Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the Slovak Republic: 2011 Annual Report

The year 2011 was the year that marked the global nuclear industry and influenced the attitudes and activities of many professional, scientific and commercial organizations and spurred public interest in this branch of industry. Probably the whole world reacted to the natural disaster that struck Japan and damaged the nuclear power plant at Fukushima, Slovakia not excluded. The Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the Slovak Republic performing the state supervision in the field of peaceful use of nuclear energy, also undertook safety assessment of the Slovak nuclear installations and also joined the safety review process of nuclear power plants in the European Union. In the course of the year UÅLJD SR drafted two reports in this regard – the Interim National Report and the National Report on results of stress tests carried out on the atomic power plants in the SR. The process will contunue with follow-up activities in 2012.