Table of contents Section A. Preface................................................................................................ 5 Section B. Introduction........................................................................................ 9 Introductory Remarks .................................................................................................................... 11 Italy’s Nuclear Activities Policy .................................................................................................... 11 Policy Developments ..................................................................................................................... 13 Decommissioning policy............................................................................................................................................. 13 Spent fuel management policy................................................................................................................................... 14 Radioactive waste management policy...................................................................................................................... 14 Latest Developments.................................................................................................................................................. 15 National Nuclear Programmes Pertaining to Nuclear Installations - Main Safety Issues....... 15 List of Nuclear Installations in Italy.............................................................................................. 17 Italian Participation in International Activities to Enhance Nuclear Safety ............................. 17 Regulatory Body......................................................................................................................................................... 17 International support programmes ............................................................................................................................. 17 Section C. Compliance with articles 4 to 19..................................................... 19 Article 4. Implementing measures................................................................................................21 Article 5. Reporting ........................................................................................................................ 22 Article 6. Existing Nuclear Installations.......................................................................................23 6.1 Overview of major events since the last Report ............................................................... 23 6.1.1 Plant safety priorities.................................................................................................................................... 23 6.1.2 Plant safety documentation.......................................................................................................................... 24 6.1.3 Safety culture ............................................................................................................................................... 24 6.1.4 Short term actions........................................................................................................................................ 24 Article 7. Legislative and Regulatory Framework....................................................................... 25 7.1 Nuclear safety legislation and regulatory framework...................................................... 25 7.1.1 Legislation and ministerial decrees.............................................................................................................. 25 7.1.2 Technical guides .......................................................................................................................................... 27 7.1.3 Technical standards..................................................................................................................................... 27 7.2 National safety requirements and regulations for radiation safety................................. 28 7.3 Licensing System ................................................................................................................. 28 7.3.1 Licensing process for decommissioning ...................................................................................................... 28 7.4 Regulatory Inspection and Assessment ............................................................................ 30 7.5 Enforcement.......................................................................................................................... 31 7.6 Assessment of Compliance................................................................................................. 31 Article 8. Regulatory Body ............................................................................................................ 33 8.1 Authorities responsible for the application of the legislative framework ...................... 33 8.2 Independence of the regulatory function........................................................................... 34 8.3 Assessment of Compliance................................................................................................. 34 Article 9. Resposability of the licence holder.............................................................................. 35 9.1 Responsibility of the license holder ................................................................................... 35 9.2 Ensuring that the license holder meets its responsibility for safety .............................. 35 9.3 Assessment of compliance ................................................................................................. 36 Article 10. Priority to safety........................................................................................................... 37 10.1 Assessment of compliance ................................................................................................. 38 Article 11. Financial and human resources ................................................................................. 39 11.1 Financial resources.............................................................................................................. 39 11.2 Human Resources ................................................................................................................ 40 11.3 Assessment of compliance ................................................................................................. 40 Article 12. Human factors .............................................................................................................. 41 12.1 Methods to prevent, detect and correct human errors..................................................... 41 12.2 Managerial and organizational issues................................................................................ 41 12.3 Role of the Regulatory Body and of the Operator regarding Human Performances issues..................................................................................................................................... 42 12.4 Assessment of compliance ................................................................................................. 43 Article 13. Quality assurance ........................................................................................................ 44 13.1 Regulatory control................................................................................................................ 45 13.2 Assessment of compliance ................................................................................................. 45 Article 14. Assessment and verification of safety ...................................................................... 46 14.1 Assessment of compliance ................................................................................................. 48 Article 15. Radiation protection .................................................................................................... 49 15.1 Laws and Regulations.......................................................................................................... 49 15.2 Assessment of compliance ................................................................................................. 49 Article 16. Emergency preparedness ........................................................................................... 50 16.1 On-site and off-site emergency plans ................................................................................ 50 16.2 National Plan Against Radiological Emergency................................................................ 51 16.3 Assessment of compliance ................................................................................................. 52 Article 17. Siting ............................................................................................................................. 53 Article 18. Design and construction .............................................................................................54 Article 19. Operation ...................................................................................................................... 54 Section D. Topics of interest from the 3rd review meeting.............................. 57 Section E. Planned activities to improve safety .............................................. 63 Section F. List of acronyms............................................................................... 67 Section