- Status
- Closed
Details
- Type of activity
Regulatory Authorities
- Nature
Services
- Contracting authority
European Commission
- Method of Procurement
(FR2007) Exceptional Negotiated Procedure without publication of a contract notice - Art. 122.3 IR
- Duration
31/12/2007 - 30/06/2012
- Contractor
RISKAUDIT IRSN-GRS INTERNATIONAL
- Project / Budget year
TACIS 2005 Nuclear Safety Action Programme / 2005
Objectives
The overall Objectives of this contract are
- to promote the implementation in Ukraine of a regulatory process based on a technical dialogue between operator and regulator. This objective will be achieved by providing technical support by EU TSOs to SNRCU in its activity related to licensing of Solid Radioactive Waste Processing Complexes being constructed at Zaporizhzhya NPP and Rivne NPP.
Through this assistance it should be ensured that the level of RAW treatment at these power plants will become in line with Western safety assurance indexes and methods.
An associated objective is to strengthen the capabilities of the SNRCU and of its local Technical Support Organisation. Within this objective aimed at achieving this goal it is provided for to transfer Western methodologies and extend the capabilities of the SNRCU by providing recommendations for the need to develop or change the existing regulatory acts on safety in the field of RAW treatment at NPPs.
- to provide direct support to the state regulatory authority aimed at transferring of the regulatory methodology and practices including formation of the state regulatory and legislative documents within projects on support to the Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA);
- to provide technical support aimed at reinforcing capabilities of NRA and its TSO experts in assessment of a set of modernization measures and safety enhancement of Ukrainian NPPs performed jointly with EU TSO experts under technical support projects.
An associated objective is to strengthen the capabilities of the SNRCU and of its local technical support organisation SSTC. The transfer of Western practice and extension of the capabilities of the SNRCU and its TSO are part of this associated objective.