The WGNT is responsible for supporting and advising the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) in carrying out its programme in work areas related to new technologies.
MDEP organised a brainstorming workshop on LW-SMMR.
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...
A new working group will focus on HTGRs.
The Working Group on the Regulation of New Reactors (WGRNR) examined the regulatory issues of the siting, licensing and regulatory oversight for all new commercial nuclear power reactors. The WGRNR f...
The Working Group on Policy and Licensing (WGPL) is responsible for supporting and advising the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) in carrying out its programme of work in areas relate...
The Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) is an international committee created in 1989 to guide the NEA concerning safety in the regulation, licensing and inspection of nuclear installat...
The Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP) continues under a new organisational structure after the second Management Board meeting.
Independent safety regulation has been a hallmark of the global nuclear power sector from its beginnings. Industry and government have long understood the importance of a predictable and adaptable re...
The Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP) begins operation under a new framework agreement.
This report describes the regulatory perspectives on safety aspects related to the calculation and justification of neutronic characteristics and criticality safety assessment of advanced sodium fast...
The NEA Working Group on the Safety of Advanced Reactors (WGSAR) held its biannual meeting via video conference on 21-23 April 2021, welcoming a new member representing Poland’s National Centre for N...
The NEA Working Group on Regulation of New Reactors (WGRNR) met on 21-22 October 2020 via video conference.
The working group will be responsible for the programme of work in the CNRA regarding regulatory activities in the primary area of advanced reactors and associated installations. The term “advanced r...
New reactors are light-water reactors that are in the design or construction phases. Advanced reactors refers to reactors under consideration that are cooled by fluids other than water.
The Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA), at its June 2006 meeting, agreed to form a Senior-level Expert Group to produce a report called "The Regulatory Goal of Assuring Nuclear Safety"...
NEA Working Group on the Safety of Advanced Reactors (WGSAR) meeting, 9‑11 October 2019
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...
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...
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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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...
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 OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) Working Group on Fuel Cycle Safety (WGFCS) held an international workshop on Operational and Regulatory As...
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...
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 reports of the survey on the design review of new reactor applications are to serve as guides for regulatory organisations to understand how technical design reviews are performed by member count...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
