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Nuclear stress tests and follow up in Europe

Nuclear stress tests and follow up in Europe. Brussels, 25 May 2012 Nina Commeau Adviser to the Deputy Director-General in charge of nuclear energy Directorate-General for Energy European Commission. Nuclear Stress tests. Tree step process

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Nuclear stress tests and follow up in Europe

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  1. Nuclear stress tests and follow up in Europe Brussels, 25 May 2012 Nina Commeau Adviser to the Deputy Director-General in charge of nuclear energy Directorate-General for Energy European Commission

  2. Nuclear Stress tests Tree step process to assess the ability of the EU nuclear power plant to safely resist and cope with extreme events

  3. What have we learned from the stress tests ? • A new EU nuclear governance approach • A new EU methodology

  4. Nuclear governance • Stress tests: Commission mandate • 15 March 2011: High Level Conference • 24-25 March 2011: European Council: • comprehensive andtransparent risk andsafety assessments • similar stress testsshould be carried outin the neighbouringcountries and worldwide • revision of the legal andregulatory framework

  5. All stakeholders closely involved in the work preparation and during the process • main lines drafted by WENRA in April • agreed to by ENSREG in May • published on 25 May 2011by ENSREG and the Commission

  6. Participation :Member states • All 14 EUMember Statesthat operate nuclearpower facilities,+ Lithuania, • Without any legal obligation

  7. And neighbouring countries • Meeting in June 2011: • signature of a Joint Declaration • Follow-up meeting next April • State of play: • Switzerland and Ukraineparticipate fully • Armenia and Russia have agreed to carry out assessments taking into account EU specifications • Croatia has a special observer status(it co-owns an NPP in Slovenia) • Belarus and Turkey are involved but do not have operating plants

  8. B. New methodology Stress tests: features • They go beyond safety evaluations during the licensing process and periodic reviews • The aim: assess whether safety margins are sufficient to cover various unexpected events • Conducted on a voluntary basisin three-steps: • licensees (nuclear operators, report Oct 2011) • independent national authorities (regulators, Dec. 2011)

  9. A democratic approach : transparency • All reports (national, peer review, Commission) have been or will be published • All stakeholders are closely involved • Public meetings with stakeholders: • 17 January, Brussels • 8 May, Brussels • Web pages dedicated to public engagement: • www.ensreg.eu/EU-Stress-Tests/Public-engagement • possibility to submit suggestions for thepeer-review process (in January and in April)

  10. Peer reviews: features • They aim to ensure credibility and accountability • Peer review teams: • experts from Member States (nuclear and non-nuclear) and from the European Commission • Board supervising the process: • national regulators, non-nuclear countries, Commission; chaired by P. Jamet (ASN, FR) • Deliverables: • Country Reports • Peer Review Summary Report (June 2012)

  11. Peer reviews: structure

  12. Peer reviews: timetable

  13. C. Follow-up • Ensure continuous improvement in nuclear safety • Implementation of recommendationsand concrete measures made in the report are of national responsibility • Expected to provide a basisfor legislative or non-legislativeproposals that the Commissionmay put forward

  14. Revision of the EU safety framework • Public consultation(from December 2011 to February 2012): • http://ec.europa.eu/energy/nuclear/consultations/20120229_euratom_en.htm • End 2012 or 2013 : Commission proposals • Main areas for legislative improvements: • Nuclear safety directive (2009) to be revised • Nuclear safety governance (international convention) • Emergency preparedness and response (improvement of MS mechanisms) • Nuclear liability regimes (might be a Directive) • Scientific and technological competence (research)

  15. World governance • Partnership with the IAEA to strengthen safety culture and emergency preparedness • Need to revise the international legal framework (IAEA Nuclear Safety Convention) to increase its: • effectiveness, • governance, and • enforceability

  16. CONCLUSION • - To be underlined : first exercise of its kind • No EU or international guidance existed • - Some differences appeared between MS as definition of extreme weather or level of details • -Such stress tests peer review couldn't be carried out each year in a similar level of details • -The efforts by operators, regulators and the EC can be quantified around 500 million euros and 500 man hours.

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