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Netherlands’ National Report on the post-Fukushima Stress Test for the Borssele Nuclear Power Plant
Author | Min. EL&I |
1-01-8-20-59.pdf | |
Date | December 2011 |
Classification | 1.01.8.20/59 (BORSSELE I - GENERAL) |
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Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture & Innovation Netherlands’ National Report on the Post- Fukushima Stress Test for the Borssele Nuclear Power Plant December 2011 Netherlands’ National Report On the post-Fukushima stress test for the Borssele Nuclear Power Plant Ministry of Economic affairs, Agriculture & Innovation Ministerie van Economische zaken, Landbouw & Innovatie (EL&I) December 2011 The Netherlands’ National Report on the Post – Fukushima stress test for Borssele NPP Abstract This is the National Report of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on the post-Fukushima ‘stress test’ of the Borssele (one unit) Nuclear Power Plant, the KCB. This report complies with the guidelines published by ENSREG in May (objectives & scope) and October 2011 (structure of report) for National Reports. The operator of the KCB has submitted a Licensee Report to the regulatory body, that addresses all topics prescribed in the ENSREG guidelines for the ‘stress test’ and meets the prescribed format. The National Report presents conclusions about licensee’s compliance with its design basis. The conclusions are based on the Licensee Report as well as on several decades of regulatory oversight, including regulatory inspections, evaluations of various applications for modification of the licences, regulatory control of the special Long-Term Operation programme and the various extensive Periodic Safety Reviews. The National Report presents conclusions on the safety margins identified in the Licensee Report. The National report notes the measures proposed and considered in the Licensee Report. In principle, the regulatory body can endorse various of these measures, but further assessment is needed to establish the effectiveness of these. The regulatory body proposes additional topics suitable for (m