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MISSION
The Mission of the Nuclear Safety Council is to protect the workers, the public and the environment against the harmful effects of ionizing radiation, by assuring the safe operation of nuclear and radioactive facilities and by establishing preventive and corrective measures against radiological emergencies, whatever their origin.

International relations

International relations
The policy and strategies in international CSN are based on its responsabilities.
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Thursday, 01 July 2010

President Martínez Ten stresses independence and transparency of Spanish CSN at a commemorative session at the Senate on the occasion of the regulator’s 30th Anniversary

President Martínez Ten stresses independence and transparency of Spanish CSN at a commemorative session at the Senate on the occasion of the regulator’s 30th Anniversary

The Spanish Nuclear Safety Council (Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear, CSN) celebrated on 28 May the thirtieth anniversary since it was created in 1980 as the regulatory body in charge of...

Wednesday, 21 April 2010

CSN hosts the verification mission of the European Commission in Palomares (Almería)

CSN hosts the verification mission of the European Commission in Palomares (Almería)

During 20th and 21st April 2010, a European Commission (EC) team, composed of two experts in environmental radiation monitoring from the Directorate-General for Energy (DG-ENER), has undertaken a verification mission...

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Thursday, 29 October 2009

Bilateral meeting at CSN with US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Bilateral meeting at CSN with US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

The Spanish Nuclear Security Council (CSN) is hosting a bilateral meeting with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the US nuclear regulatory body, since Tuesday 27th. Both delegations are working on...

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Greeting from the President

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Plants

Nuclear Power Plants

  In Spain there are six nuclear power plants in operation.  Two of these, Almaraz and Ascó, are twin unit...

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Facilities in the dismantling phase

  The facilities in the dismantling phase are those nuclear and fuel cycle installations whose production activities have come to...

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Radioactive facilities

  Radioactive facilities are premises, laboratories or factories in which radioactive materials are handled, stored or produced, apparatus producing ionising...

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Fuel cycle facilities

The fuel cycle includes all the phases of the process, from the extraction of uranium ore for the manufacturing...

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