Interim activity status report of "the group for investigation of reasonable safety assurance based on graded approach" (from September, 2019 to September, 2020)
Yonomoto, Taisuke ; Nakashima, Hiroshi*; Sono, Hiroki ; Kishimoto, Katsumi ; Izawa, Kazuhiko ; Kinase, Masami ; Osa, Akihiko ; Ogawa, Kazuhiko ; Horiguchi, Hironori; Inoi, Hiroyuki; Shimizu, Atsushi ; Iigaki, Kazuhiko ; Shinohara, Masanori ; Isaka, Koji; Nakatsuka, Toru ; Maruyama, Yu ; Amaya, Masaki ; Yoshizawa, Michio ; Oigawa, Hiroyuki
A group named as "The group for investigation of reasonable safety assurance based on graded approach", which consists of about 10 staffs from Sector of Nuclear Science Research, Safety and Nuclear Security Administration Department, departments for management of nuclear facility, Sector of Nuclear Safety Research and Emergency Preparedness, aims to realize effective graded approach (GA) about management of facilities and regulatory compliance of JAEA. The group started its activities in September, 2019 and has had discussions through 10 meetings and email communications. In the meetings, basic ideas of GA, status of compliance with new regulatory standards at each facility, new inspection system, etc were discussed, while individual investigation at each facility were shared among the members. This report is compiled with expectation that it will help promote rational and effective safety management based on GA by sharing contents of the activity widely inside and outside JAEA.