National Atomic Energy Agency

200 participants – nuclear operators, diplomats, representatives of regulators (nuclear regulation authorities) from, among others, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA and Poland took part in the international conference that took place on November 28^th  and 29^th in Tokyo. The event, held in the Japanese capital, was a forum for the exchange of information on the measures taken after the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to strengthen nuclear safety.

Current and planned initiatives in the field of nuclear safety and radiation protection were the subject of the discussions. The issues of natural hazard assessment in terms of meeting international nuclear safety requirements were also debated.

The conference was organized by the Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (NEA OECD) and the Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan.

On November 30^th and December 1^st, the 48^th meeting of the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities of the Nuclear Energy Agency (CNRA NEA) took place in Tokyo. In this organization Poland is represented by the President of the PAA, dr Łukasz Młynarkiewcz. During the meeting, current and planned activities of individual groups of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) were discussed.

The Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) is composed of high-ranking representatives of the regulation authorities of various countries. It was created in 1989. The Committee guides the NEA programme concerning the regulation, licensing and inspection of nuclear facilities. The CNRA seeks to encourage regulators to exchange information and experience and to review current regulatory practices and operating experiences. The CNRA also responds to new challenges requiring regulatory changes, such as safety issues related to new technologies and reactor designs.