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As delays are incurred in implementing reprocessing and in planning for geological repositories, storage of increasing quantities of spent fuel for extended durations is becoming a growing reality. Accordingly, effective management of spent fuel continues to be a priority topic. In response, the IAEA has organized a series of meetings to identify cask loading optimization issues in preparation for a technical publication on Optimization Strategies for Cask/Container Loading in Long Term Spent Fu...

This publication provides an overview of the various plant life management (PLiM) methodologies, technologies and processes to ensure long term operation of heavy water reactors (HWRs). Implementation of a systematic and comprehensive PLiM programme, such as that outlined in the publication, goes a long way towards meeting the overall goal of HWR owners and operators to successfully achieve design life and continued operation. Included in this publication are technical aspects of HWR PLiM, compo...

This report provides guidelines for evaluating the engineering safety aspects of the protection of nuclear power plants against sabotage. The guidance, which is the result of extensive dialogue among safety and security specialists, takes into account the existing robustness of structures, systems and components and emphasizes those aspects of sabotage protection that work synergistically with the protection against extreme external occurrences of accidental origin, such as earthquakes, tornadoe...

This title presents innovative methods of promoting music and products for distance teaching and commerical and non-commercial purposes for both sighted and print-impaired consumers.

In April 2002 an accident involving an industrial radiography source containing Ir-192 occurred in Cochabamba, Bolivia, some 500 km from the capital, La Paz. The source, in a remote exposure container, remained exposed within a guide tube, although this was not known at the time. The container, guide tube and other equipment were transported from Cochabamba to La Paz as cargo on a passenger bus. This bus had a full load of passengers for most of the eight hour journey. The equipment was subseque...

This Safety Standard provides requirements for intervention of areas, including land and industrial sites, that have been contaminated as a result of human activities and could cause the prolonged exposure to radiation of workers and members of the public. This publication establishes requirements in relation to protective and remedial actions intended to reduce actual prolonged exposure, to avert potential prolonged exposure or to reduce the likelihood of the occurence of such exposure. This do...

This INSAG report is written for members of boards of directors and senior executives who are responsible for the overall safety of an installation, who make decisions for change, and who implement those decisions. It is also written for senior regulators who, on behalf of the public, ensure that boards of directors and executives meet their responsibilities for safety. The report discusses how and why change can challenge the maintenance of a high level of safety, and what can be done to contro...

An examination of the use of civil nuclear power for electricity production which grew out of military research on the bomb, thus creating political controversy. The author aims to use the minimum of technical language to examine the issues of this unfamiliar world of nuclear energy and the debates around it. Particular reference is made to the political and public policy implications. The obvious anxieties are covered such as the fallibilty of safety precautions as demonstrated at Chernobyl, an...

This Safety Guide is intended to assist States in implementing the requirements established in Safety Standards Series No. GS-R-1, Legal and Governmental Infrastructure for Nuclear, Radiation, Radioactive Waste and Transport Safety, for a national regulatory infrastructure to regulate any practice involving radiation sources in medicine, industry, research, agriculture and education. The Safety Guide provides advice on the legislative basis for establishing regulatory bodies, including the effec...

Measurement accuracy is essential in the sale, purchase and handling of petroleum products. It avoids disputes between buyer and seller and provides control over losses. Accurate measurement involves the use of standard equipment and procedures. The Petroleum Measurement Committee of the Institute of Petroleum is responsible for the production and maintenance of standards and guides covering the various aspects of static and dynamic measurement of petroleum. Members of the Committee include expe...

The ETDE/INIS Joint Thesaurus contains the controlled terminology for indexing all information within the subject scope of both the INIS (International Nuclear Information System) and ETDE (Energy Technology Data Exchange) information systems. The terminology is intended for use in subject description for input or retrieval of information in those systems. The Joint Thesaurus contains over 29000 terms with hierarchies showing their interrelationships. The Thesaurus is the result of continued edi...