Abstract:
Russia possesses a set of Nuclear Research Installations (NRI)1 of different type and experimental abilities. The experience of safety regulation at Russian NRIs that has been created and developed in 50-80th of XX century is important both for Europe Region and international collaboration as a whole [1]. The part of IAEA plan for enhancement of safety at NRI consists of the Code of Conduct on the Safety of Research Reactors that has been adopted by the Board of Governors in 2004. The Code should serve as guidance for development and harmonization of national policy, legal framework and regulations for safety of research reactors. The summary of practice of safety regulation at Russian NRI is given in the report on the basis of the Code’s theses. The objectives of the analysis are the following: 1) to create an understanding on any significant differences in substance with regard to NRI safety requirements; 2) to suggest appropriate steps to move towards a harmonized approach to safety of NRI in accordance with international practice. Other practical issue considered in the report concerns definition of a set of performance indicators for NRI and estimation of efficiency of regulatory activity to improve those indicators [2,3,4].