Communication Networks
Information and Communication Networks and Global Infrastructure for Nuclear Installation Safety
To maintain and enhance an international nuclear safety regime and to increase transparency on safety matters.
- Harmonizing the approaches to safety standards for nuclear installations
- Implementing a strategy for sustainable education and training in nuclear installation safety
- Maintaining the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES) and information exchange on nuclear and radiation events (NEWS)
- Supporting regional safety network programmes
- Servicing the Convention on Nuclear Safety
For further information please contact Christer Viktorsson.
Harmonizing the approaches to safety standards for nuclear installations
To achieve consensus of a complete collection of up-to-date Safety Standards publications for nuclear installations.
Nuclear Safety Standards Committee (NUSSC)
International Conference on Topical Issues in Nuclear Installation Safety
Implementing a strategy for sustainable education and training in nuclear installation safety
To enhance an international nuclear safety regime by assisting Member States to develop sustainable education and training systems consistent with IAEA safety standards and best practices and by maintaining knowledge and competence in the area of nuclear safety.
Maintaining the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES) and information exchange on nuclear and radiation events (NEWS)
To enhance an international safety regime by promptly communicating to the public the safety significance of nuclear and radiological events using the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES) and by disseminating authoritative information on the occurrence of events of interest for the international community.
For further information please contact Rejane Spiegelberg-Planer.
International Nuclear Event Scale (INES)
INES is a scale to put nuclear and radiological events into perspective, explaining in simple terms their significance and relative importance to the public. The INES range is from level 1 (anomaly) through level 7 (major accident). Deviations of no safety significance are level 0.
Scale criteria or safety attributes:
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- Offsite impact
- Onsite impact
- Defence in depth degradation.
INES User Manual: English, French, Russian, Spanish
Nuclear Events Web-based System (NEWS)
The purpose of NEWS is to provide fast, flexible and authoritative information on the occurrence of nuclear events that are of interest to the international community.
NEWS has been established to cover all significant events in nuclear power plants, research reactors, nuclear fuel cycle facilities and occurrences involving radiation sources or the transport of radioactive material.
The International Nuclear Event Scale Information Service (INES) is a means for promptly communicating to the public in consistent terms the safety significance of events reported. By putting events into proper perspective, it can facilitate common understanding among the nuclear community, the media and the public.
For rapid information exchange on these nuclear events, NEWS provides event descriptions, ratings according to the International Nuclear Event Scale and press releases (in the national language and in English).
Supporting regional safety network programmes
To enhance the international nuclear safety regime by establishing national safety infrastructures in countries of the region commensurate with their existing and planned nuclear programmes.
The Asian Nuclear Safety Network (ANSN) is a regional safety network to pool, analyze and share existing and new knowledge and practical experience to further improve the safety of nuclear installations in Asia. A Pilot Project was successfully implemented in 2003 to develop and test the basic networking communication, the database structure, taxonomy, and the search and retrieval mechanisms. The network should go in full operation in 2004.
For further information please contact Luis Lederman.
Servicing the Convention on Nuclear Safety
To enhance the international nuclear safety regime by servicing the Organization and the Review Meetings of the Contracting Parties; and transmitting to the Contracting Parties information received or prepared in accordance to the provision of the convention.
