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Background [1]

In 2014, the Council of the European Union adopted the Directive 2014/87/EURATOM amending the 2009 Nuclear Safety Directive [2] to incorporate lessons learned following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011. Recognising the importance of peer review in delivering continuous improvement to nuclear safety, the revised Nuclear Safety Directive introduces a European system of topical peer reviews which began in 2017 and will take place every six years thereafter.

The introduction of topical peer reviews was largely inspired by the peer review process used during the nuclear stress tests undertaken after the Fukushima accident in 2011. Unlike the stress tests, national assessments, which are subject to topical peer reviews, focus each time on different specific technical safety aspects.

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PDF icon Stakeholders Plan [3]199.64 KB
PDF icon Terms of Reference [4]479.84 KB
PDF icon WENRA Technical Specification [5]764.71 KB
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[1] http://ensreg.eu/background
[2] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0087
[3] http://ensreg.eu/sites/default/files/attachments/ensreg_tpr_stakeholders_plan_-_january_2017_1.pdf
[4] http://ensreg.eu/sites/default/files/attachments/ensreg_tpr_terms_of_reference_-_january_2017.pdf
[5] http://ensreg.eu/sites/default/files/attachments/wenra_tpr_technical_specification_-_january_2017_1.pdf