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INTERNATIONALATOMICENERGYAGENCYVIENNAISBN978–92–0–111608–6ISSN1020–525X“TheIAEA’sstandardshavebecomeakeyelementoftheglobalsafetyregimeforthebeneficialusesofnuclearandradiationrelatedtechnologies.“IAEAsafetystandardsarebeingappliedinnuclearpowergenerationaswellasinmedicine,industry,agriculture,researchandeducationtoensuretheproperprotectionofpeopleandtheenvironment.”MohamedElBaradeiIAEADirectorGeneralSafetythroughinternationalstandardsIAEASafetyStandardsRadiationProtectionandRadioactiveWasteManagementintheDesignandOperationofResearchReactorsforprotectingpeopleandtheenvironmentNo.NS-G-4.6SafetyGuideIAEASafetyStandardsSeriesNo.NS-G-4.67.82mm7.82mm08-39951_P1369_covI-IV.indd12009-01-2710:40:08RADIATIONPROTECTIONANDRADIOACTIVEWASTEMANAGEMENTINTHEDESIGNANDOPERATIONOFRESEARCHREACTORSSafetystandardssurveyTheIAEAwelcomesyourresponse.Pleasesee::TheAgency’sStatutewasapprovedon23October1956bytheConferenceontheStatuteoftheIAEAheldatUnitedNationsHeadquarters,NewYork;itenteredintoforceon29July1957.TheHeadquartersoftheAgencyaresituatedinVienna.Itsprincipalobjectiveis“toaccelerateandenlargethecontributionofatomicenergytopeace,healthandprosperitythroughouttheworld’’.AFGHANISTANALBANIAALGERIAANGOLAARGENTINAARMENIAAUSTRALIAAUSTRIAAZERBAIJANBANGLADESHBELARUSBELGIUMBELIZEBENINBOLIVIABOSNIAANDHERZEGOVINABOTSWANABRAZILBULGARIABURKINAFASOCAMEROONCANADACENTRALAFRICANREPUBLICCHADCHILECHINACOLOMBIACOSTARICACÔTED’IVOIRECROATIACUBACYPRUSCZECHREPUBLICDEMOCRATICREPUBLICOFTHECONGODENMARKDOMINICANREPUBLICECUADOREGYPTELSALVADORERITREAESTONIAETHIOPIAFINLANDFRANCEGABONGEORGIAGERMANYGHANAGREECEGUATEMALAHAITIHOLYSEEHONDURASHUNGARYICELANDINDIAINDONESIAIRAN,ISLAMICREPUBLICOFIRAQIRELANDISRAELITALYJAMAICAJAPANJORDANKAZAKHSTANKENYAKOREA,REPUBLICOFKUWAITKYRGYZSTANLATVIALEBANONLIBERIALIBYANARABJAMAHIRIYALIECHTENSTEINLITHUANIALUXEMBOURGMADAGASCARMALAWIMALAYSIAMALIMALTAMARSHALLISLANDSMAURITANIAMAURITIUSMEXICOMONACOMONGOLIAMONTENEGROMOROCCOMOZAMBIQUEMYANMARNAMIBIANEPALNETHERLANDSNEWZEALANDNICARAGUANIGERNIGERIANORWAYPAKISTANPALAUPANAMAPARAGUAYPERUPHILIPPINESPOLANDPORTUGALQATARREPUBLICOFMOLDOVAROMANIARUSSIANFEDERATIONSAUDIARABIASENEGALSERBIASEYCHELLESSIERRALEONESINGAPORESLOVAKIASLOVENIASOUTHAFRICASPAINSRILANKASUDANSWEDENSWITZERLANDSYRIANARABREPUBLICTAJIKISTANTHAILANDTHEFORMERYUGOSLAVREPUBLICOFMACEDONIATUNISIATURKEYUGANDAUKRAINEUNITEDARABEMIRATESUNITEDKINGDOMOFGREATBRITAINANDNORTHERNIRELANDUNITEDREPUBLICOFTANZANIAUNITEDSTATESOFAMERICAURUGUAYUZBEKISTANVENEZUELAVIETNAMYEMENZAMBIAZIMBABWERADIATIONPROTECTIONANDRADIOACTIVEWASTEMANAGEMENTINTHEDESIGNANDOPERATIONOFRESEARCHREACTORSSAFETYGUIDEINTERNATIONALATOMICENERGYAGENCYVIENNA,2008IAEASAFETYSTANDARDSSERIESNo.NS-G-4.6COPYRIGHTNOTICEAllIAEAscientificandtechnicalpublicationsareprotectedbythetermsoftheUniversalCopyrightConventionasadoptedin1952(Berne)andasrevisedin1972(Paris).ThecopyrighthassincebeenextendedbytheWorldIntellectualPropertyOrganization(Geneva)toincludeelectronicandvirtualintellectualproperty.PermissiontousewholeorpartsoftextscontainedinIAEApublicationsinprintedorelectronicformmustbeobtainedandisusuallysubjecttoroyaltyagreements.Proposalsfornon-commercialreproductionsandtranslationsarewelcomedandconsideredonacase-by-casebasis.EnquiriesshouldbeaddressedtotheIAEAPublishingSectionat:SalesandPromotion,PublishingSectionInternationalAtomicEnergyAgencyWagramerStrasse5P.O.Box1001400Vienna,Austriafax:[phone]tel.:[phone]email:[e-mail]©IAEA,2008PrintedbytheIAEAinAustriaDecember2008STI/PUB/1369IAEALibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataRadiationprotectionandradioactivewastemanagementinthedesignandoperationofresearchreactors:safetyguide.—Vienna:InternationalAtomicEnergyAgency,2008.p.;24cm.—(IAEAsafetystandardsseries,ISSN1020-525X;no.NS-G-4.6)STI/PUB/1369ISBN978–92–0–111608–6Includesbibliographicalreferences.1.Radiation—Safetymeasures.2.Radioactivewastedisposal—Safetymeasures.3.Nuclearreactors—Safetymeasures.4.Nuclearreactors—Designandconstruction.I.InternationalAtomicEnergyAgency.II.Series.IAEAL08–00554FOREWORDbyMohamedElBaradeiDirectorGeneralTheIAEA’sStatuteauthorizestheAgencytoestablishsafetystandardstoprotecthealthandminimizedangertolifeandproperty—standardswhichtheIAEAmustuseinitsownoperations,andwhichaStatecanapplybymeansofitsregulatoryprovisionsfornuclearandradiationsafety.Acomprehensivebodyofsafetystandardsunderregularreview,togetherwiththeIAEA’sassistanceintheirapplication,hasbecomeakeyelementinaglobalsafetyregime.Inthemid-1990s,amajoroverhauloftheIAEA’ssafetystandardsprogrammewasinitiated,witharevisedoversightcommitteestructureandasystematicapproachtoupdatingtheentirecorpusofstandards.ThenewstandardsthathaveresultedareofahighcalibreandreflectbestpracticesinMemberStates.WiththeassistanceoftheCommissiononSafetyStandards,theIAEAisworkingtopromotetheglobalacceptanceanduseofitssafetystandards.Safetystandardsareonlyeffective,however,iftheyareproperlyappliedi