The Commission presented the report on EU nuclear stress test carried out in the EU. Among of the areas to be improved, the report identifies the lack of consistency in the assessment of natural hazards or the need for regular assessments and implementations of known safety measures. In fact, the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group and the EU Commission have agreed to continue with safety improvements of nuclear power plants and do a follow up to cover additional safety aspects.

The European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG) presented its EU nuclear stress tests report which identifies four main areas of improvement to be considered at the European level, including the lack of consistency in the assessment of natural hazards, the need for regular assessments and implementations of known safety measures, as well as an improvement of prevention measures such as mobile mobile equipment protected against extreme natural hazards, emergency response centres protected against extreme natural hazards and contamination, and rescue teams and equipment rapidly available to support local operators.

In the EU, there are 147 nuclear reactors, 38 nuclear reactors have been visited during the peer review process in March 2012, i.e. phase three. The report is the result of phase three of the stress tests. In phase one the nuclear power operators had carried out a self-assessment, in phase two the national regulators had done a country report. In phase three, multinational teams have analysed the country reports presented by national authorities. In addition, the multinational teams have visited nuclear power reactors on the spot.

In addition, in order to complement the analysis, ENSREG and the EU Commission have agreed to continue with safety improvements of nuclear power plants and do a follow up to cover additional safety aspects. This includes additional visits of nuclear power plants; implementation of the recommendation of the ENSREG report; implementation of the IAEA action plan; outcomes of the extraordinary meeting of the Convention of Nuclear Safety; and information on every single nuclear power plant will be available on the website. The Commission will also present the ENSREG report at the Council in June.