IPSART

International Probabilistic Safety Assessment Review Team

The IPSART service organizes peer reviews for probabilistic safety assessments (PSAs) performed in Member States to improve the quality of probabilistic safety analyses and to provide for technology transfer among the Member States; the IPSART team assists Member States in the application of PSA results and methods. Scope of review:

Organization of management
Methods and data
External hazards
Level 1 and 2 analysis
Interpolation of results
Quality assurance and documentation
PSA applications.

IPSART peer review missions are conducted in accordance with dedicated guidelines.

An IPSART is organized in 4 main stages, as follows:

Pre-Mission - with the objective of defining the scope and deepness of the review and the necessary inputs (documents, models, reference documents) to be provided to the review team
The Mission - conducted by a team of IAEA staff and international experts, with the objective of assessing the PSA methodology, results and applications against applicable IAEA standards
Final Experts Meeting - with the objective of compiling the conclusions and recommendations and agree on the content of the Review Report
Followup Mission - with the objective of reviewing the status and results of the implemented recommendations.

Status of reviews:

Member State	Year	Service
Slovenia	2000	IPSART Mission to Krsko NPP: Level 1/2 PSA (RER/9/046)
Spain	2000	IPSART Mission to Jose Cabrera NPP (Reimbursed)
Ukraine	2000	IPSART Mission to South Ukraine NPP: Level 1 PSA internal event initiator (RER/9/052)
Lithuania	2000	IPSART Mission to Ignalina NPP: Level 1 PSA (RER/9/052)
Netherlands	2000	IPSART Mission to EC Joint Research Centre Petten High Flux Reactor: risk scoping study (Reimbursed)
Russia	2000	Followup IPSART mission to Tianwan NPP: Level 1 PSA, China (EBP funding)
Pakistan	2001	IPSART Mission to KANUPP NPP: Level 1 PSA (PAK/9/022)
Ukraine	2001	IPSART Mission to Zaporozhye Unit 5 NPP: Level 1 PSA (RER/9/061)
Russia	2001	IPSART Mission to Novovoronezh NPP: Level 1 PSA external events & Level 2 PSA (RUS/9/003)
Lithuania	2001	IPSART Mission to Ignalina Unit 1 NPP: Level 1 & 2 PSA (RER/9/061)
Slovakia	2001	IPSART Mission to Mochovce Unit 1 NPP: Level 1 PSA (RER/9/061)
Romania	2001	Pre-IPSART Expert mission to Cernavoda Unit 1 NPP: Level 1 PSA internal event (Rom/9/024)
Iran	2002	IPSART Expert mission to Bushehr Unit 1 NPP: Level 1 PSA internal event (IRA/4/029)
Slovakia	2002	IPSART Mission to Bohunice VI NPP: Level 1 PSA (RER/9/061)
Netherlands	2002	IPSART Mission to EC Joint Research Centre Petten High Flux Reactor: risk scoping study (Reimbursed)
Russia	2002	2nd IPSART Followup mission to Tianwan NPP: Level 1 PSA (EBP funding)
Romania	2003	IPSART Mission to Cernavoda UNIT 1 NPP: Level 1 PSA (ROM/9/024)
Czech Republic	2003	IPSART Mission to Temelin NPP: PSA (CZR/9/015)
China	2003	IPSART Mission to Qinshan NPP: Level 1 PSA (EBP funding)
United Kingdom	2004	IPSART Mission to Sizewell B NPP: Living PSA, full scope PSA (Reimbursed)
China	2004	Mission to Tianwan NPP: Level 2 PSA
Romania	2004	Follow-up IPSART Mission to Cernavoda UNIT 1 NPP: Level 1 PSA (ROM/9/024)
Romania	2005	Expert Mission to Cernavoda NPP: review qualitative assessment of risk impact of Unit 2 design changes based on PSA for Unit 1 (ROM/9/024)
Romania	2005	IPSART Mission to Cernavoda Unit 1 NPP: Fire & Flood & Seismic PSA (ROM/9/024)
Armenia	2007	IPSART to Metsamor NPP: Level 1 PSA internal IEs (power operation) (ARM/9/018)
Pakistan	2007	Pre-IPSART to Chashma NPP: Level 1 PSA for internal IEs (power operation) (PAK/9/025)
Bulgaria	2009	IPSART Mission to Belene NPP: Level 1 & 2 design PSA internal IEs, internal & external hazards (excl. seismic) (power operation & shutdown mode) (BUL/9/022)
Pakistan	2009	IPSART Mission to Chashma NPP: Level 1 PSA internal IEs (power operation) (PAK9/025)
Netherlands	2010	IPSART Mission to Borssele NPP: Level 1 through Level 3 PSA internal IEs, internal & external hazards (excluding seismic) (power operation & shutdown mode) (Reimbursed)
Bulgaria	2010	Follow-up IPSART to Belene NPP: Level 1 & 2 design PSA for internal IEs, internal & external hazards (excl. seismic) (power operation & shutdown mode) (BUL/9/022)