Technical Meeting on the Use of Commercial Grade Products and Services in Nuclear Power Plants

There is a need to collect existing methodologies, approaches, good practices and lessons learned in the area of selecting, assessing and justifying commercial grade products for use in safety and safety related systems to ensure the continued nuclear power plant operation and smooth newbuild projects in circumstances where a limited amount of nuclear grade suppliers is available.

The purpose of the event is to contribute to and review the draft IAEA Technical Document provisionally entitled Acceptance Process of Commercial Grade Products for Use in Nuclear Power Plant Safety Systems; and to provide a forum for the international exchange of current issues, experiences and lessons learned in Member States and in the activities of other international organizations and non-governmental organizations.

The event is aimed at, among others, senior managers in charge of developing, implementing and improving quality control and quality assurance activities at their facilities; specialists from regulatory bodies who are in charge of the review and assessment of suppliers’ quality management; representatives of engineering, procurement, manufacturing and construction contractors; and responsible staff of the suppliers of products and services.

The participants are asked to present challenges, practical solutions and lessons learned in relation to the themes of the event. The proposed presentations, or a short synopsis of these, should be sent to the Scientific Secretary at P.T.Pyy@iaea.org for review, not later than 10 March 2022 with the participation form.

For more about the meeting and administrative matters, please see the Information Sheet.