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Status of safety analysis reports

Abstract

The safety regulation connected to both of the Atomic Acts from 1980 and 1996 requires preparation of the Preliminary Safety Analysis Report (PSAR) as well as Final SAR (FSAR). In this respect the licensing procedure for the construction and commissioning of Paks NPP did not formally deviate from the standards applied in developed countries; this is particularly true if comparison is made with the standards applied for commissioning NPPs in the second half of the seventies. By the time the overall development of internationally accepted safety standards and some existing deficiencies of earlier SAR made necessary a general reassessment of the plant safety (AGNES project). The carried out PSR for Paks-1 and 2 also added a valuable contribution to the SAR content, however a formal update of SAR is not made yet. A Hungarian nuclear authority decree from 1997 obligates the licensee to prepare and submit a major upgrade of FSAR until the mid of 2000, after finishing the PSR for Paks-3 and 4. From this date a periodic update of FSAR is required every year. The operational license renewal affects only the PSR but not the FSAR updating. The new Nuclear Safety Code outlines the contents of PSAR and  More>>
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Publication Date:
Jun 01, 1999
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
IAEA-CN-75; CONF-990618-
Reference Number:
SCA: 990400; 210200; PA: AIX-30:031417; EDB-99:073246; SN: 99002117578
Resource Relation:
Conference: International conference on the strengthening of nuclear safety in Eastern Europe, Vienna (Austria), 14-18 Jun 1999; Other Information: DN: 6 refs, 1 fig., tabs; PBD: Jun 1999; Related Information: Is Part Of International conference on the strengthening of nuclear safety in Eastern Europe. Keynote papers. Regulatory aspects of NPP safety, status of safety improvements, status of safety analysis report; PB: 183 p.
Subject:
99 MATHEMATICS, COMPUTERS, INFORMATION SCIENCE, MANAGEMENT, LAW, MISCELLANEOUS; 21 NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; ENFORCEMENT; HUNGARY; IAEA; IMPLEMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECTS; LICENSING REGULATIONS; PAKS-1 REACTOR; PAKS-2 REACTOR; REACTOR SAFETY; RECOMMENDATIONS; SAFETY REPORTS; SAFETY STANDARDS; STANDARDIZATION
OSTI ID:
360423
Research Organizations:
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE99626781; TRN: XA9950504031417
Availability:
INIS; OSTI as DE99626781
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
pp. 355-369
Announcement Date:
Aug 23, 1999

Citation Formats

Cserhati, A. Status of safety analysis reports. IAEA: N. p., 1999. Web.
Cserhati, A. Status of safety analysis reports. IAEA.
Cserhati, A. 1999. "Status of safety analysis reports." IAEA.
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title = {Status of safety analysis reports}
author = {Cserhati, A}
abstractNote = {The safety regulation connected to both of the Atomic Acts from 1980 and 1996 requires preparation of the Preliminary Safety Analysis Report (PSAR) as well as Final SAR (FSAR). In this respect the licensing procedure for the construction and commissioning of Paks NPP did not formally deviate from the standards applied in developed countries; this is particularly true if comparison is made with the standards applied for commissioning NPPs in the second half of the seventies. By the time the overall development of internationally accepted safety standards and some existing deficiencies of earlier SAR made necessary a general reassessment of the plant safety (AGNES project). The carried out PSR for Paks-1 and 2 also added a valuable contribution to the SAR content, however a formal update of SAR is not made yet. A Hungarian nuclear authority decree from 1997 obligates the licensee to prepare and submit a major upgrade of FSAR until the mid of 2000, after finishing the PSR for Paks-3 and 4. From this date a periodic update of FSAR is required every year. The operational license renewal affects only the PSR but not the FSAR updating. The new Nuclear Safety Code outlines the contents of PSAR and FSAR, based on US NRC Reg. Guide 1. 70. Rev. 3. Hungary by now can fulfill the upgrading of SAR without major external technical or financial help. The AGNES project covered the safety analysis chapters of SAR. It was financed mainly by the country. In the project there have been involved in limited cases as performers the VTT (Finland), Belgatom (Belgium), GRS (Germany), etc., the IVO (Finland) fulfilled tasks of an independent reviewer for safety analysis. The AGNES had certain interconnection with the similar IAEA RER safety reassessment project for WWER-440/213. The PSR for Paks-1 and 2 have been carried out by the Paks staff from the resources of the plant. During the evaluation of several parts of Paks-3 and 4 PSR documentation the authority intends to use certain international independent review support in the frames a PHARE project. The licensing of the Spent Fuel Interim Storage Facility on the plant site needed a detailed site re-evaluation which results should be incorporated into the FSAR upgrade, too. The Paks NPP has by now a General Consultant Organization and the nuclear authority has a Technical Support Organization. Interface between the utility and authority is arranged e.g. by means of approval of detailed content of the FSAR and consultations if needed. (author) 6 refs, 1 fig., tabs}
place = {IAEA}
year = {1999}
month = {Jun}
}