The International Atomic Energy Agency`s activities related to safety approaches for the new generation of nuclear power plants
- International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
The efforts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the area of the safety of the new generation of nuclear power plants [NPPs] received their impetus in 1991 through a resolution of the Agency`s General Conference. The Agency has developed internationally recognized safety standards on nuclear safety, which in particular contain safety objectives and principles for current NPPs. The INSAG-3 report by the Agency`s International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group contains a detailed consideration of the design principles for current NPPs. Following INSAG-3, the Agency convened a series of meetings which identified desirable safety enhancements and topics relevant to the development of safety objectives and principles for future NPPs. In June 1995, the Agency published a technical document entitled {open_quotes}Development of Safety Principles for the Design of Future Nuclear Power Plants{close_quotes} (IAEA-TECDOC-801). This document proposes updates to existing safety objectives and principles which can be used as a basis for recommendations for the design of future NPPs. Further Agency`s meetings discussed safety approaches to the new generation of NPPs in different countries and areas of possible harmonization. The desired harmonization of safety approaches for the new generation of NPPs will require further in depth discussions during the years ahead, and the IAEA is a natural forum for such activities. 11 refs.
- OSTI ID:
- 549095
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-970607--Vol.1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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