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CLP — World Nuclear Association — Joint-Chamber Forum on Nuclear Safety 2010
19 slides from CLP's conference presentation, Jul 5, 2010
Slide 1: Nuclear Safety Management System & Reporting, and Global Nuclear Industry Effort for Improving Public Communication
Nuclear Safety Management System & Reporting, and Global Nuclear Industry Effort for Improving Public Communication of Incidents/Accidents Joint-Chamber Forum on Nuclear Safety Hong Kong, China July 5, 2010 Sylvain Saint-Pierre Director, WNA Outreach Initiative Director for Environment and Radiologi
Slide 2: World Nuclear Association - WNA
World Nuclear Association - WNA The international private-sector organization that comprises the global nuclear energy industry • Headquartered in London, UK WNA membership • Over 180 industry enterprises from over 30 countries • From uranium miners to equipment suppliers to generators of electricit
Slide 3: WNA's Main Activities
WNA’s Main Activities Serve as a global forum for industry and as an information resources on nuclear energy worldwide • Coordinate on-going industry forums and act in international arena • Run two comprehensive public websites - WNA: http://www.world-nuclear.org - WNN: http://www.world-nuclear-news
Slide 4: Equipment, people and a management system are key to assure continued safety
TODAY’S TOPIC Nuclear Safety Management System & Reporting Equipment, people and a management system are key to assure continued safety A management system ensures that all safety aspects are systematically handled •by an organization, from top to bottom 4
Slide 5: IAEA Fundamental Safety Principles (2006)
Nuclear Safety Management System & Reporting For reference on safety & management system: IAEA Fundamental Safety Principles (2006), Fundamental Safety Principles “Safety has to be achieved and maintained by means of an effective management system. This system has to integrate all elements of manage
Slide 6: Nuclear Safety Management System & Reporting
Nuclear Safety Management System & Reporting http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1273_web.pdf 6
Slide 7: Management system evolved
Nuclear Safety Management System & Reporting Management system evolved: •From an era of compliance with regulatory requirements •To a more ambitious era of continued improvement into which safety deviations are early detected and corrected 7
Slide 8: Corrective measures undertaken preventively below INES levels
Nuclear Safety Management System & Reporting Nowadays, corrective measures are undertaken preventively well below • the INES’ levels, and • the levels of regulatory safety compliance INES – International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale 8
Slide 9: Levels of regulatory compliance and management system improvement
Nuclear Safety Management System & Reporting level Risk INES Levels of regulatory compliance Deviation level Levels of operators’ management system continued improvement INES – International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale 9
Slide 10: Management system evolved towards quality management
Nuclear Safety Management System & Reporting Management system evolved towards quality management (ISO9000 style) • The quality assurance steps of Plan Do Check Act in administrating all activities pertinent to safety • Continued improvement Reporting evolved accordingly 10
Slide 11: Best practices: refined safety reporting beyond INES
Nuclear Safety Management System & Reporting Best practices: Beyond INES, more refined safety reporting is implemented through regulation/licensing and the operator’s management system => For example, a reporting mechanism often involves action levels with corrective measures 11
Slide 12: Best practices: regulators examine management system performance
Nuclear Safety Management System & Reporting Best practices: Regulators do not just examine compliance but rather how well the operator’s management system is performing in dealing with deviations and with incidents/accidents => For example, the management system can also occassionnaly be subject to
Slide 13: Formalized reporting brings full openness to stakeholders
Nuclear Safety Management System & Reporting The system and formalization of reporting through INES, regulations/licensing and the operator’s management system brings full openness to any stakeholder 13
Slide 14: Media and public awareness of industry reporting
Nuclear Safety Management System & Reporting In turn, the media and the public should be increasingly aware that industry implements such a high degree of reporting and that it systematically acts way before any level that could jeopardize real safety => The lowest radiation criteria of INES is a go
Slide 15: Minor Core Damage (MCD) Working Group
WNA-WANO Effort for Improving Public Communication of Incidents/Accidents Minor Core Damage (MCD) Working Group Address the industry’s ability to effectively assess and communicate MCD events (< 0.1% core inventory) Worked with the IAEA to fine-tune the categorization of minor core damage on INES Cu
Slide 16: Networking website for nuclear industry communicators
WNA-WANO Effort Towards Improving Public Communication of Incidents/Accidents A networking website for professional communicators of the global nuclear industry It will establish professional support for communicators to help raise the quality of info for the media and public • Routine requests: e.g
Slide 17: Daya Bay fuel cladding damage example
WNA-WANO Effort Towards Improving Public Communication of Incidents/Accidents An example: An event like the Daya Bay fuel cladding damage is not significant in terms of safety, but may draw media/public attention When the news broke, WNA’s office in London received calls from newspapers in Hong Kong
Slide 18: Daya Bay incident - WNA's info
WNA-WANO Effort Towards Improving Public Communication of Incidents/Accidents Daya Bay incident – WNA’s info: “Fuel rods, ie the zircaloy tubes containing the ceramic uranium oxide fuel, do leak occasionally - probably in any power plant about as often as my car gets a puncture (every 3-4 yrs!). Tha
Slide 19: Thank you for your attention. Questions?
Thank you for your attention Questions? Sylvain Saint-Pierre Director, WNA Outreach Initiative Director for Environment and Radiological Protection World Nuclear Association Tel: +44 (0)20 7451 1520 saintpierre@world-nuclear.org 19
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