W19 Regulatory and Safety Applications of International Safety Significant Operating Experience

This session will cover the following topics:

• Various sources of available international operating experience

• Methods of evaluating the safety significance of operating experience and whether one of the methods includes risk information

• Example applications in safety and regulatory decisions, from different countries, of safety significant operating experience

SESSION CHAIR:

Michael Cullingford, Special Assistant for Technical Policy & International Liaison, NRC/NPR

SPEAKERS/PANELISTS:

• Overview of NPP Oversight in China
  Wang Zhongtang, Director General, Nuclear Regulatory Department Two, National Nuclear Safety Administration, China
• Utilization of Operating Experience in Finland
  Tero Varjoranta, Director General, Professor, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Finland
• Regulatory Applications of French Operating Experience
  Jean-Christophe Niel, Director General, Nuclear Safety Authority, France
• Significant Operating Experience of Korea
  Durk Hun Lee, Head of Operational Safety Analysis Department, Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety, Korea

SESSION COORDINATOR(S):

Susan Wittick, Project Manager, International Team, NRC/NRR, tel: 301-415-3268, e-mail: Susan.Wittick@nrc.gov