Ministry of Economic Affairs Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS) National Report of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for the Sixth Review Meeting in April 2014 July 2013 2/178 CONTENTS CONTENTS LIST OF SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................... 9 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 17 SUMMARY .......................................................................................................................................... 23 PART I REGULAR CNS-TOPICS ....................................................................................... 23 Changes to legislative and regulatory framework ...................................................................... 23 Regulatory body ......................................................................................................................... 24 Recent regulatory and safety issues ........................................................................................... 24 Results of international peer review missions and implementation of their findings ................ 25 Drills, exercises and lessons learnt............................................................................................. 26 Actions on transparency and communication with the public ................................................... 26 Important issues identified in previous report and follow-up .................................................... 27 PART II POST-FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI MEASURES ....................................................... 28 Participation of the Netherlands in international self assessment exercises .............................. 28 Tabulated lists of post-Fukushima Daiichi actions .................................................................... 29 CHAPTER 2(A) GENERAL PROVISIONS ..................................................................................... 41 ARTICLE 6. EXISTING NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS .......................................................... 41 6.1 Existing installations ............................................................................................................ 41 6.1.a Borssele NPP .................................................................................................................... 41 6.1.b Dodewaard NPP ................................................................................................................ 42 6.1.c Research Reactors: High Flux Reactor (HFR) .................................................................. 42 6.1.d Research Reactors: HOR in Delft ..................................................................................... 42 6.1.e Plans for new Nuclear Power Plants ................................................................................. 42 6.1.f Plans for new Research Reactor: PALLAS ....................................................................... 43 6.1.g Plans for upgrading of Research Reactor HOR: OYSTER ............................................... 43 6.2 Overview of safety assessments and other evaluations ....................................................... 43 6.2.a Borssele NPP .................................................................................................................... 43 6.2.b HFR RR ............................................................................................................................ 44 6.2.c Challenges from plans for new-build, upgrading and other activities of LHs .................. 45 CHAPTER 2(B) LEGISLATION AND REGULATION .................................................................. 47 ARTICLE 7. LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ...................................... 47 7.1 Legislative and regulatory framework ................................................................................. 47 7.1.a Overview of the legal framework ..................................................................................... 47 7.1.b Primary legislative framework: laws ................................................................................ 48 Nuclear Energy Act .................................................................................................................... 48 Environmental Protection Act (Wm) ......................................................................................... 50 General Administrative Act (Awb) ............................................................................................ 51 Act on the liability for nuclear accidents (‘Wet Aansprakelijkheid Kernongevallen’, WAKO . 51 Water Act (‘Waterwet’, Ww) ..................................................................................................... 52 Environmental Permitting (General Provisions) Act (Wabo) .................................................... 52 Dutch Safety Region Act (‘Wet veiligheidsregio’s’, Wvr) ........................................................ 52 Act on Government Information (‘Wet Openbaarheid van Bestuur’, WOB) ............................ 52 7.1.c Ratification of international conventions and legal instruments related to nuclear safety 52 7.1.d Special national agreements: the 2006 Covenant ............................................................. 53 7.2 Provisions in the legislative and regulatory framework ...................................................... 54 7.2. (i) National safety requirements and regulations ................................................................ 54 Decrees (‘Besluiten’) ................................................................................................................. 54 Ordinances (‘Ministeriële Regelingen, MR’); ........................................................................... 57 3/178 CONTENTS Regulations and guides issued by Regulatory Body: the Nuclear Safety Rules (NVRs) ........... 58 Adopted foreign nuclear codes and standards ............................................................................ 59 Adopted industrial standards ...................................................................................................... 60 7.2. (ii) System of licensing ....................................................................................................... 60 7.2. (iii) Regulatory assessment and inspections ....................................................................... 61 7.2. (iv) Enforcement ................................................................................................................. 63 ARTICLE 8. REGULATORY BODY ......................................................................................... 65 8.1.a General .............................................................................................................................. 65 8.1.b Regulatory Body – detailed information........................................................................... 66 8.1.c Coordination of activities between the several entities of the RB .................................... 67 8.1.d Coordination of activities for managing nuclear accidents and incidents ......................... 68 8.1.e Development and maintenance of Human Resources at the RB ....................................... 68 8.1.f Openess and transparency of regulatory activities ............................................................ 69 8.1.g Future and current challenges for the Regulatory Body ................................................... 69 8.1.h Statement on adequacy of resources at the Regulatory Body ........................................... 70 8.1.i External Technical Support ............................................................................................... 70 8.1.j Advisory Committees ........................................................................................................ 71 8.2 Status of the Regulatory Body ............................................................................................. 71 8.2.a Governmental structure ..................................................................................................... 71 8.2.b Future development of the Regulatory Body .................................................................... 71 8.2.c Reporting obligations ........................................................................................................ 72 8.2.d Separation of protection and promotion ........................................................................... 72 ARTICLE 9. RESPONSIBILITY OF THE LICENCE HOLDER ............................................... 73 CHAPTER 2(C) GENERAL SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS .......................................................... 75 ARTICLE 10. PRIORITY TO SAFETY ...................................................................................... 75 10.1 Policy on nuclear safety ..................................................................................................... 75 10.1.a Regulatory requirements and implementation ................................................................ 75 10.1.b Licence Holder’s (EPZ’s) policy and organisation ......................................................... 75 10.1.c Supervision of priority to safety ...................................................................................... 76 10.2 Safety culture ....................................................................................................................