IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency School on Drafting Regulations Module 1.2 – Overview of IAEA safety standards IAEA - Department of Nuclear Safety

IAEAInternational Atomic Energy Agency

School on Drafting Regulations

Module 1.2 – Overview of IAEA safety standards

IAEA - Department of Nuclear Safety & Security

Division of Nuclear Installation Safety | Regulatory Activities Section

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Contents

1. Introduction

2. Vision and Strategies

3. General Safety Standards

4. Specific Safety Standards

5. Conclusions

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1. Introduction

Under Article III.A.6 of its Statute, the IAEA is authorized:

“To establish or adopt, in consultation and, where appropriate, in collaboration with the competent organs of the United Nations and with the specialized agencies concerned, standards of safety for protection of health and minimization of danger to life and property.”

In 1958, the IAEA published its first Safety standard, Safety Series No. 1, Safe Handling of Radioisotopes.

Over the years, about 200 publications were issued in the Safety Series.


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19581961

1962

SS No. 15

1965

1996

19881974

SS No. 152006

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• Since 1958• the IAEA Safety Standards have been progressively

organised and better structured

• 1996• Establishment of the Department of NS and a

harmonized processes involving the Commission and the four Committees (Nuclear, Radiation, Transport and Waste)

CSS

NUSSC RASSC TRANSSC WASSCC

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SF

GSG

SSR

GSG

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Safety fundamentals• The structure of the safety standards reflects the ten

Fundamental Safety Principles and the “Roadmap on the long-term structure of the safety standards”

Safety requirements • Requirements address what shall be done while the

Guides will address how this may be achieved• General Safety Requirements: Applicable to all facilities

and activities • Specific Safety Requirements: Applicable to specified

facilities or activities

Safety guides• Provide guidance on how to implement safety

requirements• General or Specific Safety Guides• Expressed as ‘should statements’

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• Application of Safety Standards by Member States• Formally adopted• Direct use of standards• Used as reference for review of national standards and as

benchmark for harmonization

• Safety Standards are• Non binding on Member States but may be adopted by them • Binding for IAEA’s own activities• Binding on States in relation to

operations assisted by the IAEA or States wishing to enter into project agreements with IAEA

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Protective Actions to

Reduce ExistingOr UnregulatedRadiation Risks

Emergency Preparednessand Response

Preventionof Accidents

Responsibility for Safety

Role of Government

Leadership and Management

for Safety

Justification of Facilities and

Activities

Optimization of Protection

Limitation of Risks to

Individuals

Protection of Present and

Future Generations

The fundamental safety objective is to protect people and the environment from harmful effects of ionizing radiation [SF-1]

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1. Introduction

2. Vision and Strategy

3. General Safety Requirements

4. Specific Safety Requirements

5. Conclusions


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THE VISION - THE IAEA SAFETY STANDARDS: A GLOBAL REFERENCE FOR PROTECTING PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

• An integrated, comprehensive and consistent set of up-to-date, user friendly and fit-for-purpose IAEA safety standards of a high quality.

• Using and applying the IAEA safety standards will provide for a worldwide harmonized high level of protection for people and the environment from harmful effects of ionizing radiation.

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1. Clear categories

2. Clear, logical and integrated structure

3. Clear scope

4. Consensus at the highest level

5. User friendliness

6. Manageable number of safety standards

7. Clarity, rigour and efficiency of the processes

8. Involvement of stakeholders

9. Effective feedback mechanisms

10. Harmonized terminology

11. Promotion of the IAEA safety standards

Outlined by the CSS and Senior Regulators’ Meeting in 2008


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2. Clear, logical and integrated structure


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3. Clear scopeBeyond Safety Standards Series publications, the IAEA publishes Safety Reports, books in the Nuclear Security Series and in the Nuclear Energy Series and TECDOCs

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4. Consensus at the highest level The Commission on Safety Standards and the Committees were established with the objective of achieving consensus, quality, coherence and consistency in the development of international standards for safety.

IAEA safety standards are developed in close consultation with Member States and with representatives of relevant international organizations.

Approval by the Board of Governors is required for Safety Fundamentals and Safety Requirements.

The authority to establish Safety Guides has been delegated to the IAEA Director General.

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Process Flow for

the Development of

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Standards

SPESSStrategies and Processes for the Establishment of the IAEA Safety Standards

SF and SRs approved by BoG

SGs approved by DG

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Outline and work planPrepared by the Secretariat

Review by the committees and Commission on Safety Standards

Drafting or revising of safety standard

by the Secretariat and consultants

Reviewby the safety

standards committee(s)

Endorsement by Commission on Safety Standards

MemberStates

PublicationEstablishment by the IAEA’s Director General or BoG


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The principal users of safety standards are regulatory bodies and other relevant national authorities.

