EUROPEAN NUCLEAR CONGRESS Tomihiro TANIGUCHI, Deputy Director General, IAEA
Significant Improvement of NPP Performance in 1990’s Source: IAEA, PRIS Source: OECD/NEA, ISOE Source: IAEA, PRIS Source: IAEA
Deregulation and Nuclear Safety No complacency in this Decade Q1. How does safety remain the paramount consideration of nuclear power when electricity becomes a competitive commodity in a deregulated market? Shareholders’ influence Ageing and Equipment degradation Maintaining Staff competence Matching safety regulations (IAEA Topical Issues Conference, 2001)
Deregulation and Nuclear Safety Growing Challenges Q2. Can we continue to expect win-win situation in which improving NPP performance and improving safety go hand in hand? Safety margin consumed by improvement of performance Limits to symptom and performance based management Human and organizational factors Safety management and safety culture Scarce financial and human resources
Global response to the challenges A1. The response of the IAEA to the challenges above is to contribute to the establishment of a strong, sustainable and visible Global Safety Regime based on common global ‘rules of the game’. Improvement of national and international safety infrastructures, supplemented by intergovernmental agreements on safety Establishment and global acceptance of universal safety standards An integrated approach to the application of universal safety standards Self-sustaining regional and global network of safety related knowledge and experience based on “knowledge management”
Global Safety Regime Intergovernmental agreements (Conventions on Nuclear Safety; on early notification; on assistance in case of nuclear accident and on Safety of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste management ) Integrated approach to the application of safety standards Establishment and global acceptance of IAEA safety standards Global network of knowledge and experience Improved national and international safety infrastructures Operators & Users of Facilities / Activities National Regulatory Systems Research Institutes and Universities