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Role of the Regulatory Body in Implementing Defence in Depth in Nuclear Installations - Regulatory Oversight in Egypt

Abstract

The fundamental objective of all nuclear safety regulatory bodies is to ensure that nuclear facilities are operated at all times in an acceptably safe manner including the safe conduct of decommissioning activities. Defence in depth is recognized as one of the fundamental safety principles that underlie the safety of nuclear power plants. Defence in depth is implemented to provide a graded protection against a wide variety of transients, incidents and accidents, including equipment failures and human errors within nuclear power plants and events initiated outside plants. The Regulator Body plays an important role in implementing defence in depth in nuclear installations in the context of a clear allocation of responsibilities with an operating organization. This role starting with setting safety objectives and by its own independent review and technical assessment of the safety justifications provided by the operating organization in addition to safety culture investigating within relevant organizations. This paper briefly reviews this role in normal operation and post accidents, and its effects on overall nuclear safety in nuclear installations with reference to Egyptian regulatory oversight. (author)
Authors:
El-Sheikh, B. M., E-mail: badawymel@yahoo.com [1] 
  1. Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority Cairo (Egypt)
Publication Date:
Oct 15, 2014
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
IAEA-TECDOC-CD-1749
Resource Relation:
Conference: 5. International Conference on Topical Issues in Nuclear Installation Safety: Defence in Depth - Advances and Challenges for Nuclear Installation Safety, Vienna (Austria), 21-24 Oct 2013; Other Information: 16 refs., 1 fig.; Related Information: In: International Conference on Topical Issues in Nuclear Installation Safety: Defence in Depth — Advances and Challenges for Nuclear Installation Safety. Proceedings of an International Conference held in Vienna, Austria, 21-24 October 2013| 353 p.
Subject:
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; EGYPTIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; ERRORS; FAILURES; HUMAN FACTORS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING; REACTOR SAFETY; REGULATORY GUIDES; SAFETY CULTURE; SAFETY STANDARDS; STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS
OSTI ID:
22318544
Research Organizations:
International Atomic Energy Agency, Safety Assessment Section, Vienna (Austria)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ISBN 978-92-0-158214-0; ISSN 1684-2073; TRN: XA14M7060024741
Availability:
Available from INIS in electronic form. Also available on-line: http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/TE-1749_CD_web.pdf and on 1 CD-ROM from IAEA, Marketing and Sales Unit, Publishing Section, E-mail: sales.publications@iaea.org; Web site: http://www.iaea.org/books
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
page(s) 298-308
Announcement Date:
Mar 24, 2015

Citation Formats

El-Sheikh, B. M., E-mail: badawymel@yahoo.com. Role of the Regulatory Body in Implementing Defence in Depth in Nuclear Installations - Regulatory Oversight in Egypt. IAEA: N. p., 2014. Web.
El-Sheikh, B. M., E-mail: badawymel@yahoo.com. Role of the Regulatory Body in Implementing Defence in Depth in Nuclear Installations - Regulatory Oversight in Egypt. IAEA.
El-Sheikh, B. M., E-mail: badawymel@yahoo.com. 2014. "Role of the Regulatory Body in Implementing Defence in Depth in Nuclear Installations - Regulatory Oversight in Egypt." IAEA.
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abstractNote = {The fundamental objective of all nuclear safety regulatory bodies is to ensure that nuclear facilities are operated at all times in an acceptably safe manner including the safe conduct of decommissioning activities. Defence in depth is recognized as one of the fundamental safety principles that underlie the safety of nuclear power plants. Defence in depth is implemented to provide a graded protection against a wide variety of transients, incidents and accidents, including equipment failures and human errors within nuclear power plants and events initiated outside plants. The Regulator Body plays an important role in implementing defence in depth in nuclear installations in the context of a clear allocation of responsibilities with an operating organization. This role starting with setting safety objectives and by its own independent review and technical assessment of the safety justifications provided by the operating organization in addition to safety culture investigating within relevant organizations. This paper briefly reviews this role in normal operation and post accidents, and its effects on overall nuclear safety in nuclear installations with reference to Egyptian regulatory oversight. (author)}
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