Nuclear Safety Standards Committee 46th meeting of

Transcript:Nuclear Safety Standards Committee 46th meeting of:
Nuclear Safety Standards Committee 46th meeting of the Transport Safety Standards Committee 05 June 2023 Agenda Item 2.1 DPP DS547 for a Safety Guide on Development and Implementation of an Effective Regulatory Experience Feedback Program for Regulatory Bodies for Safety Zia Hussain Shah Division of Nuclear Installations Safety Regulatory Activities Section International Atomic Energy Agency Background (1/2) Principle 3 of SF-1 calls that the management system also has to ensure the promotion of a safety culture, the regular assessment of safety performance and the application of lessons learned from experience. Requirement 3 para 2.8 GSR Part 1(Rev.1) necessitates the regulatory body to promote cooperation and the exchange of regulatory related information and experience for effective independence in decision making. Requirement 15 of GSR Part 1(Rev.-1) requires that regulatory body shall benefit from operating experience and regulatory experience of other states There is no generic guidance available for RB for development and implementation of an effective and efficient regulatory experience feedback program. Background (2/2) There is IAEA-TECDOC-1899 for effective management of regulatory experience for safety but is of limited scope and does not cover development and implementation part of regulatory experience. NUSSC in its 52nd meeting agreed that DPPs should be prepared for new Safety Guide on development and implementation of an effective and efficient regulatory experience feedback program for regulatory bodies (a new guide under GSR Part 1). Objective and Scope This Safety Guide will provide guidance to the Regulatory Bodies for managing regulatory experience in all functions and regulatory processes for facilities and activities in line with the requirements of GSR Part Rev.-1 to: Identify internal and external sources on regulatory experience establish and maintain a means for receiving information from its own functions and processes establish and maintain a means for receiving information from other regulatory bodies and international organizations, and authorized parties Screening process of information received Record keeping, maintaining and utilizing regulatory experience Target audience (e.g. regulatory bodies, TSOs, NPP Operators, design organizations) Regulatory functions, processes and activities related to facilities and activities Review Committees involved: NUSSC, WASSC, RASSC and EPReSC Interfaces with Existing and/or Planned Publications When drafting the Safety Guide, due account will be given in particular to the following documents: Fundamental Safety Principles, IAEA Safety Standards Series No. SF-1, IAEA, Vienna, (2006). IAEA Safety Glossary: Terminology Used in Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection, 2018 Edition, IAEA, Vienna (2018) Governmental, Legal and Regulatory Framework