Comparison of ISO and ANSI/ANS Nuclear Criticality Safety Standards [Slides]

Conference · Wed Jun 16 04:00:00 EDT 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1898391· OSTI ID:1898391

Bowen, Doug ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

This paper provides a high-level comparison between the international and domestic nuclear criticality safety (NCS) standards, as requested by members of the Nuclear Criticality Safety Division. Currently, there are 18 enacted American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/American National Standards (ANS) standards, and 1 ANSI/ANS standard, in progress. There are 11 NCS standards from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Technical Committee 85 (TC85) on Nuclear Energy, Subcommittee 5 (SC5) on Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Working Group 8 (WG8). NCS standard revisions are in progress for both standards organizations. The key differences between the ISO TC85/SC5/WG8 and ANSI/ANS-8 consensus NCS standards are summarized. The hard work done by the ANS-8 and WG8 volunteers allows for applicable, high-quality consensus standards for use by the NCS community. This paper defines the current status of each ANSI/ANS and ISO standard, the work in in progress, the revisions/amendments in progress, and WG8/ANS-8 non-standard business in progress. A forthcoming paper will compare the development process for ISO and ANSI/ANS standards.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1898391
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
96 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
American National Standards (ANS)
Analytical Methods
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
Subcommittee 5 (SC5) on Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Technical Committee 85 (TC85) on Nuclear Energy
Working Group 8 (WG8)