American Nuclear Society standards for TRIGA reactors and their use

Conference · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:21149365

Richards, W J ^[1]

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1. Argonne National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

The American Nuclear Society established a committee (ANS-15) with the expressed charter to develop standards for research reactors. These standards were to cover all aspects of research reactor operations, maintenance and administration. Standards have been written in every area of research reactor operations that the research reactor community has deemed important. One of the uppermost goals of the Standards Committee work is to produce standards that provide guidance and help to the research reactor community in a timely manner. To make the standards meaningful requires a great deal of cooperation between all segments of the reactor community. The research reactors - whether they are private, university or government owned - have a mission to perform. At the same time, the regulatory agencies also have a mission to perform, and with a spirit of mutual respect and cooperation, both can accomplish their goals. In the last five years this spirit has been present, and a number of very good standards have resulted. These standards should be a part of every research reactor library. In particular ANS-15.16 and ANS-15.1 have been endorsed by the regulatory agencies and are being used to evaluate submittals.

• Research Organization: General Atomic Co., San Diego, CA (United States); Argonne National Laboratory-West, Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• OSTI ID: 21149365
• Report Number(s): INIS-US--09N0101; TOC--14
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
COMMUNITIES
COOPERATION
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
MAINTENANCE
MANAGEMENT
RESEARCH REACTORS
STANDARDS
TRIGA TYPE REACTORS