NEA Mandates and Structures

COMMITTEE ON THE SAFETY OF NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS (CSNI)

Chair(s):	Jean-Christophe NIEL, France	Secretaries:	Nobuhiro MUROYA (nobuhiro.muroya@oecd-nea.org) Vesselina RANGUELOVA (vesselina.ranguelova@oecd-nea.org) Veronique ROUYER (veronique.rouyer@oecd-nea.org)
Vice-Chair(s):	Uwe STOLL, Germany
Member(s):	All NEA member countries^*
	Russia (Suspended*)
	^*Russian Federation suspended pursuant to a decision of the OECD Council.
Full participant(s):	European Commission Under the NEA Statute
Participant(s):	India
Observer(s)(International Organisation):	International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) By agreement Union of the Electricity Industry (EURELECTRIC)
Date of creation:	01 February 1973
End of mandate:	31 December 2028

Mandate (Document reference):

Final Report on the Strategy and Programme of Work in the Field of Nuclear Safety [NE(82)2]
Revised Mandate [NE(89)12]
Review of the NEA Committee Structure [NEA/NE(2000)11/REV1]
Review of Mandates of the NEA Standing Technical Committees [NEA/NE(2005)2]
Summary of Decisions Taken at the 117th Session of the Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy [NEA/SUM/DEC(2008)2]
Review of the NEA Standing Technical Committee Mandates [NEA/NE(2010)7]
Summary of Decisions Taken at the 121st Session of the Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy [NEA/SUM/DEC(2010)2]
Review of the Mandates of NEA Bodies Reporting Directly to the Steering Committee [NEA/NE(2016)5]
Summary of Decisions Taken at the 133rd Session of the Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy [NEA/SUM/DEC(2016)2]
Participant Status of India in the CSNI and its subsidiary bodies: 2018 Update of the NEA Participation Plan [NEA/NE(2018)8], Summary of Decisions taken at the 137th Session of the Steering Committee [NEA/SUM/DEC(2018)2] and official letter received from India on 31 October 2019 confirming its acceptance of Participant Status in the CSNI and its subsidiary bodies
Mandate approved under the written procedure by the CSNI members [NEA/SEN/SIN(2022)5]
Review of Mandates of the NEA Standing Technical Committees and the Management Board for the Development, Application and Validation of Nuclear Data and Codes (MBDAV) [NEA/NE(2022)20]
Summary of Decisions Taken at the 144th Session of the Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy (Item 10) [NEA/SUM/DEC(2022)2]

Mandate (Document extract):

Extract from document NEA/NE(2022)20

Mandate:

The Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) shall be responsible for NEA programmes and activities that support maintaining and advancing the scientific and technical knowledge base of the safety of nuclear installations, with the aim of implementing the NEA Strategic Plan for 2023‑2028 in its field.

The Committee shall constitute a forum for the exchange of technical information and for collaboration between organisations, which can contribute, from their respective backgrounds in research, development and engineering, to its activities. It shall foster the exchange of information between member countries and safety R&D programmes of various sizes to keep all member countries involved in and abreast of developments in technical safety matters.

The Committee shall review the state of knowledge on important topics including nuclear safety science, techniques, and safety assessments. It shall ensure that operating experience is appropriately accounted for in its activities. It shall initiate and administer programmes identified by these reviews and assessments to do the following: ensure safety, address safety challenges, overcome discrepancies, develop improvements, and reach consensus on technical issues of common interest. It shall promote the co-ordination of work in different member countries that serve to maintain and enhance competence in nuclear safety matters, including the establishment of joint undertakings (e.g. joint research and data projects), and shall assist in the feedback of the results to participating organisations. The Committee shall ensure that valuable end-products of the technical reviews and analyses are provided to members in a timely manner, and made publicly available when appropriate, to support broader nuclear safety and reach various interested stakeholders.

The Committee shall address the safety aspects of existing power reactors and the emerging safety challenges required to enable safety design and operation of advanced and innovative nuclear technologies, including the ones used for small modular reactors. This will cover the development and preservation of essential safety knowledge, nuclear skills and research infrastructure. Further, the scope for the Committee shall include human and organisational research activities, and technical developments that impact nuclear safety.

The Committee shall organise its own activities. Furthermore, it shall examine any other matters referred to it by the Steering Committee. It may sponsor expert meetings and technical working groups to further its objectives. In implementing its programme, the Committee shall establish co-operative mechanisms with the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) to work on matters of common interest, and avoid unnecessary duplications.

In the fulfilment of its mandate, the Committee will interact with other standing technical committees of the Agency in matters of common interest and with other competent bodies within the Organisation, as well as with NEA divisions and other international organisations, as appropriate. In particular, the Committee shall co-operate with the Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health (CRPPH), the Nuclear Science Committee (NSC), the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC), the Committee on Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations and Legacy Management (CDLM), the Committee for Technical and Economic Studies on Nuclear Energy Development and the Fuel Cycle (NDC). The Committee will also work in coordination with the Management Board for the Development, Application and Validation of Nuclear Data and Codes (MBDAV) on the preservation of nuclear safety data in the Data Bank.