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Nuclear Power Plant Operational Experience. 2002-2005 Incident Reporting System (2006)

AuthorNEA, IAEA
Date2006
Classification 6.01.3.10/80 (NUCLEAR SAFETY - REACTORS - GENERAL)
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FOREWORD

Incident reporting has become an increasingly important aspect of the operation and 
regulation of all public health and safety-related industries. Diverse industries such 
as aeronautics, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and explosives all depend on operating 
experience feedback to provide lessons learnt about safety.

The Incident Reporting System (IRS) is an essential element of the international 
operating experience feedback system for nuclear power plants. IRS reports contain 
information on events of safety significance with important lessons learnt which 
assist in reducing recurrence of events at other plants. The IRS is jointly operated 
and managed by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), a semi-autonomous body within 
the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the 
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a specialised agency within the 
United Nations system. In order for the system to be fully efficient, it is essential 
that national organisations allocate sufficient resources to enable timely reporting 
of events important to safety, and to share these events in the IRS database.

This third report on nuclear power plant operating experience from the IAEA/ NEA 
Incident Reporting System covering the 2002-2005 period follows on the success 
of the previous two covering 1996-1999 and 1999-2002. This edition highlights 
important lessons learnt based on a review of the approximately 200 event reports 
received from the participating countries over this period.

This report is intended to provide senior safety managers in regulatory bodies and 
in industry with information related to the safety of nuclear power plants to help 
them in their decision-making role.

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