Harmonisation of licensing procedures, codes and standards for future fission and fusion plants

The development of innovative technologies and licensing for new installations could be particularly time-consuming and costly if regulators are not involved and if citizens’ concerns are not considered at an early stage, adding delays to deployment. The timely involvement of standardisation and design code bodies is equally important, by involving at an early stage the regulators for improving the exchange between researchers, technical safety organisations and regulators. The evolution of the safety regulatory framework fostering an early involvement of independent regulators in the innovation process could accelerate deployment of new technologies, while ensuring the highest safety standards. This change is possible through cooperation between safety regulators, technical safety organisations, research organisations, industry and supply chain actors on qualification, standardisation, verification and validation and licensing. In this framework, The European Nuclear Safety Regulators Grou