Working Group 2A Self-Evaluation of Infrastructure Development Status

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Working Group 2ASelf-Evaluation of
Infrastructure Development Status

• Difficulties and Solutions

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2A Questions/Difficulties

1. Availability of expertise for self assessment
2. Political commitment
3. More detailed description within IAEA documents
4. Re-evaluation of 19 infrastructure issues should
   be periodically made
5. International cooperation should be fostered both
   bilateral and multilateral
6. Clear responsibilities should be defined

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2A Questions/Difficulties

• 7. Consistency of three documents, (Milestones,
  Evaluation, Guidelines) needs to be assured.
  (NEPIO and others as well)
• 8. What is the optimal number of self
  evaluations?
• 9. Evaluation of infrastructure for mature
  nuclear power programs should also be encouraged.
• 10. There is a lack of available international
  experience to do the assessments
• 11. Objectivity of self evaluation needs to be
  ensured
• 12. Clear criteria of to determine status is
  needed, i.e, significant action needed, minor
  action needed and no action needed.

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2A Questions/Difficulties

• 13. Economic and industrial capabilities for
  developing nuclear power program need to assured
  as well as ones for nuclear.

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2A Needs/Solutions

1. Comprehensive training program for internal and
   external evaluators
2. Human resources continue to be needed
3. Generation of documentation for internal and
   external use (reports for public consumption)
4. External consultants should be considered for
   realistic assessment
5. International cooperation (sharing experiences,
   lessons learned) --- IAEA should facilitate

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2A Needs/Solutions

• 6. Cooperation with neighbouring countries
• 7. Walk-through simulations (tabletop exercise as
  a part of workshop)
• 8. IAEA observers on self assessment
• 9. Milestones document is useful tool but only
  one tool
• 10. Action plans based on self assessment are
  needed

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2A Needs/Solutions

• 11. Computer models for assessment assistance
  should be developed by IAEA.