Basic Safety Principles for Nuclear Power Plants
75-INSAG-3 Rev. 1
INSAG Series No.  12
The present report is a revision of Safety Series No. 75-INSAG-3 (1988), updating the statements made on the objectives and principles of safe design and operation for electricity generating nuclear power plants. It includes the improvements made in the safety of operating nuclear power plants and identifies the principles underlying the best current safety policies to be applied in future plants. It presents INSAG's understanding of the principles underlying the best current safety policies and practices of the nuclear power industry.
Contents: Preamble; 1. Introduction; 2. Objectives; 3. Fundamental principles; 4. Specific principles; Appendix: Illustration of defence in depth; Index of keywords.
STI/PUB/1082, 97 pp.; 4 figures; 1999, ISBN 92-0-102699-4, English. 25.50 Euro. Date of Issue: 7 December 1999. Full Text, (File Size: 311 KB).
Subject Classification: 0603 - Nuclear power plants.




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