Nuclear safety in the Russian Federation

The Russian Federation unveiled the National Report at the 2-nd Extraordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety (27-31, August, 2012). After the accident at Fukushima-Daiichi NPP target inspections were undertaken at all Russian NPPs in operation regarding the adherence to the design safety requirements when reviewing the potential progressing scenarios of beyond design basis accidents; the regulatory body (Rostechnadzor) based on the ENSREG approach, developed requirements regarding the scope and content of the additional protectiveness analysis for the existing Russian NPPs against external natural and man-induced impacts. A number of short- and mid-term steps have been planned by Rosenergoatom based on the analysis of the nuclear plant degree of protection against external impacts. The status of the Russian regulatory framework concerning the protectiveness against external impacts was reviewed by Rostechnadzor, suggestion to update some of the regulatory documents was given. The estimation of preparedness of the Russian NPPs to beyond design basis accident management and severe accident management was carried out, preparedness measures of Russian NPPs to such situations were developed. The problems of the state system ensuring proper interaction of various governmental agencies and national organizations related to the uses of atomic energy and problems of international cooperation were considered