The UAE shares the nation’s best practices on building national nuclear infrastructure during the technical meeting held on 18-20 June 2012, at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
The technical meeting on Evaluation Methodology of the Status of National Nuclear Infrastructure Development and Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) has provided an opportunity for the exchange of specific information on the IAEA’s major publications on developing national nuclear infrastructure and on how to facilitate its implementation.
Based on feedback from the meeting, the revision or the development of these documents will be undertaken in 2013, and will later incorporate the lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident as well as other elements.
Dr. John Loy, UAE Senior Expert from nuclear regulator has shared the UAE’s experience in developing nuclear infrastructure, outcome of peer review services provided by the IAEA to the UAE such as the INIR and IRRS missions, as well as lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident.
UAE country presentation to the meeting is available here: http://www.iaea.org/NuclearPower/Downloads/Infrastructure/meetings/2012-06-18-20-TM-Vienna/06.Building_National_Nuclear_Infrastructure.pdf
Since 2007, the IAEA produced three essential publications for Member States: Milestones in the Development of a Nuclear National Infrastructure for Nuclear Power; National Infrastructure for Nuclear Power; and Evaluation of the Status of National Nuclear Infrastructure Development.
These publications aim to provide assistance in developing and implementing required infrastructure to support the successful introduction of nuclear power in a safe and secure manner in countries which are considering and planning their first nuclear power plant.
