IAEA No. NS-G-2.12-2009 Ageing Management for Nucl

INTERNATIONALATOMICENERGYAGENCYVIENNAISBN978–92–0–112408–1ISSN1020–525X“TheIAEA’sstandardshavebecomeakeyelementoftheglobalsafetyregimeforthebeneficialusesofnuclearandradiationrelatedtechnologies.“IAEAsafetystandardsarebeingappliedinnuclearpowergenerationaswellasinmedicine,industry,agriculture,researchandeducationtoensuretheproperprotectionofpeopleandtheenvironment.”MohamedElBaradeiIAEADirectorGeneralSafetythroughinternationalstandardsIAEASafetyStandardsAgeingManagementforNuclearPowerPlantsforprotectingpeopleandtheenvironmentNo.NS-G-2.12SafetyGuideP1373_covI-IV.indd12009-02-0215:08:20AGEINGMANAGEMENTFORNUCLEARPOWERPLANTSSafetystandardssurveyTheIAEAwelcomesyourresponse.Pleasesee::TheAgency’sStatutewasapprovedon23October1956bytheConferenceontheStatuteoftheIAEAheldatUnitedNationsHeadquarters,NewYork;itenteredintoforceon29July1957.TheHeadquartersoftheAgencyaresituatedinVienna.Itsprincipalobjectiveis“toaccelerateandenlargethecontributionofatomicenergytopeace,healthandprosperitythroughouttheworld’’.AFGHANISTANALBANIAALGERIAANGOLAARGENTINAARMENIAAUSTRALIAAUSTRIAAZERBAIJANBANGLADESHBELARUSBELGIUMBELIZEBENINBOLIVIABOSNIAANDHERZEGOVINABOTSWANABRAZILBULGARIABURKINAFASOCAMEROONCANADACENTRALAFRICANREPUBLICCHADCHILECHINACOLOMBIACOSTARICACÔTED’IVOIRECROATIACUBACYPRUSCZECHREPUBLICDEMOCRATICREPUBLICOFTHECONGODENMARKDOMINICANREPUBLICECUADOREGYPTELSALVADORERITREAESTONIAETHIOPIAFINLANDFRANCEGABONGEORGIAGERMANYGHANAGREECEGUATEMALAHAITIHOLYSEEHONDURASHUNGARYICELANDINDIAINDONESIAIRAN,ISLAMICREPUBLICOFIRAQIRELANDISRAELITALYJAMAICAJAPANJORDANKAZAKHSTANKENYAKOREA,REPUBLICOFKUWAITKYRGYZSTANLATVIALEBANONLIBERIALIBYANARABJAMAHIRIYALIECHTENSTEINLITHUANIALUXEMBOURGMADAGASCARMALAWIMALAYSIAMALIMALTAMARSHALLISLANDSMAURITANIAMAURITIUSMEXICOMONACOMONGOLIAMONTENEGROMOROCCOMOZAMBIQUEMYANMARNAMIBIANEPALNETHERLANDSNEWZEALANDNICARAGUANIGERNIGERIANORWAYPAKISTANPALAUPANAMAPARAGUAYPERUPHILIPPINESPOLANDPORTUGALQATARREPUBLICOFMOLDOVAROMANIARUSSIANFEDERATIONSAUDIARABIASENEGALSERBIASEYCHELLESSIERRALEONESINGAPORESLOVAKIASLOVENIASOUTHAFRICASPAINSRILANKASUDANSWEDENSWITZERLANDSYRIANARABREPUBLICTAJIKISTANTHAILANDTHEFORMERYUGOSLAVREPUBLICOFMACEDONIATUNISIATURKEYUGANDAUKRAINEUNITEDARABEMIRATESUNITEDKINGDOMOFGREATBRITAINANDNORTHERNIRELANDUNITEDREPUBLICOFTANZANIAUNITEDSTATESOFAMERICAURUGUAYUZBEKISTANVENEZUELAVIETNAMYEMENZAMBIAZIMBABWEAGEINGMANAGEMENTFORNUCLEARPOWERPLANTSSAFETYGUIDEINTERNATIONALATOMICENERGYAGENCYVIENNA,2009IAEASAFETYSTANDARDSSERIESNo.NS-G-2.12IAEALibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataAgeingmanagementfornuclearpowerplants:safetyguide.—Vienna:InternationalAtomicEnergyAgency,2008.p.;24cm.—(IAEAsafetystandardsseries,ISSN1020-525X;no.NS-G-2.12)STI/PUB/1373ISBN978–92–0–112408–1Includesbibliographicalreferences.1.Nuclearpowerplants—Safetymeasures.2.Nuclearreactors—Maintenanceandrepair.I.InternationalAtomicEnergyAgency.II.Series.IAEAL08–00558COPYRIGHTNOTICEAllIAEAscientificandtechnicalpublicationsareprotectedbythetermsoftheUniversalCopyrightConventionasadoptedin1952(Berne)andasrevisedin1972(Paris).ThecopyrighthassincebeenextendedbytheWorldIntellectualPropertyOrganization(Geneva)toincludeelectronicandvirtualintellectualproperty.PermissiontousewholeorpartsoftextscontainedinIAEApublicationsinprintedorelectronicformmustbeobtainedandisusuallysubjecttoroyaltyagreements.Proposalsfornon-commercialreproductionsandtranslationsarewelcomedandconsideredonacase-by-casebasis.EnquiriesshouldbeaddressedtotheIAEAPublishingSectionat:SalesandPromotion,PublishingSectionInternationalAtomicEnergyAgencyWagramerStrasse5P.O.Box1001400Vienna,Austriafax:[phone]tel.:[phone]email:[e-mail]©IAEA,2009PrintedbytheIAEAinAustriaJanuary2009STI/PUB/1373FOREWORDbyMohamedElBaradeiDirectorGeneralTheIAEA’sStatuteauthorizestheAgencytoestablishsafetystandardstoprotecthealthandminimizedangertolifeandproperty—standardswhichtheIAEAmustuseinitsownoperations,andwhichaStatecanapplybymeansofitsregulatoryprovisionsfornuclearandradiationsafety.Acomprehensivebodyofsafetystandardsunderregularreview,togetherwiththeIAEA’sassistanceintheirapplication,hasbecomeakeyelementinaglobalsafetyregime.Inthemid-1990s,amajoroverhauloftheIAEA’ssafetystandardsprogrammewasinitiated,witharevisedoversightcommitteestructureandasystematicapproachtoupdatingtheentirecorpusofstandards.ThenewstandardsthathaveresultedareofahighcalibreandreflectbestpracticesinMemberStates.WiththeassistanceoftheCommissiononSafetyStandards,theIAEAisworkingtopromotetheglobalacceptanceanduseofitssafetystandards.Safetystandardsareonlyeffective,however,iftheyareproperlyappliedinpractice.TheIAEA’ssafetyservices—whichrangeinscopefromengineeringsafety,operationalsafety,andradiation,transportandwastesafetytoregulatorymattersandsafetycultureinorganizations—assistMemberStatesinapplyingthestandardsandappraisetheireffectiveness.ThesesafetyservicesenablevaluableinsightstobesharedandIcontinuetourgeallMemberStat