Technical Working Group
Nuclear Safety & Safeguard
Rationale
SMRs could be built closer to cities (e.g. district heating)
- High-level nuclear safety needed but also health and safety, environmental issues, safeguards, etc.
SMRs should be directly connected to energy intensive industries
- On top of nuclear safety, various other internal and external safety aspects e.g. fire, external hazard caused by industrial facilities (heat, H2, etc.), safeguards
New opportunities
- SMRs pre-licensing and licencing phases
- Share existing knowledge in EU countries
- Collaboration with ENSREG/WENRA and other initiatives (IAEA NHSI, ENISS, etc.)
Licensing a key topic for SMRs development in the EU
TWG6
Chair
O. Kymäläien (FORTUM)
Vice Chair
R. Arsene (Nuclearelectrica)
Related documents
Key Objectives
A
- Identify Safety and regulatory challenges
- Industrial sectors
- District heating
B
- Assess interfaces and risks
- Nuclear safety, fire, heat, H2, safeguard, etc.
- R&D needs in the fields
C
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Get a clear understanding of the challenges and practices on both sides (SMR designers/utilities industries/municipalities)
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Develop recomandations and guidelines
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Promote international collaboration
Actions
2025
2025
SAFETY INDUSTRY POSITION PAPERS
Facilitate common safety assessments by EU regulators by providing “industry position papers” on safety topics in close collaboration with PWGs as input to early assessment of SMR projects by panels of interested EU regulatory authorities (“NZIA Regulatory sandboxes” or other mechanisms such as Joint Early Review (JER) according to regulators’ decisions)