Regulations and Guides for Nuclear Power Plants (IAEA Safety Standards Series)

The guide provides information, guidance and recommendations to assist a regulatory body in establishing regulations that are compulsory, and in developing guides that are advisory. The NUSS programme, which is based on regulations and guides in Member States, is presented as a frame of reference for safety. The system of regulations and guides required in Member States having a nuclear power programme is given, starting with basic legislation. The book covers regulations and guides extensively, citing industrial standards and pointing out interrelationships and differences between them.