Progress in the Implementation of the IAEA Action Plan on Nuclear Safety

Significant progress continues to be made in several key areas, such as • Assessments of safety vulnerabilities of NPPs, • Strengthening of the Agency's peer review services, • Improvements in emergency preparedness and response capabilities, • Strengthening and maintaining capacity building, and • Protecting people and the environment from ionizing radiation. • Significant progress made in reviewing the IAEA safety standards, with focus on vitally important areas such as design and operation of NPPs, protection of NPPs against severe accident, and EPR. • The Secretariat continued to share and disseminate the lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi accident through the analysis of the relevant technical aspects. Prepared the full reports of the three international experts' meetings (IEMs) organized in 2012. • IEMs: • "Decommissioning and remediation after a nuclear accident". • "Human and Organizational factors in nuclear safety in the light of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi NPP". • International Conference on Effective Nuclear Regulatory Systems: Transforming Experience into Regulatory Improvements, hosted by Canada in Ottawa. • Report on "Strengthening Nuclear Regulatory Effectiveness in Light of the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi NPP to be published a the IAEA General Conference.