
- The relationship between safety and security requirements.
Conference details For further information please contact Michael Modro.
Seismic Safety of Nuclear Power Plants
IAEA International Workshop on Lessons Learned from Strong Earthquakes, 19-21 June 2008, Kashiwazaki, Japan
The main objective of this Workshop is sharing information in relation to recent technical knowledge and research developments, as well as the experience and good practices relating to the occurrences and effects of this type of extreme external event on nuclear power plant sites. Thus, learning from the lessons of these recent events, will allow the review, revision and expansion, as appropriate, of the Agency Safety Standards relevant in the subject of seismic safety.
Workshop details For further information please contact Antonio Godoy.
Safety Culture SCART Guidelines
The concept of safety culture was initially developed by the International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group (INSAG) after the Chernobyl accident in 1986. Safety culture is considered to be specific organizational culture in all types of organizations with activities that give rise to radiation risks. The Agency’s perspective on safety culture has expanded with time as its awareness of the concept's complexities developed. The Safety Culture Assessment Review Team, SCART, is a new Safety Review service which reflects Members States interest in the methods and tools for safety culture assessment. It replaces the previous service Assessment of Safety Culture in Organizations Team, ASCOT. The SCART Guidelines provide overall guidance to ensure the consistency and comprehensiveness of the safety culture review. More
For further information please contact Anne Kerhoas.
Co-operation on Safety between the IAEA and KAERI
On 3 December 2007 Mr. Tomihiro Taniguchi, Deputy Director General of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, and Mr. Jae Joo Ha, Vice President for Nuclear Safety Research of the Korean Atomic Energy Institute (KAERI), signed a Practical Arrangement on co-operation between the IAEA and KAERI. The general purpose of this Practical Arrangement is to strengthen the co-operation between the two organizations in the area of nuclear installation safety with specific focus on safety standards, advanced safety assessment methods and associated training programmes. More
For further information please contact Michael Modro.
Use of CASAT Collaborative Space for Generic Safety Reviews
A unique generic safety review of four new reactor design submissions to the United Kingdom (UK) Health and Safety Executive was conducted in Autumn 2007. The design submissions were reviewed against the Agency’s Safety Assessment Requirements by the Safety Assessment Section of the Agency’s Division of Nuclear Installation Safety. The Centre for Advanced Safety Assessment Tools (CASAT) Collaborative Space was deployed for its dynamic upload and review features to manage the large volume of data input by project experts and to deliver advanced connectivity for the exchange of comments and ideas.
CASAT served as a multi-user platform for the design safety assessment review, providing Agency and UK project managers and experts with vital content creation and storage functions for the review of important data. The enhanced data-base features facilitated report generation at specific phases of the project for project managers, transforming the organization of a complex review process into a simple and user-friendly effort. More
If you have not previously used CASAT, please contact Michael Modro to activate your profile and for user training.
