The construction of nuclear power plants has always been challenging. This seems to have become more significant in recent decades (circa 2000 and later) as nuclear power plant projects in many NEA c...

This report analyses 36 events that regulators have observed during the construction of new nuclear power reactors, from siting to licensing and oversight. The database is part of the Contruction Exp...

During the six decades of commercial nuclear power operation so far, nuclear programmes in Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) member countries have grown significantly. Effective communication among member ...

The NEA Working Group on Regulation of New Reactors (WGRNR) met on 21-22 October 2020 via video conference.

The WGRNR organised an international workshop aimed to review and discuss recent and past construction experience lessons learnt including perspectives from regulatory authorities, vendors, and licen...

The WGRNR organised an international workshop aimed to provide a forum to exchange information on lessons learned from siting, licensing and constructing new nuclear power plants around the world. Ke...

This supplementary document contains the appendices that are referred to in the proceedings report for the NEA Workshop on Regulatory Oversight of New Licensee Organisational Capability [NEA/CNRA/R(2...

Regulatory bodies must consider how to develop and deploy its own resources in order to deliver the right level of regulatory oversight against these and other areas of organisational development.

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The Working Group on the Regulation of New Reactors (WGRNR), as the main point of contact between the Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP) and the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activiti...

Consistent with the CNRA/CSNI Joint Strategic Plan (2005-2009) and CNRA Operating Plan, the WGRNR began in May 2008 a task of examining and documenting the various practices used by regulatory author...

At the 15th Meeting of the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) Working Group on the Regulation of New Reactors (WGRNR) agreed to initiate a survey on Regulatory Practice to Assess Passi...

During the September 2009 meeting, the WGRNR presented with a draft survey comprising a broad range of questions related to the licensing process, design review and regulatory structure. At that time...

This report is focused on the analysis of construction events currently reported to the WGRNR. In order to carry out this analysis, a construction event database (ConEx) has been developed within the...

In December 2011, the WGRNR developed a supplemental report augmenting Report on the Survey on Regulation of Site Selection and Preparation NEA/CNRA/R(2010)3 to address additional siting issues, such...

This report, issued by the Working Group on Regulation of New Reactors (WGRNR), on the construction oversight survey is meant to facilitate sharing of information related to the on-site oversight of ...

The ConEx programme includes a database which contains events that have causes and/or lessons learnt related to problems introduced before the commercial operation of nuclear power plants and detecte...

The reports on the survey of the design review of new reactor applications are to serve as guides for regulatory bodies to understand how technical design reviews are performed by member countries. I...

The reports of the survey on the design review of new reactor applications are to serve as guides for regulatory bodies to understand how technical design reviews are performed by member countries. I...

The reports of the survey on the design review of new reactor applications are to serve as guides for regulatory bodies to understand how technical design reviews are performed by member countries. I...