Resistance tests that Europe will impose on its 143 nuclear power plants yesterday gave his first steps with the proposals of the Nuclear Regulators Association (WENRA, for its acronym in English), meeting in Finland. Among the seven measures agreed by the regulators, including analyzing how a plant would exceed an earthquake or a flood that exceeds the original design basis of the plant, prolonged loss of electricity supply or the deterioration of the conditions of the pools that store the spent fuel.
These are the situations that has undergone the Fukushima nuclear. According to the current president of the Association, the Finn Jukka Laaksonen, regulators of the Twenty are committed to conducting reliability testing. "We review each of the 143 plants operating in the European Union.
In addition, we expect our neighbors into the process. I have received a positive response regulator in Ukraine and I hope the same thing happens with countries such as Armenia and Russia "Laaksonen said after the meeting of WENRA. The meeting was attended by the director of the Nuclear Safety Council GurguĂ Antoni.
Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian, has announced they will close plants that do not exceed those tests. The regulator defines reliability testing as a goal to reaffirm the safety margins of nuclear power plants in the light of the events that occur in Fukushima. " WENRA has developed a list of seven proposals to take account of the evidence.
A working group will discuss this with the nuclear industry and present a proposal next day 12. "If everything goes smoothly we can have reliability testing by year's end," said Jukka Laaksonen. The seven points to keep in mind during the tests are: the earthquake that exceeds the design basis of the central bases floods that exceed the plant design, other extreme conditions that affect the safety of a specific central, prolonged loss of electricity; prolonged loss of cooling system; accident that lead to core melt, and deterioration in storage of spent fuel.
André-Claude Lacoste, Chairman of the Nuclear Safety Authority of France, said: "We do not have all the elements of analysis that we would have on Fukushima, but we'll get to work as soon as possible." Lacoste also recalled that the final outcome of all nuclear accidents take time: "For the lessons of the accident at Three Mile Island [Harrisburg], in 1979, we had to wait six years," he said.
The European Association did not cite any penalties for irregularities. The EU has shown a very different answer depending on each country. While Germany has temporarily closed seven plants built before 1980, France has not closed any. "We have not detected any anomaly in central France, therefore, at least for now, there is no reason to stop functioning," said Lacoste. 
These are the situations that has undergone the Fukushima nuclear. According to the current president of the Association, the Finn Jukka Laaksonen, regulators of the Twenty are committed to conducting reliability testing. "We review each of the 143 plants operating in the European Union.
In addition, we expect our neighbors into the process. I have received a positive response regulator in Ukraine and I hope the same thing happens with countries such as Armenia and Russia "Laaksonen said after the meeting of WENRA. The meeting was attended by the director of the Nuclear Safety Council GurguĂ Antoni.
Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian, has announced they will close plants that do not exceed those tests. The regulator defines reliability testing as a goal to reaffirm the safety margins of nuclear power plants in the light of the events that occur in Fukushima. " WENRA has developed a list of seven proposals to take account of the evidence.
A working group will discuss this with the nuclear industry and present a proposal next day 12. "If everything goes smoothly we can have reliability testing by year's end," said Jukka Laaksonen. The seven points to keep in mind during the tests are: the earthquake that exceeds the design basis of the central bases floods that exceed the plant design, other extreme conditions that affect the safety of a specific central, prolonged loss of electricity; prolonged loss of cooling system; accident that lead to core melt, and deterioration in storage of spent fuel.
André-Claude Lacoste, Chairman of the Nuclear Safety Authority of France, said: "We do not have all the elements of analysis that we would have on Fukushima, but we'll get to work as soon as possible." Lacoste also recalled that the final outcome of all nuclear accidents take time: "For the lessons of the accident at Three Mile Island [Harrisburg], in 1979, we had to wait six years," he said.
The European Association did not cite any penalties for irregularities. The EU has shown a very different answer depending on each country. While Germany has temporarily closed seven plants built before 1980, France has not closed any. "We have not detected any anomaly in central France, therefore, at least for now, there is no reason to stop functioning," said Lacoste.
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