Operational Safety Reviews
These Services, initiated in 1982, provide advice on selected operational aspects and on safety management of nuclear power plants:
- Operational Safety Review Team (OSART)
- Peer Review of Operational Safety Performance Experience (PROSPER)
- Incident Reporting System (IRS)
For further information please contact Miroslav Lipar.
Operational Safety Review Team - OSART
The purpose of the OSART programme, established in 1982, is to assist Member States in enhancing the operational safety of nuclear power plants. To promote the continuous development of operational safety within all Member States by in-depth review of nuclear power plant operational safety performance and by the dissemination of information on good practices.
Scope of reviews:
- Management, organization and administration
- Training and qualification
- Operations
- Maintenance
- Technical support
- Operational experience feedback
- Radiation protection
- Chemistry
- Emergency planning and preparedness
- Construction, commissioning, etc.
OSART Brochure: English, French, Russian, Spanish
PROSPER
Peer Review of Operational Safety Performance Experience - PROSPER
To promote at individual NPPs the process and practice of learning from operating experience (either individual NPP experience, that of other NPPs or that of the industry at large) in order to enhance their safety performance. To encourage NPPs worldwide to perform self-assessments of the effectiveness of their operating safety performance experience review process. To benchmark/confirm, through an international Peer Review of NPPs' operational safety performance, that lessons are learned and acted upon and that these are disseminated nationally and internationally. To provide the necessary tools, methods and training to carry out these self-assessments.
Operational performance information comprises the following: external operating experience; internal event reports including internal low-level and near miss event reports; and other relevant operating performance information, such as performance indicators and non-compliance reports on quality assurance.
Incident Reporting System (IRS)
The Incident Reporting System (IRS) is an international system jointly operated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD/NEA), through which thirty-one participating countries exchange experience to improve the safety of nuclear power plants by submitting event reports on unusual events considered important for safety.
The aim of the IRS is to increase the effectiveness in analysing and communicating operational safety experience.
Timely feedback of operational experience provides information on events useful in preventing similar occurrences at other plants. Shared experience is valuable in determining actions to be taken to mitigate the potential consequences of discovered design or operating weaknesses should an event occur. The lessons learned may also be incorporated into new designs for future generations of nuclear power plants.
As of 2006, the reports are accessible through the Web Based Incident Reporting System (WB IRS).
NPP Operating Experiences 1996 - 1999
