Cooperation Ideas for Enhancement of Nuclear Safety

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Co-operation Ideas for Enhancement of Nuclear
Safety

• Saulius Kutas
• Head of State Nuclear Power Safety Inspectorate
  (VATESI)
• www.vatesi.lt

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VATESI responsibilities in the field of nuclear
energy

• Establishing national nuclear safety requirements
• Controlling adherence to those requirements
• Cooperation with scientific institutions and
  experts to ensure high safety levels

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Cooperation with JRC Experience

• European Network for Inspection Qualification
• Institute for Transuranium Elements
• Support for combating illicit trafficking of
  nuclear materials (2002-2004)
• Institute for Energy
• VATESI specialists participated in several
  seminars

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Cooperation with JRC Some Ideas

• Learning about the latest RD achievements
  applicable to nuclear energy
• Participation of VATESI specialists in JRC
  organised workshops and seminars

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VATESI interested in cooperation with JRC on

• Dismantling of the biggest RMBK reactors
• Technologies, robotics, logistics, new materials
  
• Treatment of radioactive waste
• Methods, technologies, distance education - to
  learn safely
• Preventing hazards possible in new activities
• Modelling of situations, control of aging in
  shut-down reactor systems, maintaining safety
  culture
• Knowledge (NE) development and application
• National experts, international dialogue, tacit
  knowledge ...
• Designing / preparedness for new NE facilities,
  units
• New technologies, advanced nuclear safety related
  assessment techniques ...

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Modes of VATESI cooperation with its TSOs
(technical support organizations)

• Expert services provided for VATESI on INPP
  safety analysis and justification.
• Development of new normative documents and
  requirements.
• Participation in international projects.

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VATESI technical support organizations

• Lithuanian Energy Institute
• Institute of Physics
• Kaunas University of Technology
• State Institute of Information Technologies
• Vilnius Gediminas University of Technology
• Institute of Chemistry
• ITECHA