IAEA - 4 th Steering Committee Meeting on Competence of Human Resources for RBs and SARCoN seminar EUROPEAN UNION COOPERATION TO STRENGTHEN REGULATORY

IAEA - 4th Steering Committee Meeting on Competence of Human Resources for RBs and SARCoN seminar

EUROPEAN UNION COOPERATION TO STRENGTHEN

REGULATORY & TECHNICAL CAPACITIES of RBs

EU - INSC Project T&T - LOT 1

K. Slavcheva, A. Madonna

IAEA- Vienna – December 4 – 7, 2012

Steering Committee Meeting on HR in RB - IAEA- Vienna December 2012

EU INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION PROJECT INSC - MC.03/10 OBJECTIVE PROJECT PHASES AND TASKS ANALYSIS & IMPLEMENTATION PHASES PROPOSED T&T COURSES FEEDBACK FROM IMPLEMENTATION


CONTENT

The European Union since 1992 has emphasized the importance attached to nuclear safety in Europe and the importance of the international cooperation in the nuclear field.

Initially the assistance-cooperation activity was devoted to Central and Eastern European Countries.

Since 2007 with the ‘’Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation‘’ (INSC) approved by EU on 14 February 2007, the EU cooperation is supporting the promotion of a high level of nuclear safety all over the world.

The promotion of an effective nuclear safety culture is particularly focusing on the support to regulatory bodies to reinforce their capacities for regulation, technical review, authorizations and supervision processes.


EU INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

• Training and tutoring are part of the measures to support the development of institutional and technical capacities.

• Based on the outcomes of a survey conducted by the EC in a number of countries outside EU a dedicated INSC Project has been launched in 2010

• The project INSC Project MC.03/10 is titled ‘’Training and Tutoring for experts of the NRAs and their TSOs for developing or strengthening their regulatory and technical capabilities’’ and provides cooperation with partner countries to strengthen their regulatory capacities.

• The project has a duration of three years (2012-2014), a follow-up has been already approved by the EC


EU INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

The main objective is the enhancement of capacities of NRA of the Partner Countries, including their TSO:

This means to enhance the capability of NRA’s staff, and of their supporting TSOs, in the major functions of authorization, review and assessment, inspection and enforcement, issue of regulations and guides, management of licensing process and related decision making.

Partner Countries include: Armenia, Belarus, Brazil, Egypt, Georgia, Jordan, Mexico, Morocco, Ukraine, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam Other countries (previous agreement with EC) like Iraq, Russia, China, Tunisia, Argentina, Mongolia, Central Asian Countries as well as regional organizations like ANSN, ANNuR, FORO and FNRBA


EU - INSC PROJECT MC.03/10 OBJECTIVE

The EU - INSC PROJECT MC.03/10 is made of two LOTS both related to cooperation to strengthen Regulatory Bodies and their TSO in the Partner Countries

LOT1 is implemented by ITER-Consult as Consultant of the EC.

ITER-Consult was selected by the EC through a tender process which took place last year.



ITER-Consult is leading a team made by ITER and the following NRA or TSO organizations:

• BNRA - Bulgarian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (BG); • JSI – Jozef Stephan Institute (SLO) ; • NRG - Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group (NL); • SCK·CEN - Studiecentrum voor Kernenergie (B); • STUK - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (FI) • ISPRA – Istituto Superiore Prot. e Ricerca Ambientale (I); • SNSA – Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration (SI).




PROJECT PHASES

The Project implementation envisages three distinct main phases to be carried out:

Analysis of regulatory needs and preparation of the Training & Tutoring (T&T) program (TASK 1)

Implementation of the Training &Tutoring (T&T)

activities (TASK 2) Evaluation and assessment of results (TASK 3)


PROJECT PHASES

The Analysis of regulatory needs has been conducted:

in general by the Consultant during the preparation of the offered Training & Tutoring (T&T) modules

in specific by each PC when developing the EU Cooperation National Training Plan

The offer of T&T modules by the Consultant. has been defined on the basis of direct experience

as regulators and consideration of SARCoN guideline has tried to meet the needs of both experienced and

embarking partner countries


PROJECT TASKS OUTPUTS


ELABORATION OF NATIONAL TRAINING PLAN

The NTP s include the following information: Brief description of the country nuclear infrastructures and NRA Organization and capacity of the regulatory body and perspective NRA’s competence needs (development & maintaining) for short

medium terms perspective Ongoing international cooperation Interest for proposed T&T modules


SELECTION OF COURSES & TRAINEES


PROPOSED TRAINING COURSES - LOT 1

TrainingCourse N.

Training Course Subject

n. 1 Legal and regulatory framework, regulatory role & functions

n. 2 Licensing management, basic safety concepts and decision making

n. 3 Design safety and safety evaluation for NPP (SAR and PSA)

n. 4 Review and Inspection of I&C systems

n. 5 NPP site safety analysis and regulatory requirements for licensing

n. 6 Criticality control in NPP and SF pool

n. 7 Regulatory Inspections (oversight) during siting and construction phase

n. 8 Regulatory oversight during NPP operation

n. 9 Safety evaluation for SAR of RR and other NF

n. 10 Safety evaluation for RW and decommissioning

n. 11 Radiation Protection and regulatory emergency preparedness

n. 12 Public Information


PROPOSED TUTORING MODULES - LOT 1

Tutoringcourse N.

Tutoring Course Subject

n. 1 Regulatory licensing and oversight of NPP during design and construction

n.2 Regulatory licensing and oversight of RR

n.3 Regulatory licensing and oversight for RW and decommissioning activities

n.4 Basic regulatory inspections

n.5 Radiation protection and regulatory emergency preparedness

n.6

Regulatory review and oversight of NPP during operation


FEEDBACK FROM 1stY IMPLEMENTATION

Feedback from implementation:

T&T for staff of NRA need to be developed mainly in a dedicated approach: it is difficult to find trainings on the market meeting the specific needs of NRA

Course on regulatory inspection activity shall be carried out with the contribution of senior regulator inspectors and complemented by onsite visits

The T&T activity for NR staff requires a continuous focus on the role and responsibilities of the NRA

Aspects related to organization, technical review and internal process of NRA should be included in the T&T programs

Importance to complement, as possible, training with tutoring


FEEDBACK FROM 1stY IMPLEMENTATION

Feedback regarding the conduct of training :

setting clearly goal and objective of the trainings and monitor during the training activity how they are achieved

adopting methods of delivery promoting continuous interaction with the trainees, discussion and multilateral communication

creating a positive atmosphere in which also the trainees take the responsibility for the training outcomes,

envisage the creation of working groups for practical application, performing the final evaluation of the training, collect the trainees observations and feeding back the identified

improvements, complementing training with site visits.

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