Regulatory Practice in a Country Operating One Nuclear Research Reactor

The paper presents the experience gained by a regulatory body in a country operating only one nuclear research reactor. The majority of research reactors in the world have been designed and constructed by experienced companies and their operation is supervised by a local regulatory authority. Although the responsibility of such an authority should cover several topics, its main objective is, nevertheless, safe reactor operation. The regulations, instructions and experience of reactor operation gained in Poland over many years is described in detail, together with some general observations which may be of interest to other countries. (author)