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EU level Reports

The Commission's Interim report on the comprehensive risk and safety assessments ('stress tests') was adopted on 24 November 2011 and is available through the link to the Europa website below:

http://ec.europa.eu/energy/nuclear/safety/stress_tests_en.htm

Now, as the final step of the peer review process, an ENSREG Summary Report, including the peer review reports, has been issued.

Link to the ENSREG Summary Report.

Other countries

	Switzerland
	Ukraine

Starting with June 1, 2011, all the operators of nuclear power plants in the EU had to review the response of their nuclear plants to extreme situations, in particular operators had to check and improve mitigation measures available after a potential loss of safety functions, caused by any reason. That includes the loss of electrical power or loss of ultimate heat sink for heat removal from the reactor, the management of loss of core cooling functions in their reactors as well as in spent fuel pools and the maintenance of containment integrity.

Background and Specifications

On May 24, 2011, ENSREG, including the European Commission, reached a consensus on the scope and modalities of the “stress tests”. At its meeting on October 11, 2011, ENSREG agreed upon a procedure on peer reviews of “stress tests” as well as on a working paper on the transparency aspects of EU "stress tests".

Joint Statement of ENSREG and the European Commission on Stress Tests and Peer Review Process on 26 April 2012

EU stress tests and follow-up

The European Council of 24/25 March, 2011, requested that the safety of all EU nuclear plants should be reviewed, on the basis of a comprehensive and transparent risk and safety assessment ("stress tests"). These “stress tests” are defined as targeted reassessments of the safety margins of nuclear power plants, developed by ENSREG, including the European Commission.

As security threats are not part of the mandate of ENSREG a two-track process has been developed.

Registration

Registration of attendees is currently being carried out through the individual Member States' officially designated national contact points representing their respective national nuclear safety authorities (view as pdf ).

Please bear in mind that attendance is strictly by invitation only.

Venue

BluePoint Brussels building

A. Reyers Ln 80
1030 Brussels

Room Einstein ABC (Level -1)

Environmental monitoring

Monitoring of discharges

The opeartion of nuclear facilities generally results in the discharge of radioactivity to the surrounding environment. Nuclear site operators are required to control the amount of radioactivity released into the environment. The national regulator puts controls on the amount and type of radioactivity released into the environment, including imposing upper limits on radioactive discharges.

Nuclear Safety in Europe - Seventh Regulatory Conference