신규 원전 도입을 위한 캐나다와 미국의 규제 협력 (Canadian and United States Regulatory Cooperation for New Nuclear Deployment)
본 보고서는 캐나다와 미국의 신규 원전 도입규제 협력과 관련된 장기적 목표, 목표 달성을 위한 단기적 조치에 대한 업계의 관점을 서술합니다.
Successful large-scale deployment of new nuclear energy is needed to meet the nation’s energy, climate, environmental, economic and security goals. Efficient regulatory pathways are needed to achieve this goal. In the report, “A Framework for International Regulatory Efficiency to Accelerate Nuclear Deployment,” released in September 2023, the World Nuclear Association, Canadian Nuclear Association, Nucleareurope and Nuclear Energy Institute outline essential actions necessary to improve efficiency in international regulatory design review activities. The goal is a streamlined approach to international regulatory cooperation that seeks to minimize the duplication of design reviews by multiple national regulators. The purpose of this report is to apply the international framework to the Canadian and U.S. regulatory cooperation to streamline licensing between these two countries. Canada and the U.S. are already embarking on regulatory cooperation, and this paper articulates the industry’s perspective on the long-term goals for such cooperation, and additional near-term actions that our nations can take to achieve these goals. To be clear, regulatory cooperation extends beyond the national regulators, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), to include other government agencies, the nuclear industry and standards development organizations. Strategic regulatory cooperation between Canada and the U.S. will help enable both nations to achieve the large-scale deployment of new nuclear power plants and enable both countries to achieve their national energy, climate, environmental, economic and national security goals.