1. Experts for experts
STUDY IN SUPPORT OF HARMONISATION OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT T FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY ASSESSMENT BY REGULATORS AND TECHNICAL SAFETY ORGANISATIONS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION T&T COORDINATION JUNE 2016
Didier LOUVAT

2. REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Implementation of Council Directive 2009/71/Euratom of 25 June 2009
“However, challenges in the implementation of the Directive have been identified as regards the regulatory authority’s legal powers and human and financial resources (Article 5(3)). From the Commission’s perspective, such situations may jeopardise the necessary independence of the regulatory authority. This matter will require special attention by national authorities.”
November 2015
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3. THE NUSHARE PROJECT
A EURATOM education, training and information initiative
To develop and implement training schemes with the aim to share and grow a culture of safety based on existing training efforts;
Target Groups (TG) at higher education level
TG1 Policy and decision makers: governments, emergency management teams, including international organizations; - INSTN
TG2 Staff of Nuclear Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) and Technical Safety Organisations (TSOs) - ENSTTI
TG3 Managers and operators in the nuclear industry, system suppliers and energy providers. - TECNATOM
Qualification System – Mutual Recognition
European Credit system for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET)
Workforce Mobility :"Personal Transcripts“ or “Training Passport”
Time Frame:
Project Coordinator
ENEN
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4. WORKING PACKAGE 3: PRELIMINARY TRAINING SCHEME FOR NRA AND TSOS
Target Group 2 (TG2)
professionals at NRAs and TSOs;
experts in charge of professional development and training (train the trainers);
professionals involved in the licensing of all types of activities and facilities from the nuclear cycle and the use of radioactive material in medicine and industry.
Training Scheme
Comprehensive and harmonized training scheme to support the development of young professionals and qualified staff working or planning to make a career at NRAs and TSOs.
Objective
To build-up personnel able to carry out radiation safety, nuclear safety and nuclear security functions to suit the State’s needs and to meet national requirements.
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5. NUSHARE WP3 Involvement of Stakeholders: ENSTTI-NRA-TSO Meeting - 17-18 April 2013, Paris
Objective
Discuss how NRAs and TSOs can best benefit from the NUSHARE project WP3
Seek feedback and input on draft concept of basic training scheme
Identify areas of cooperation and collaboration between ENSTTI, European NRAs and TSOs as well as other stakeholders
Participation
8 TSOs
11 NRAs
EC (DG ENER, EHRO-N)
Outcome
Meeting Report (also disseminated among NUSHARE
coordinator and team members)
Summary of the meeting
Comments on draft concept
Recommendations
In addition to the regulation of nuclear safety at nuclear installations, NRAs often also carry out regulatory functions in the area such as radiation protection (at associated facilities), nuclear security and non-proliferation.
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6. Promotion of safety culture requires a workforce
RESULTS OF NUSHARE TG2 STAKEHOLDER MEETING THE MEANING OF SAFETY CULTURE FOR NRAS AND TSOS
NRAs and TSOs promote Safety Culture by setting a good example in their own performance :
should be technically competent;
set high safety standards for themselves;
conduct their dealings with operators in a professional manner;
show good judgment in regulatory decisions.
In promoting safety culture, a regulatory body should set a good example in its own performance. This means, for example, the regulatory body should be technically competent, set high safety standards for itself, conduct its dealings with operators in a professional manner and show good judgment in its regulatory decisions.
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The regulator can promote safety culture in the operator’s organisation just through the mere fact of placing it on the agenda at the highest organisational levels. The operator’s priorities are influenced by those matters
regarded as important by the regulatory body. Thus, the regulator can stimulate the development of a safety culture by providing positive reinforcement for good performance and high quality in plant work processes, by encouraging good safety practices, by promoting the examples of operators having a good safety culture, and by recognising initiatives of industry organisations.
Promotion of safety culture requires a workforce
holding competences in many disciplines.
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7. SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO BUILD-UP AND STRENGTHEN COMPETENCES
Analyst
Nuclear Safety
Nuclear Security
Radiation Protection
Expert
Module
Advanced Training Programme
Basic Training Programme for TSOs & NRAs
Focus on FUNCTIONS as set out in the IAEA GSR Part 1 “Governmental, Legal and Regulatory Framework for Safety” & SARCON.
