Republic of Hungary NATIONAL REPORT Document prepared in the frame of the Convention on Nuclear Safety fifth report, 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. DECLARATION........................................................................................................................................ 5 2. INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................... 6 3. MAJOR CHANGES SINCE SUBMISSION OF THE PREVIOUS NATIONAL REPORT............................................... 9 A. GENERAL PROVISIONS.............................................................................................................................. 11 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS........................................................................................................................... 11 5. REPORTING .......................................................................................................................................... 11 6. EXISTING NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS ..................................................................................................... 12 6.1 Paks Nuclear Power Plant............................................................................................................... 12 6.2 Spent Fuel Interim Storage Facility................................................................................................. 15 6.3 Budapest Research Reactor and Training Reactor of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics...................................................................................................................................... 16 B. LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS.......................................................................................................... 19 7. LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY SYSTEM............................................................................................... 19 7.1 The Act on Atomic Energy ............................................................................................................. 19 7.2. Legislative and regulatory system ................................................................................................... 20 8. AUTHORITY.......................................................................................................................................... 25 8.1 Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority............................................................................................... 25 8.2 Independence of the Authority ........................................................................................................ 29 9. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE NPP AS LICENSEE.......................................................................................... 30 C. GENERAL SAFETY ISSUES ......................................................................................................................... 31 10. PRIORITY TO SAFETY............................................................................................................................. 31 10.1 Safety policy of the Authority......................................................................................................... 31 10.2 Safety policy of Paks NPP Ltd as the licensee ................................................................................. 33 11. FINANCIAL SOURCES AND HUMAN RESOURCES ....................................................................................... 36 11.1 Financial resources ......................................................................................................................... 36 11.2 Human resources ............................................................................................................................ 37 12. HUMAN FACTORS.................................................................................................................................. 39 12.1 Consideration of human factors....................................................................................................... 39 12.2 Manpower selection........................................................................................................................ 40 12.3 Improvement of working conditions................................................................................................ 40 12.4 Future aspects of human resources .................................................................................................. 41 12.5 Feedback of experience in order to enhance safety........................................................................... 41 12.6 Safe working conditions.................................................................................................................. 41 13. QUALITY ASSURANCE ........................................................................................................................... 42 13.1 Basic principles .............................................................................................................................. 42 13.2 Description of the national quality management system................................................................... 42 13.3 Quality management system of the Authority.................................................................................. 42 13.4 Quality management system of the nuclear power plant................................................................... 43 13.5 Role of the Authority in checking the quality assurance system ....................................................... 45 14. ASSESSMENT AND VERIFICATION OF SAFETY.......................................................................................... 46 14.1 Assessment of safety....................................................................................................................... 46 14.2 Verification of safety ...................................................................................................................... 48 15. RADIATION PROTECTION ....................................................................................................................... 49 15.1 Legal background........................................................................................................................... 49 15.2 System of dose limitation................................................................................................................ 51 15.3 Occupational exposure at Paks Nuclear Power Plant........................................................................ 51 15.4 Radiation exposure of the public in the vicinity of the nuclear power plant ...................................... 54 15.5 Radiation protection control of the nuclear power plant and the environmental monitoring system ... 55 15.6 Radiation protection activities of the authorities .............................................................................. 56 16. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ................................................................................................................. 58 16.1 Emergency response plans and programmes.................................................................................... 58 16.2 Informing the public and the neighbouring countries ....................................................................... 63 D. THE SAFETY OF INSTALLATIONS............................................................................................................ 67 17. SITE SELECTION.................................................................................................................................... 67 17.1 Site characteristics.......................................................................................................................... 67 18. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION................................................................................................................. 68 18.1 Requirements concerning design and construction in the Hungarian system of regulations............... 68 Fifth National Report 3 Republic of Hungary 18.2 Fulfilment of requirements at Paks Nuclear Power Plant.................................................................. 70 19. OPERATION .......................................................................................................................................... 71 19.1 Safety analyses ............................................................................................................................... 71 19.2 Operational limits and conditions.................................................................................................... 73 19.3 Documents regulating operation...................................................................................................... 73 19.4 Emergency operating procedures .................................................................................................... 74 19.5 Technical support ........................................................................................................................... 74 19.6 Reports to the Authority.................................................................................................................. 76 19.7 Feedback ........................................................................................................................................ 76 20. PLANS ON SAFETY IMPROVEMENT.........................................................................................................