Status of the Harmonisation Process of the French and German Licensing Requirements

Abstract

This paper describes the harmonisation process of French-German licensing requirements with special emphasis on the development of the common safety approach for future PWRs. The procedure is described as well as the technical content of the common safety approach. Difficulties due to different licensing practices are presented as well as solutions. The process is illustrated by some examples (external hazards, redundancy and diversity, secondary side overpressure protection).