TUTORING
TRAINING
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8. TRAINING SCHEME FOR NRAS AND TSOS
Basic Module – Competence Profile for new entrants, or people looking for a new career at NRAs/TSOs
Nuclear & Legal Awareness
Scientific-Technological
Behavioural
Information
&
Cooperation
Managerial
Socio-economic
Personal & Interpersonal
Entry Level Skills
Core Competences
Generic
Competences
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9. EU TRAINING POLICY Qualification System – Mutual Recognition
European Qualifications Framework (EQF): assessment and validation process
Learning outcomes: knowledge, skills and competence
ECVET: European Credit system for Vocational Education and Training
Workforce Mobility
“Personal Transcripts“ or “Training Passport”
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10. MACRO LEARNING OUTCOMES Basic Training Programme
Describe the fundamentals of safety culture and differentiate between nuclear safety and nuclear security culture.
Explain the basics of regulatory oversight of licenses and set out different approaches.
Define the different steps of the safety culture oversight process.
Explain the fundamental principles for the protection of human and their environment from ionizing radiation.
Demonstrate a systemic vision of nuclear safety by describing the explicit and implicit connections among technological, social, human and organizational features.
Discuss the legal basis and regulatory process that empower the NRA to govern its operation.
Identify the basic, applied and advanced technical disciplines related to the regulatory control of facilities and activities using ionizing radiation.
Describe regulatory practices such as assessment and inspections technologies, investigation and auditing.
Demonstrate soft skills necessary to carry out regulatory functions.
Demonstrate a systemic vision of nuclear safety by understanding the explicit and implicit connections among technological, social, human and organizational features.
Explain the fundamental principles that form the system for the protection of human and their environment from ionizing radiation.
Discuss the legal basis and regulatory process that empower the NRA to govern its operation.
Describe the fundamentals of safety culture.
Explain the basics of regulatory oversight of licenses including the management of  safety culture and to compare the different oversight approaches.
Identify the different steps of the safety culture oversight process and to differentiate between nuclear safety and nuclear security culture.
Discuss the basic, applied and advanced technical disciplines related to the regulatory control of facilities and activities using ionizing radiation.
Describe and discuss regulatory practices such as assessment and inspections technologies, investigation and auditing.
Demonstrate soft skills necessary to carry out regulatory functions.
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11. BASIC TRAINING SCHEME PROPOSAL
Basic Module Structure
Class Room Training – Core Competences (1 week & 3 weeks & 1 week) and Distance Learning – Generic Competences within 6 months – accredited with ECVET credits
In-between: Distance learning modules (Mentors)
Group and individual assignments
Structured self-study
Site visits
Tutoring (at least 3 months)
Nuclear &Legal
Course
1 week
Scientific-Technological
3 weeks
Behavioural
Tutoring
3 months
Distance Learning
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12. BASIC TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR NRAS & TSOS
4 Modules over a period of 12 months
Module I: Nuclear Law and Regulatory Frameworks (1 week)
Module II: Technical Concepts (4 weeks)
Module II - A: Technical Concepts governing Nuclear Safety
Module II - B: Technical Concepts governing Nuclear Security
Module II - C: Technical Concepts governing Radiation Protection
Module III: Regulatory Oversight of Safety Culture (1 week)
Module IV: Structured Tutoring (min. 3 months in ‘home organization’)
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13. 2015 PILOT SESSION supported by DG-ENER
Legal Basis and Regulatory Processes for Nuclear and Radiation Safety; 4-8 May 2015 – SSM, Stockholm, Sweden;
Technical Concepts, Techniques, Methods and Tools for the Assessment of Nuclear and Radiation Safety; 8-26 June 2015 – GRS, Munich, Germany;
3 month tutoring of the trainees inside their own organizations;
18 young professionals from NRA & TSO-12 from nuclear safety side and 6 from Radiation safety side
Feedback session in April 2016
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14. PILOT STUDY RESULTS Mean= 13,4 Median= 13,2 Standard deviation= 0,04
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15. FEEDBACK ON BTP PILOT SESSION
Pilot Sessoin well appreciated by all participants;
Fills in a knowledge gap;
Places safety assessment in perspective;
Improves capability of dialogue (internal, external, stakeholder)
Helps to build collective judgment to support regulatory decisions.
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