T6 Regulatory Impacts of International Operating Experience

The sharing of operating experience, lessons learned,and use of safety‑significant experience among regulators and utilities is essential for the continued safe operation of the world’s nuclear power plants.This session will address uses of safety‑significant operating experience from several of the NRC’s international regulatory counterparts and will focus on how other countries have applied the lessons learned to enhance their nuclear safety and regulation. This exchange of safety and regulatory decisions based upon operating experience will allow the NRC, other regulators, and the nuclear industry to gain a better understanding of how members of the international community have incorporated operating experience into their decisions.

SESSION CHAIR(S):

Michael Cullingford, Special Assistant for Technical Policy and International Liaison, NRC/NRR

SPEAKERS/PANELISTS:

• Introductory Remarks

  Michael Cullingford Special Assistant for Technical Policy and International LiaisonNRC/NRR

• Utilization of Operating Experience in Japan

  Makoto Watanabe, Director, Nuclear Safety Public Relations and Training Division, Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA), Japan

• Regulatory Applications of French Operating Experience

  Jean-Christophe Niel Director-GeneralFrench Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN)France

• Regulatory Response to Lessons from Operating Experience: Examples from Finland

  Petteri Tiippana DirectorNuclear Reactor RegulationRadiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK)

• Regulatory Use of Operating Experience from Significant Events

  John Thorp ChiefOperating Experience BranchDivision of Inspection and Regional SupportNRC/NRR

SESSION COORDINATOR(S):

Michael Cullingford, NRC/NRR, tel: (301) 415-1276, e-mail: Michael.Cullingford@nrc.gov