The status of the IAEA safety standards derives from the IAEA’s Statute, which authorizes the IAEA to establish or adopt, in consultation and, where appropriate, in collaboration with the competent organs of the United Nations and with the specialized agencies concerned, standards of safety for protection of health and minimization of danger to life and property, and to provide for their appl…
Given the increasing interest of Member States in the near term deployment of SMRs, this publication presents several model technology roadmaps that States can adapt for their specific projects. For nuclear newcomer countries, these roadmaps assume that a Member State has already developed, or is at least well along the way to developing, the infrastructure necessary to carry out a nuclear powe…
This publication presents a summary of discussions from a consultants meeting on the merits and challenges associated with the operation of aqueous homogeneous reactors (AHRs) for the production of the isotope technetium-99m (99mTc) and includes the technical presentations given by the participants during the meeting. Currently, 80% of all radiopharmaceutical procedures employ 99mTc, a product …
This report provides information on the content and format for decommissioning plans and supporting safety related documents. Its scope includes information that is relevant to all types of nuclear facilities, ranging from nuclear power plants and reprocessing facilities to university laboratories and manufacturing plants. The report will be of interest to decommissioning planning engineers, pr…
The intensive funding of research in the field of nuclear reactor safety research by the German Federal Government in the last decades was a decisive contribution to keeping German reactors among the safest in the world. Considerable progress has also been made in the field of repository research which is regarded as being leading on an international scale. These achievements were made possible…
This Safety Report compares the requirements of IAEA Safety Series No. 50-C/SG-Q, Quality Assurance for Safety in Nuclear Power Plants and other Nuclear Installations (1996), with the ISO 9001:2000 standard issued by the International Organization for Standardization. It identifies the main differences between the ISO quality standards and the additional requirements and guidance contained with…
When facing the decision of closing nuclear power plants (NPPs) before expiration of their operating licences, it is important that the same safety measures are applied to management concerns for strategic planning as are applied to technical reviews. These management and organizational issues are fundamental to any future decommissioning process. Managers at sites that decide to close early ma…
Advances of Computational Fluid Dynamics in Nuclear Reactor Design and Safety Assessment presents the latest computational fluid dynamic technologies. It includes an evaluation of safety systems for reactors using CFD and their design, the modeling of Severe Accident Phenomena Using CFD, Model Development for Two-phase Flows, and Applications for Sodium and Molten Salt Reactor Designs. Editors …
Plant life management (PLiM) is a methodology focused on the safety-first management of nuclear power plants over their entire lifetime. It incorporates and builds upon the usual periodic safety reviews and license renewals as part of an overall framework designed to assist plant operators and regulators in assessing the operating conditions of a nuclear power plant, and establishing the techni…
This book consist : Introduction; General aspects of communication programmes; Communication programmes on nuclear safety; and Activities of the regulatory body in relation to communication. (Jml)