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The aims of the Nuclear Safety Programme (NSP) have been to promote the adoption of internationally recognised nuclear safety and regulatory standards within the civil nuclear industry in countries of the Former Soviet Union (FSU) and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), thereby minimising the risk of another Chernobyl-type accident. Additionally, the NSP has assisted those EU Accession States obtain nuclear safety standards that are in line with international best practice in order to assist with safe decommissioning of reactors where closure dates had been agreed as part of the EU Accession Treaty process; for example Ignalina in Lithuania, Kozloduy in Bulgaria and Bohunice in Slovakia,. After providing technical and financial assistance for twelve years, where 102 contracts worth £14.5 million have been supported, greater emphasis is now being placed on nuclear security and non-proliferation activities.
The final two projects in Armenia are nearing completion, and the programme will be officially wound up in February 2009
Nuclear Safety Programme beneficiary organisations have included civil nuclear power plants, research reactors, nuclear regulators, nuclear utilities and radioactive waste agencies in Armenia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. Assistance has been provided in the form of technical improvements, training and transfer of expertise plus knowledge and small-scale equipment purchase in areas including emergency planning, operational safety, safety culture, decommissioning, radioactive waste and spent fuel management, licensing, regulatory support and research reactor support.
VT Nuclear Services Ltd, formerly British Nuclear Group Project Services and BNFL was appointed as UK Project Managers to manage this Programme in October 2002.
Additional programme information may be located in our annual report. A PDF version may be downloaded from the Related Documents section located to the right of this page. In addition, a workshop to publicise the success of the programme, including the publication of a final report on lessons learned, is being organised for Yerevan, Armenia in February 2009and will be published on this website in 2009.
