The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s International Regulatory Development Partnership conducted a virtual workshop in March 2021 on “Reactor Siting Application Review” for 67 managers and staff at the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA).The workshop was conducted using a virtual platform (Zoom) in three-hour segments over nine separate days between March 3 and 17. The workshop detailed the NRC’s approach to performing the safety review of an application for a permit for reactor siting and was focused on Early Site Permit application. The workshop materials were primarily...
News from 2021
On February 11, 2021, the NRC’s International Regulatory Development Partnership (IRDP) met virtually with Thailand’s Office of Atoms for Peace (OAP) to discuss and identify areas for further collaboration under the IRDP. Attendees at the meeting included technical experts from OAP, and US NRC and AdSTM representatives. Discussion was held on OAP’s ongoing regulatory activities and assistance needs as well as the IRDP’s activities and capabilities during the global pandemic. The meeting resulted in a successful discussion of OAP’s highest priority needs including training workshops on the...
On January 20, 2021, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s International Regulatory Development Partnership (IRDP) conducted a virtual workshop on licensing Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) for the Indonesian government. This was part of a remote consultancy series sponsored by U.S. State Department under its Foundational Infrastructure for Responsible Use of Small Modular Reactor Technology (FIRST) program. FIRST is a capacity-building program started by the U.S. Government in 2020 to support nuclear energy newcomer countries in their ability to make future nuclear energy decisions...
On January 19, 2021, the US NRC Radiation Source Regulatory Partnership (RSRP) and the International Regulatory Development Partnership (IRDP) conducted a virtual meeting with the Kenya Nuclear Regulatory Authority (KNRA) to discuss KNRA plans and identify areas for future collaboration. KNRA staff, the US NRC, and AdSTM representatives attended the meeting. The meeting resulted in important discussions on KNRA's vision for future bilateral collaboration, which includes radiation source inventory, staff training and capacity building, regulatory development, and development of incident...