Regulatory oversight of nuclear safety in Finland : Annual report 2019

Abstract

Introduction This report is a report on regulatory oversight in the field of nuclear energy provided by the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment once a year as required by Section 121 of the Nuclear Energy Decree. The report will also be provided to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, the Ministry of the Environment, the Finnish Environment Institute and to the environmental authorities of the nuclear facility municipalities. The report is a summary of regulatory oversight of safety in the use of nuclear energy performed by STUK and of the related results in 2019. The regulatory oversight concerned the design, construction and operation of nuclear facilities, decommissioning planning, nuclear waste management and nuclear safeguards. In addition to actual regulatory oversight of safety, the report describes, among other things, the development and implementation of the regulations concerning the use of nuclear energy during the year and the main characteristics of the safety research programmes pertaining to nuclear safety and nuclear waste management in Finland. The annexes to the report contain significant events at the nuclear power plants and inspection summaries of STUK’s inspection programmes. In addition, a summary of the licences accordant with the Nuclear Energy Act granted by STUK in 2019, as required by the Nuclear Energy Decree, is appended to the report. STUK’s Financial Statements and Annual Report 2019 includes an assessment of meeting the performance targets under the performance agreement between the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and STUK also in view of regulatory oversight in the use of nuclear energy.