WENRA Published Safety Objectives for New Nuclear Power Plants17/11/2010
Members of WENRA emphasise that in designing new nuclear power plants, it is important to take into account operating experience feedback of current plants, the lessons learned from accidents and the development of nuclear power technology and safety assessments. WENRA strives to actively promote that more demanding safety objectives will also be taken into account in the standards published by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The statement is based on the report published by WENRA in January 2010 and the comments which various interest groups have provided in the report. Established in 1999, WENRA’s objective is to harmonise the safety of European nuclear power plants at the very least to the basic level that has been jointly agreed on. It also aims to promote the continual improvement of safety at both current and future nuclear power plants. Jukka Laaksonen, the General Director of the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) acts as WENRA’s chair. The statement can be read in full on WENRA’s website at www.wenra.org under Publications: WENRA statement on safety objectives for new nuclear power plants (November 2010) (pdf) For more information, please contact: Information Officer Riikka Laitinen-Sorvari, tel: +358 9 759 88 210 |