Report on operation of nuclear facilities in Slovenia in 1992

Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration (SNSA) in 1992 was responsible for: nuclear safety, trade of nuclear and radioactive materials, safeguarding nuclear materials, and conducting regulatory process related to liability for nuclear damage, qualification and training of operators at nuclear facilities, quality assurance and inspection of nuclear facilities. The major nuclear facility supervised by SNSA is the Nuclear Power Plant in Krsko with a pressurised water reactor of 632 MW electric power. Beside the nuclear power plant, TRIGA Mark 11 Research Reactor of 250 kW thermal power operates within the Reactor Center of Jozef Stefan Institute. There is an interim storage of low and medium radioactive waste at the Reactor Center. Also the Uranium Mine1 Zirovski Vrh was supervised by SNSA. All the nuclear power facilities in the Republic of Slovenia were operating safely in 1992. There were no significant events that could be evaluated as a safety problem or a breach of technical specifications. A great part of activities of SNSA was focused on the international co-operation and finally Slovenia become a member of the IAEA. Next visit of the IAEA OSART team (Operational Safety Assessment Review Team) in the Krsko Nuclear Power Plant was postponed in 1993. Visit of the INSARR mission (Integrated Safety Assessment of Research Reactors) for the TRIGA Mark 11 Research Reactor was in march 1992. (author)