The safety standards are also used by individuals, co-sponsoring organizations, organizations that design, manufacture and operate nuclear facilities, and organizations involved in the use of radiation related technologies

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Designers

Regulatory bodies

State officials,Governments

Manufacturers

Operating organizations

Vendors TSOs

Health sector

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HARMONIZED TERMINOLOGY

Drafters of safety and security related IAEA publications — particularly safety standards — should use terms as recommended by the IAEA Safety Glossary

No individual glossary in individual publications.

If a need to add or revise a definition of the IAEA Safety Glossary is identified through the development or revision of a safety standard, the proposal will be submitted to the review process and to the meeting of the four Chairs and if agreed, the Safety Glossary will be updated accordingly.


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• GSR part 1 Governmental Legal and Regulatory Framework for Safety• Covers all phases of the lifetime of

facilities and duration of activities until release from regulatory control

• 3 major areas covered with 36 Requirements

• Responsibilities and Functions of the Government (13)

• The Global Safety Regime (2)

• Responsibilities and Functions of the Regulatory Body (21


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GSR Part 1 - Responsibilities and Functions of the Government• National policy and strategy for safety• Establishment of a framework for safety• Establishment of an independent regulatory body• Prime responsibility for safety…

GSR Part 1 - Global Safety Regime• International obligations and arrangements for international cooperation• Sharing of operating experience and regulatory experience

GSR Part 1 - Responsibilities and functions of the Regulatory Body• Organization; resources; staffing; competence; management• Independence in the performance of regulatory functions• Management of adequate records relating to safety• Stability and consistency of regulatory control• Regulatory functions, etc.


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GS-R-3 The Management System for Facilities and Activities

• Requirements for establishing, implementing, assessing and continually improving a management system that integrates safety, health, environmental, security quality and economic elements to ensure that safety is properly taken into account in all activities of an organization


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GS-R-3 • Management system: General requirements for the management

system, including those relating to safety culture, grading and documentation

• Management responsibility: Responsibilities of senior management for the development and implementation of a management system

• Resource management• Process implementation: Processes of the organization ⎯

specification, development and management, including the generic processes of the management system

• Measurement, assessment and improvement: measuring, assessing and improving the management system

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GSR Part 4Safety assessment for facilities and activities- Defence in depth, quantitative

analyses and the application of a graded approach to the ranges of facilities and of activities that are addressed

- Address the independent verification of the safety assessment that needs to be carried out by the originators and users of the safety assessment

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GSR Part 4• BASIS FOR REQUIRING A SAFETY ASSESSMENT

• Basis for requiring a safety assessment to be carried out, derived from SF-1• GRADED APPROACH

• to implementation of the requirements for safety assessment for different facilities and activities.

• SAFETY ASSESSMENT• Overall requirements for a safety assessment and specific requirements that

relate to the assessment of features relevant to safety • Requirements to address: defence in depth and safety margins, to perform

safety analysis, to document the safety assessment and to carry out an independent verification

• MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SAFETY ASSESSMENT

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SSR-2/1Design requirements for the structures, systems and components of a nuclear power plant and procedures and organizational processes important to safety

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SSR-2/1• Objective, safety principles and concepts that form the basis for

deriving the safety function requirements as well as the safety design criteria.

• Requirements to be satisfied by the designer in the management of safety in the design process.

• Principal technical design criteria for safety, including for • the fundamental safety functions,• the application of defence in depth provision for construction, • interfaces of safety with nuclear security and with the State system of accounting

for, and control of, nuclear material, • ensuring that radiation risks arising from the plant are maintained as low as

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SSR-2/1• Requirements for:

• General plant design that supplement the requirements for principal technical design criteria to ensure that safety objectives are met and the safety principles are applied.

• General plant design apply to all items (i.e. structures, systems and components) important to safety.

• the design of specific plant systems such as the reactor core, reactor coolant systems, containment system, and instrumentation and control systems.




SSR 2/2Requirements to satisfy to ensure the safe operation of nuclear power plants

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SSR-2/2• Safety objective and safety principles, which form the basis for

requirements to be met in the operation of a NPP• Requirements to be applied for the management and organizational

structure of the operating organization. • Requirements for

• the management of operational safety• operational safety programmes. • plant commissioning. • plant operations• maintenance, testing, surveillance and inspection. • preparation for decommissioning




Basis for safety and for safety assessment of

• a research reactor (NS-R-4)• a nuclear fuel cycle facility

(NS-R-5)• Transport (SSR-6)

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6. Conclusion


IAEA SAFETY STANDARDS

A global reference

for protecting people and

the environment

Vision and strategies established to establish

and maintain them in logical

manner from the

fundamentals

Principal users are

regulatory bodies and

other relevant national

authorities

Basis to the develop a

sound regulatory framework

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can be considered to establish regulations and safety

guides

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