Future Nuclear Regulatory Challenges
Subtitle: A Report by the NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and Nuclear Energy Agency
Contributors: Nuclear Energy Agency
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9789264163300
Subjects: Nuclear energy
Description: Major nuclear regulatory challenges will arise from government policies to liberalise energy sectors. In a context of growing competition and market deregulation, it is becoming increasingly important to reconcile commercial interests with safety requirements. For nuclear regulatory bodies, the first challenge will be to ensure that economic pressures do not erode nuclear safety. In their strive to maintain nuclear safety culture, regulatory bodies will also need to adapt to an increasingly market-oriented environment and new working relationships with operators. This report identifies the challenges that regulators are likely to be confronted with over the next ten years.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Executive Summary; title: I. Introduction; title: II. Technical Issues with Potential Regulatory Impact; title: III. Socioeconomic and Political Issues with Potential Regulatory Impact; title: IV. Organisational, Management, and Human Issues with Potential Regulatory Impact; title: V. International Issues with Potential Regulatory Impact; title: VI. Conclusions