GOAL

Strengthen research and development (R&D), human resource development and regional cooperation in the field of nuclear power safety in ASEAN in order to support the formulation of the regional strategy for accident management and to be consistent with the IAEA Safety Standards

Objectives

To be the regional platform in the field of nuclear power safety research to promote the data and information sharing and cooperation among the Member States

To fulfill the needs and address the gaps of countries in the ASEAN region in R&D

To strengthen the capability in R&D of the Member States in order to be able to provide the technical support for decision making

To establish and enhance the cooperation between the ASEAN network and the IAEA and other relevant international organizations

Scope

Support R&D activities of the Member States in the field of nuclear power safety and nuclear research reactor safety, including but not limited to

Accident consequence assessment

Human reliability analysis

Probabilistic risk assessment

Fission product transport

Severe accident analysis

Design basis accident analysis

Linkage between reactor assessments and environment impact assessment

Other topics agreed upon by the Member States