22 March 2012Stockmann, Pauwels, Mele: SSTC-NRS in the EU nuclear Safety Cooperation 1 SSTC-NRS IN THE EU NUCLEAR SAFETY COOPERATION Scientific and Technical Support to Regulation of Nuclear and Radiation Safety, Kiev Ynte Stockmann*, Henri Pauwels*, Renato Mele** *JRC-F5 Scientific Officer, *EuropeAid-D5 Project Manager, **Former EuropeAid-D5 Sector Head The views expressed are purely those of the authors and may not in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission

22 March 2012Stockmann, Pauwels, Mele: SSTC-NRS in the EU nuclear Safety Cooperation 2 Content EU nuclear safety cooperation TACIS INSC Three Pillar model of Nuclear Safety Regulatory Cooperation EU-Ukraine cooperation Development of SSTC-NRS role Future Conclusion

22 March 2012Stockmann, Pauwels, Mele: SSTC-NRS in the EU nuclear Safety Cooperation 3 TACIS-INSC History ProgramPeriodTarget group (Nuclear Safety) TACIS CiS + Mongolia Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Ukraine Uzbekistan INSC Worldwide Armenia, Belarus, Brazil, China, Egypt, Georgia, Iraq, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Philippines, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

22 March 2012Stockmann, Pauwels, Mele: SSTC-NRS in the EU nuclear Safety Cooperation 4 INSC partner countries EU IPA TACIS-INSC INSC

22 March 2012Stockmann, Pauwels, Mele: SSTC-NRS in the EU nuclear Safety Cooperation 5 TACIS/ INSC Budget for nuclear safety regulatory cooperation projects

22 March 2012Stockmann, Pauwels, Mele: SSTC-NRS in the EU nuclear Safety Cooperation 6 Nulear Safety Regulatory Cooperation, Three Pillars

22 March 2012Stockmann, Pauwels, Mele: SSTC-NRS in the EU nuclear Safety Cooperation 7 Nuclear Safety Regulatory Development General A strong independent nuclear safety regulator needs a strong regulatory framework: Laws Internal Structure of the NRA, including TSO

22 March 2012Stockmann, Pauwels, Mele: SSTC-NRS in the EU nuclear Safety Cooperation 8 Nuclear Safety Regulatory Development Ukraine, examples Law: Nuclear Law Guidelines General safety issues of nuclear power plants Nuclear Safety Rules of Reactor Facilities of nuclear power plants Requirements to radiation monitoring of the environment in uranium mining and milling industry Internal Structure Hardware Computers etc. QA Procedures: Inspection Assessment

22 March 2012Stockmann, Pauwels, Mele: SSTC-NRS in the EU nuclear Safety Cooperation Nuclear Safety

22 March 2012Stockmann, Pauwels, Mele: SSTC-NRS in the EU nuclear Safety Cooperation Nuclear Safety Ukraine examples Assessment of implementation of waste treatment facilities, such as supercompacting facilities for Rovno NPP and Zaporozhye NPP. Analysis of applicability of the French “superpipe” concept for Ukrainian nuclear power plants Assessment of the modernisation programme for Ukrainian NPP at various stages

22 March 2012Stockmann, Pauwels, Mele: SSTC-NRS in the EU nuclear Safety Cooperation 11 Training and Tutoring Regulatory Nuclear Safety High demands on technical competence continuous new information, general, in depth and specific training.

22 March 2012Stockmann, Pauwels, Mele: SSTC-NRS in the EU nuclear Safety Cooperation 12 Nuclear safety Regulatory Training and Tutoring Ukraine examples Training in the use of thermal-hydraulic codes Development of 5 module training course: “General issues of NRS assurance.” Workshops Site visits in EU

22 March 2012Stockmann, Pauwels, Mele: SSTC-NRS in the EU nuclear Safety Cooperation 13 SSTC-Involvement past Nuclear Safety Projects Supply: Receive Equipment Service Contracts: Receive training, including site visits and workshops

22 March 2012Stockmann, Pauwels, Mele: SSTC-NRS in the EU nuclear Safety Cooperation 14 SSTC-NRS Involvement Ongoing Participation in Service contracts managed by Riskaudit in Ukraine: Draft technical guidelines Joint assessment of licensing documentation Joint assessment of modification implementation Translation of technical documents Project management support

22 March 2012Stockmann, Pauwels, Mele: SSTC-NRS in the EU nuclear Safety Cooperation 15 Participation of Riskaudit's partners in ongoing EC contracts in Ukraine* (Fees) *Graph, courtesy of Riskaudit, February 2012

22 March 2012Stockmann, Pauwels, Mele: SSTC-NRS in the EU nuclear Safety Cooperation 16 Actual Developments SSTC-NRS/ EU Participation as consortium subcontractor in Riskaudit contract in Belarus as first and only non-EU participant Consortium member in Multi country nuclear regulatory safety Training and Tutoring project MC3.0/10 Lot 2.

22 March 2012Stockmann, Pauwels, Mele: SSTC-NRS in the EU nuclear Safety Cooperation 17 Future role of SSTC-NRS in EU projects Nuclear safety support to Ukraine will decrease Only specific specialized projects in Ukraine Limited eligible activities in Ukraine Participation in projects outside Ukraine

22 March 2012Stockmann, Pauwels, Mele: SSTC-NRS in the EU nuclear Safety Cooperation 18 Conclusion Extensive development in the participation of SSTC-NRS in EU projects in 20 years From beneficiary, via active participant to consortium partner Development of SSTC-NRS is an exemplary success of EU nuclear safety cooperation projects

22 March 2012Stockmann, Pauwels, Mele: SSTC-NRS in the EU nuclear Safety Cooperation 19 Participation of partners in EC contracts to RISKAUDIT in Ukraine* (mandays) *Graph, courtesy of Riskaudit, February 2012