• Meeting with SSM MTO, Milka Holopainen, Hanna Kuivalainen, Ann-Mari Sunabacka- Starck, Stockholm 27–28 Jan 2011
• Beredskapsövning, SAMÖ (Hubbard/Eksborg), Olli Vilkamo, Oskarshamn 2 Feb 2011
• SSM Cooperation meeting on nuclear safety research issues, Marja-Leena Järvinen, Stock- holm, 31 Aug – 1 Sep 2011
• Authority meeting with SSM Nuclear Safety Department, Petteri Tiippana, Marja-Leena Järvinen, Kaisa Koskinen, Kirsi Alm-Lytz, Kei- jo Valtonen, Stockholm 12–13 Dec 2011
• SSM-YTO/KÄY meeting, Hanna Kuivalainen, Stockholm 16–17 Nov 2011
Others
• NERS, Network of Regulators of Countries with small Nuclear Programmes, Petteri Tiippana, Capetown 12–17 Feb 2011
• Meeting with NRC and participation in RIC (Regulatory Information Conference), Petteri Tiippana, Bethesda, Maryland 6–11 Mar 2011 • Participation in ICG-EAC:n annual meeting,
Yrjö Hytönen, Dresden 8–15 May 2011
• FAK (German expert Group) + TUEF PSA Sym- posium, Reino Virolainen, Mannheim-Heidel- berg 24–27 May 2011
• Security workshop, Timo Wiander, London 5–8 Sep 2011
• Workshop on PSA for New and Advanced Reac- tors, Janne Laitonen, Paris 19–22 June 2011 • Participation in Nordic PSA conference, Ulla
Vuorio, Johannesbergs Slott, Gottröra 4–6 Sep 2011
• SMiRT 21 Pre-conference seminar – fire safety, Matti Lehto, München 12–16 Sep 2011
• Serpent conference, Jukka Mettälä, Dresden- Rossendorf 14–17 Sep 2011
• PLIM & PLEX 2011, conference participation, Charlotte, Petri Vuorio, Charlotte 28 Sep – 2 Oct 2011
• Nureth-14 conference, Eero Virtanen, Toronto 25 Sep – 1 Oct 2011
• Seismic Engineering Knowledge Transfer Semi- nar, Yrjö Hytönen, Rez 20–25 Nov 2011
• 14th Technical Meeting on Risk-based Precur- sor Analysis, Janne Laitonen, Brussels 20–23 Nov 2011
• Northnet RM3 meeting, Eero Virtanen, Västerås 2 Dec 2011
• Interpol Global RN Terrorism Prevention Con- ference, Paula Karhu, Lyon 17–19 May 2011 • Excursion to Canada to become acquainted with
the regulatory control of uranium mining and milling activities, Arja Tanninen, Tuulikki Sil- lanpää 11–17 Sep 2011
• Visit in uranium mine and milling facilities in Czech Republic, Antero Kuusi 21–24 June 2011 • Visit in Grimsel hard rock laboratory, Kai Ja-
kobs son 19 July 2011
• Uranium mining and hydrogeology -konferenssi (Freiberg), Ari Luukkonen 19–22 Sep 2011 • SSM/STUK/ASN-IRSN meeting, Ari Luuk-
konen, Rainer Laaksonen 15–17 Nov 2011 • European Nuclear Society (ENS), Nuclear En-
gineering Science and Technology, Nestet 2011, Tapani Honkamaa 15–18 May 2011
• Implementation of the Integrated Safeguards in Ukraine, exchange on the national experiences/ practices between Ukraine, Finland and Swe- den, Elina Martikka, Marko Hämäläinen 8–9 Nov 2011
• Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT), Implementation and Assessment, De- tection subgroup, Tapani Honkamaa, 27 Feb – 4 Mar 2011
APPENDIX 10
Glossary and abbreviations
ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable)
radiation protection optimisation principle, ac- cording to which exposure must be limited to being as low as reasonably achievable
BWR
boiling water reactor
CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear)
chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear weapons or hazards, for example: ”protective measures taken against CBRN weapons or hazards”
Euratom
for nuclear material safeguards, Euratom refers to the European Commission units responsible for nuclear material safeguards: Directorate General for Energy and Transport, Directorates H and I
FSAR
Final Safety Analysis Report
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
INSAG
International Nuclear Safety Group; organisa- tion called by the Director General of IAEA
IRS
Incident Reporting System; nuclear power plant operating experience reporting system main- tained by the IAEA and NEA
ITDB
Illicit Trafficking Data Base, an IAEA database to which member states deliver data on de- viations observed as regards nuclear substances and radiation sources.
KYT
Finnish nuclear waste management research programme
LARA
I&C renewal project at the Loviisa power plant
MDEP
Multinational Design Evaluation Programme; a multinational cooperation programme evalu- ating the practices and requirements of au- thorities related to the licensing of new nuclear power plants
NKS (Nordisk kärnsäkerhetsforskning)
Nordic safety research programme
OECD/NEA
OECD Nuclear Energy Association
OLC
Operational Limits and Conditions (previously Technical Specifications)
Onkalo
underground research facility for the final dis- posal of spent nuclear fuel
PRA
Probabilistic Risk Analysis
PWR
pressurised water reactor
SAFIR
Safety of nuclear power plants; Finnish publicly funded national nuclear power plant research programme
SAGSI
Standing Advisory Group on Safeguards Implementation; an international team of nu- clear material safeguard experts called by the Director General of the IAEA
STUK-YVL Guides
Working title for the new restructured regula- tory guides on nuclear safety during the renew- ing process in 2006–2009
WANO
World Association of Nuclear Operators
WENRA
Western European Nuclear Regulators’ Association
VVER (Vodo-Vodyanoi Energetichesky Reactor)
Russian pressurised water reactor; Loviisa 1 and Loviisa 2 are VVER-440 reactors
nuclear material
special fissionable material suitable for the creation of nuclear energy, such as uranium, thorium or plutonium
nuclear commodity (or: nuclear material)
nuclear material referred to above or another material referred to in Section 2, Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Finnish Nuclear Energy Act (deu- terium or graphite), device, system and infor- mation (Section 1, paragraph 8 of the Nuclear Energy Decree).
nuclear material accounting and control manual
manual to be used by an organisation in pos- session of nuclear commodities, describing the nuclear commodity safeguards and accounting system
nuclear non-proliferation manual
manual to be used by a future possessor of nu- clear commodities, describing the measures to secure the requirements of nuclear safeguards
regulatory control of nuclear non- proliferation
monitoring operations to prevent the prolifera- tion of nuclear weapons; operations consist of nuclear safeguards and the monitoring of the nuclear test ban
EIA procedure
Enviromental Safety Assessment
YVL Guides
STUK guides containing detailed requirements set for the safety of nuclear power plants. There’s a large restructuring project going on, the new YVL Guides should replace old ones by the end of 2012. The last old style YVL Guides with number-only id’s were issued in 2008.
APPENDIX 10 Glossaryandabbreviations