The periodic safety reviews (PSR) are performed for different purposes, but always with the aim to continuously ensure and improve the safety of nuclear power plants (NPP). A PSR is always performed by the licensee. The review of a PSR is part of the regular oversight task of the Regulatory Bodies (RB) and, as for other oversight activities, in most countries does not involve public participation by itself.

WENRA is today re-publishing revised versions of two of its reports covering its Safety Reference Levels (SRLs) for Waste Storage and for Decommissioning. These reports were last published in 2014 and 2015 respectively and the new versions provide updates on the benchmarking of the national regulatory frameworks of 18 WENRA members that has been carried out since the previous reports.

The WENRA Terms of Reference (ToR) were updated at the November 2023 plenary meeting held in Paris.

At its November 2023 plenary meeting held in Paris, WENRA approved its new strategy.