IAEA activities in the field of NPP operation safety

With participating of experts from the majority of IAEA member-countries constructing and operating nuclear power plants series of regulations, recommendations and other safety documents have been developed. The most important among them is NUSS (Nuclear Safety Standards) Programme. With regard to the fact that at the end of 1983 there were employed 317 NPPs all over the world with the total operation time of 3142 reactor-years, the major attention is given to using the safety standards during operation. The programme includes 55 planned guiding safety documents covering five major issues: the governmental organization of the safety problems control; the NPP site selection; NPP designing; NPP operation; the quality insurance at NPPs. The programme objective is: to provide support for the countries beginning to develop the atomic power by preparing interconnected safety standards. The guiding documents within the scope of the programme should be completed in 1985. The major aspects, that are important for the operation safety and which state is evaluated, are as follows: organization and the utility mamagement; personnel training and qualification; operation; technical support; maintenance; radiation safety; chemical regimes; planning and readiness for accidents. IAEA prepares recommendations on the foundation of national systems for the information collecting with regard to the feasibility of the information exchange with other countries, and above this it is establishing an international information system for NPP accidents that can be joined by any country operating NPPs