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Regulatory Challenges During and Following
a Major Safety or Security Event
Muhammad Iqbal
Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority
Presentation at General Conference: Senior Regulators’ Meeting
(Austria Centre Vienna, 22 September, 2011)
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Layout
Regulatory
Challenges with
respect to safety
events at NPPs
Regulatory
Challenges with
respect to
security events at
NPPs
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Contents
• Managing the safety event
• Assessing the safety event and its evolution
• Measures to prevent recurrence of safety
events and implementation of enhancement
provisions
• Public confidence issues
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Managing the Safety Event
• Managing the safety event requires:
– Emergency notification to regulatory body from
licensee--- regulatory requirements
– Activation of Emergency Control Centre
– Dissemination of Emergency Notification to other
National and International Authorities--- international
instruments
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Assessing and Evolution of the Event
• Independent and online data Monitoring
• Necessary Infrastructure
– Technical Support Centre
– Software for Calculation/Data Assessment
– Plant Representative Simulator
• Dedicated task force with diverse experience /Skilled
Manpower
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PNRA Efforts for Managing Nuclear /
Radiological Event
Emergency Notification by
Licensee
(Regulatory Requirements)
Emergency Notification by
PNRA regional office
Emergency Notification to
PNRA HQ
Government Authorities
IAEA
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PNRA Efforts for Assessing the Events
• The center is equipped with:
– Radiation and environmental monitoring equipments
– Mobile Radiological Monitoring Laboratories (MRML)
• NRECC remain active on round the clock basis and
has dedicated manpower
• NRECC is manned with technical group (experts
from radiation, waste, transport and nuclear safety
departments) for evaluation of emergency situation
alongwith related computer codes
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Mechanism for Prevention of Recurrence of
Safety Events
• Mechanism includes:
– Feed back of international / national safety events
– Root cause analysis of events
– Verification for implementation of corrective actions
through inspections
– Safety performance indicators to identify precursors
for degradation
– Enforcement actions against non compliance
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National / International Feed back
Mechanism
IAEA Meetings
INES
IAEA Incident Reporting
System
National / International
Feedback Mechanism
Licensee Operating
Experience
Industrial
Experience
NERS
Bilateral Agreement with other
countries for sharing of
information
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Implementation of Corrective Actions
• Determination of realistic
recurrence of safety events
corrective
actions
to
avoid
• Establishment of Corrective Action Program (CAP)
• Ensure proper functioning and implementation of CAP
through regulatory inspections
Inspections
Verification of
implementation of
corrective actions
Review &
Assessment
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Role of Nuclear Regulatory Authority in
Public Opinion
• Works on behalf of the government for ensuring public
safety
• Not biased for promoting nuclear industry
• Contact point for principal stakeholders (public,
government, media and international organizations, etc.)
in case of abnormal situation – Fukushima accident
• Provides independent (from the industry), neutral,
balanced and factual information to the public about any
issue related to nuclear safety in the country and
worldwide
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Regulatory Challenges
• Availability of Public Awareness Program
• Development of systematic approach for public involvement in
regulatory decision making
• Management of frequent/periodic
especially in normal circumstances
media
briefing-----
• Public access to the documents related to NPPs (licensing
submissions)
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Regulatory Challenges (cont…)
• Training to face media effectively
– Difficulties in preparation of information that public could
understand ---- Regulators have a fair level of technical
expertise but not generally trained on public
communication skill
Use of technical language – difficult for the public to understand
• Communication of independent (from the industry),
neutral, balanced and factual information to the
public about any issue related to nuclear safety in
the country and worldwide
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Part-2
Regulatory
Challenges with
respect to security
events at NPPs
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Establishment of National Nuclear
Security Regime
• Establishment of Nuclear Security Regime at
national level consistent with international standards
and in line with relevant national international
obligations.
• Establishment of organizational and legal
infrastructure of national Physical Protection Regime
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Challenges for State’s Nuclear
Security Regime
• Identification and Assessment of nuclear security
threats, targets and potential consequences.
• Use of risk-informed approaches
• Detection of nuclear security events
• Planning for, preparedness for, and response to a
nuclear security event
• Sustaining a nuclear security regime
Organizational and Legal Infrastructure of
National Physical Protection Regime
Responsibility of
the State
Graded
Approach
Establishment
of PP Regime
PP for Int’l
Transport
Security
Culture
Responsibility
of Operator
Competent
Authority
Defence in
Depth
Quality
Assurance
Threat
Assessment
Legal and
Regulatory
Framework
Contingency
Plans
Confidentiality
Organizational and Regulatory
Infrastructure in Pakistan
• State is ensuring its responsibilities:
– Establishment of PP Regime through national
laws and adherence to its international
commitments
– Pakistan is a party to CPPNM and is
implementing its obligations for International
Transport
– The responsibilities have been identified &
designated to different organizations for
operation and regulation of PPS
Other Challenges
• To imagine beyond the Design Basis accidents &
incidents:
– Identify the weak links
– Standardize the systems to have a unified global PP
systems
• To reduce the differences between Safety and Security
organizations
• Adopting an integrated approach for safety and security
during Siting, Design, Construction,
Operation,
Modifications, and emergency response.
• Achieving the confidence of the industry