Engineering Safety Review Services (ENSARS)
These Services, initiated in the 1980's, provide advice on selected engineering safety aspects and on safety management of nuclear power plants:
- ENSARS Site Evaluation
- ENSARS Design Safety
- ENSARS Long Term Operation and Ageing Management (ENSARS LTO & AM)
For further information or if you would like to discuss how ESS can assist you, please contact Aybars Guerpinar.
ENSARS Site Evaluation
The aim of this service is to assist Member States in assessing the safety of a nuclear installation site during the complete life cycle of the facility. Thus, site evaluation covers the entire process from site selection, assessment, pre-operation and operational stages. It includes both the external hazards which may challenge the safety of the plant, and the characteristics of the site which influence the radiological impact of the installation on the environment.
The scope of this service includes all site-related issues; both natural and human induced hazards are considered, e.g. geology, tectonics, geophysical, seismology, seismic hazard assessment, meteorology, flooding, geotechnical engineering, hydrogeology, oceanography, volcanology dispersion, population distribution, etc.
ENSARS Design Safety
The purpose of the design safety reviews is to assist Member States in implementing the IAEA design requirements, safety guides and standards of international practice to ensure a consistent and uniform evaluation of plant safety.
The reviews focus on items such as the general adherence of the design to governing safety guides and criteria; implementation of the design criteria, analysis methodologies, construction practices, quality assurance and control procedures. Innovative and evolutionary reactors are included in this review, as well as operating nuclear power plants.
The reviews are conducted mainly on the basis of the safety analysis reports of the facility, ensuring an integrated and comprehensive review of its safety.
ENSARS LTO & AM
ENSARS Long Term Operation and Ageing Management
The purpose of this peer review service is to assist Member States in ensuring safe long term operation of nuclear power plants, and to promote exchange of experience and of information on good practices. The peer review addresses the strategy and key elements of long term operation and ageing management programmes and could also address other types of comprehensive safety review, such as Periodic Safety Review (PSR).