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IAEA Completes Safety Review at Czech Nuclear Power Plant

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2012.11.23 / 2,170

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"An international team of nuclear safety experts, led by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), today completed a review of safety practices at Temelin Nuclear Power Station in the Czech Republic. The team highlighted the Power Plant's good practices and also recommended improvements to some safety measures.

The OSART team has identified good plant practices, which will be shared with the rest of the nuclear industry for consideration of potential application elsewhere. Examples include the following:

The Power Plant has adopted effective computer software to improve the efficiency of the plant to prepare and isolate equipment for maintenance;
The Power Plant undertakes measures to control precisely the chemical parameters that limit corrosion in the reactor's coolant system, which in turn reduce radiation exposure to the workforce; and
The Temelin Power Plant has a Technical Support Centre Manual to establish the decision-making process necessary to support the Control Room Crew in implementing Emergency Operating Procedures.
The team identified a number of proposals for improvements in operational safety at Temelin Nuclear Power Station. Examples include the following:

Management and Plant staff should improve their practices to enable more efficient reporting of minor deficiencies;
Power Plant operators should improve their adherence to existing human error prevention procedures; and
The Power Plant has underway too many temporary modifications to the plant systems, many of which have no specific schedule for completion and could have adverse implications for nuclear safety."

Full article available at:
http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/2012/prn201228.html
IAEA November 22, 2012