Comparative analysis of regulatory strategies for assuring safety in new entrant countries to nuclear power program

A large number of countries are willing to have new nuclear power plant (NPP) by the next few decades for electricity production without previous experience with NPP. Although they meet minimum required safety standard set by IAEA but to achieve the operating excellence in a more internationally coordinated manner still they need further efforts to improve their national regulatory safety strategy. Being taken proper initiatives towards retransformation of existing regulatory strategy based on well reputed internationally standard regulatory strategies could play significant role for assuring safety in new entrant countries. In this paper, regulatory frameworks and strategies of four regulatory bodies (USA, ROK, France and Japan) are considered and analysed. Advice from international organizations is summarized. The paper concludes with summary recommendations for best practice