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Nuclear Standards and professional practices     

The company's staff are familiar with and apply industry standards and practices as appropriate for clients' projects. This includes the following common requirements, standards and guides.

Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

  • Nuclear Safety Control Act
  • Regulations for Nuclear Power Plants
  • C-006R1, Draft Regulatory Guide -- Requirements for the Safety Analysis of CANDU NPP
  • R-7, Requirements for Containment Systems for CANDU NPP
  • R-8, Requirements for Shutdown Systems for CANDU NPP
  • R-9, Requirements for Emergency Core Cooling Systems for CANDU NPP
  • R-10, The Use of Two Shutdown Systems in Reactors
  • R-77, Overpressure Protection Requirements for Primary Heat Transport Systems in CANDU Powered Reactors Fitted with Two Shutdowns Systems
  • R-85, Radiation Protection Requisites for the Exemption of Certain Radioactive Materials from Further Licensing Upon Transferral or Disposal
  • S-98, Reliability Program for Nuclear Power Plants
  • S-99, Reporting Requirements for Operating Nuclear Power Plants
  • S-294, Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) for Nuclear Power Plants
  • G-129, Keeping Radiation Exposures "As Low as Reasonably Achievable (ALARA)"
  • G-149, Computer Programs Used in Design and Safety Analyses of Nuclear Power Plants and Research Reactors

Canadian Standards Association

  • N286-05, Management System Requirements for Nuclear Power Plants
  • N286.0-92(R1998), Overall Quality Assurance Program for Nuclear Power Plants
  • N286.2-00, Design Quality Assurance for Nuclear Power Plants
  • N286.5-95(R2000), Operations Quality Assurance for Nuclear Power Plants
  • N286.7-99(R2003), Quality Assurance of Analytical, Scientific and Design Computer Programs for Nuclear Power Plants
  • CAN3-N290.6-M82, Requirements for the Monitoring and Display of CANDU Nuclear Power Plant Status in the Event of an Accident
  • N290.13, Requirements for Environmental Qualification of Equipment for CANDU Nuclear Power Plants
  • N293-95, Fire Protection in CANDU Nuclear Power Plants

ANSI Standards and Guides

  • ANSI/ANS-5.1, Decay Heat Power in Light Water Reactors
  • ANSI/ANS-6.4-1997, Nuclear Analysis and Design of Concrete Radiation Shielding for Nuclear Power Plants
  • ANSI/ANS-58.2, Design Basis for Protection of Light Water Nuclear Power Plants Against the Effects of Postulated Pipe Rupture
  • ANSI/ANS-58.4, Criteria for Technical Specifications for Nuclear Power Plants
  • ANSI/ANS-10.3, Documentation of Computer Software
  • ANSI/ANS-10.4, Guidelines for the Verification and Validation of Scientific and Engineering Computer Programs for the Nuclear Industry
  • ANSI/ISA-67.04.01-2000, Setpoints for Nuclear Safety-Related Instrumentation

IAEA Standards and Guides

  • NS-R-1, Safety of Nuclear Power Plants: Design Safety Requirements
  • NS-R-2, Safety of Nuclear Power Plants: Operation Safety Requirements
  • NS-R-3, Site Evaluation of Nuclear Power Plants
  • TS-R-1, Regulations for the Safe Transport of Nuclear Materials
  • INSAG-12, Basic Safety Principles for NPP
  • INSAG-14, Safe Management of the Operating Lifetimes of NPP
  • INSAG-10, Defence in Depth in Nuclear Safety
  • Safety Report Series No. 29, Accident Analysis for Nuclear Power Plants with Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors
  • INSAG-19, Maintaining the Design Integrity of Nuclear Installations Throughout Their Operating Life

IEEE Standards and Guides

  • IEEE 323-1983, Standard for Qualifying Class IE Equipment for Nuclear Power Generating Stations