Chair(s): |
Amy CUBBAGE, United States |
Secretary: |
Marina DEMESHKO (marina.demeshko@oecd-nea.org) |
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Vice-Chair(s): |
Olivier BAUDRAND, France | ||
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 | ||
Date of creation: | 04 June 2018 | ||
End of mandate: | 31 December 2022 |
Mandate (Document reference):
Mandate (Document extract):
Extract from document NEA/CNRA/R(2017)5/REV2
Introduction
The Working Group on the Safety of Advanced Reactors (WGSAR) activities will support the NEA to achieve its goals established in the Strategic Plan of the Nuclear Energy Agency 2017–2022 [...] to “address safety issues associated with new technologies and reactor designs” and to “help maintain an adequate level of capability and competence in member countries necessary to ensure the safety of [...] future nuclear facilities and activities.”
The WGSAR will be responsible for the programme of work in the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) regarding regulatory activities in the primary area of advanced reactors1 and associated installations.
Mandate
In this context, the mandate of the WGSAR is to exchange information and experience from licensing and oversight of past and current nuclear facilities. The WGSAR will plan its work to ensure improvements in nuclear safety through appropriate regulation for advanced reactors and associated installations.
The WGSAR will provide regulatory perspectives through the issuance of technical reports containing discussions of areas in which additional or revised regulatory framework and licensing approaches, including safety research, may be needed to facilitate effective regulation of advanced reactors and to develop common understanding and approaches.
As part of its activities, the WGSAR will take into consideration the GIF safety design criteria and the development of the GIF safety design guidelines. It will provide its feedback to GIF to establish effective and independent interactions with industry at early stages of advanced reactors development.
Objectives
To further this mandate, the WGSAR will identify and share:
Working methods
In terms of working methods, the WGSAR will:
Interactions
The NEA has established Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with a number of organisations – e.g. COG, CRIEPI, EPRI and WANO – to promote international collaboration, particularly in the area of nuclear safety. Accordingly, representatives from these organisations can be invited, as appropriate, in the activities of CNRA working groups, consistent with the MOUs.
Deliverables
The CNRA and its working groups generally produce guidance documents for nuclear safety regulators and other stakeholders interested in commercial nuclear power. Examples include, but are not limited to, proceedings of seminars and workshops, collections of commendable practices implemented by regulatory bodies, case studies and summaries of operating experience.
1 The term “advanced reactors” in the context of this working group primarily refers to non-light-water innovative reactor designs such as those proposed by the Generation IV International Forum (GIF), including small modular non-light-water reactors.