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NUCLEAR SAFETY

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    GENERAL SITES

  • Gallery of Nuclear Power Plants
    Collective data about nuclear power plants in the world.
  • Glossary: Definitions of Radiation and Related Terms.
    Contains definitions of Basic terms; common types of radiation; common units USA; SI prefixes and terms related to radiation dose.
  • Glossary of Nuclear Terms
    Contains an A-Z index of nuclear terms and news briefings, and a weekly news update on all aspects of uranium mining and the nuclear energy industry.
  • Index to Nuclear Power Design/Operations/Maintenance/Engineering/Radiation Safety/Location Information
    The purpose of this site is to provide an overview of power reactors typically used around the world. It addresses: how reactors work; construction of nuclear reactor; key areas of nuclear power plants; plant systems; operations; maintenance; radiation safety; accident & transient safety analysis; probalistic safety analysis; emergency planning, etc.
  • NRCs' Glossary of Nuclear Terms
    Contains an A-Z index of Nuclear terms.
  • Nuclear Forces Guide
    Coverage of this site includes information on: Countries National Nuclear Forces Guide including Systems; Facilities; Organizations; Sources and Resources.
  • Nuclear Link (Sociedad Nuclear Española)
    This site has been a developed by the Nuclear Division of Unión Fenosa, a Spanish electrical utility to offer a powerful consulting tool for students, professionals and companies of the nuclear industry.
  • IAEA Nuclear Safety Programme
    Deals with the major areas of activity in the Nuclear Programme: Nuclaer Installation Safety and Radiation Protection and Waste Safety.
  • Nuclear Sites of the World
    This site contains a list of 27 nuclear countries worldwide arranged in the following categories: Chernobyl and the consequences; commercial associations; companies; conferences and meetings; disposal of radioactive waste; electrical utilities; environmental organizations; fuel reprocessing; information about nuclear energy; international organizations; journals; nuclear power plants; nuclear regulatory bodies; nuclear societies; nuclear weapons; opponents of nuclear energy; radiological protection; research institutes; universities; uranium mining.
  • RadWaste and Wastelink
    Directory of radioactive waste management includes companies, research centers, organizations, and government agencies information and journals.
  • Russian Nuclear Energy and It's Safety
    Thus site has general information on nuclear energy, as well as data about nuclear reactors, radiation and all accidents happened in this field. (in Russian)
  • Servers in the Nuclear Field
    Servers in the Nuclear Field consist of the following nuclear links:
    International Nuclear Organizations; National Nuclear Organizations Government Departments; Research Centres; Nuclear Industry Companies; Regulatory Organizations; News; Chernobyl and others.

ASSOCIATED SITES

  • Elenco siti d'interesse
    Nucleonova Radiation Work Group contains information on safety issues within the following International Organizations: IAEA (The International Atomic Energy Agency), IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), IRPA (The International Radiation Protection Association), WHO (The World Health Organization), UN (The United Nations), European Nuclear Society, the European Union DG XIII. NEA - Nuclear Energy Agency of the OECD, American Nuclear Society, Pennsylvania State.
  • Internal Health Prorgams (IHP) & Other Associated Sites
    IHP consist of : European program Chelyabinsk web sites; Chernobyl web sites; Japan program; Marshall Islands program, and other related sites.
  • Radiation and Health Links (Australian Radiation Laboratory)
    Maintain links to worldwide web resources relevant to the work of ARL; including radiation and health, agencies, organizations and conferences.
  • Radiation Safety InformationComputation Center
    The Radiation Safety Information Computational Center (RSICC) - formerly Radiation Shielding Information Center (RSIC) - is a Specialized Information Analysis center (SIAC) authorized by the U. S.Department of Energy to collect, analyze, maintain, and distribute computer software and data sets in the areas of radiation transport and safety.

ASSOCIATIONS, INISTITUTIONS, ORGANIZATIONS & SOCIETIES

  • Citizen's Nuclear Information Center (CNIC)
    The center is an independent service in Japan collecting information on various aspects of nuclear safety.
  • The Civil Nuclear Industry
    This site is prepared by the Uranium Institute and the International Association for Nuclear Energy. The Uranium Institute is an independent non-governmental global organization.
  • The IAEA Nuclear Safety Information Centre
    The Information Centre of the Department of Nuclear Safety (NSIC) makes available to the staff of this Department and the other Departments of the Agency, documents in the field of nuclear, radiation and radioactive waste safety published by: the IAEA; national and international organizations; and commercial publishers.
  • The IAEA Nuclear Safety Programme
    The IAEA Nuclear Safety Programme covers two major activities: NUSAFE for Nuclear Installation Safety and RASANET for Radiation Protection and Waste Safety.
  • International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA)
    The International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) is a world-wide international association made up of individual members who are members of an affiliated national or regional Associate Society. IRPA now has more than 16,000 individual members in 38 Associate Societies which are active in 44 different countries. Please click to see objectives.
  • Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)
    The Nuclear Energy Institute focuses on the collective strength of the nuclear energy industry to shape policy that ensures the beneficial uses of nuclearenergy and related technologies in the United States and around the world. NEI's nearly 300 members in the United States and around the world are engaged in the peaceful uses of nuclear technologies. Today, NEI is a highly focused organization that gives the industry a strong voice in national energy policy.
  • Nuclear Information & Resource Service (NIRS)
    NIRS is the information and networking centre for citizens and environmental organizations concerned about nuclear power, radioactive waste, radiation and substainable energy issues.
  • OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
    The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is a semi-autonomous body within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The objective of the Agency is to contribute to the development of nuclear energy as a safe, environmentally-acceptable and economical energy source through co-operation among its participating countries. Membership currently consists of 27 countries across Europe, America and Australasia. It represents 85% of the world installed nuclear capacity and includes a large majority of the more advanced countries in the nuclear field.

LEGAL DOCUMENTS

  • Convention on Nuclear Safety
    Contains in English the authentic text of the convention, done in Vienna on the 20th day of September 1994.
  • Conventions negotiated and adopted under the auspices of the Agency and for which the Director General is the Depositary
    This listing provides a summary of recent IAEA conventions and agreements, including present status and any recent developments.
  • Moscow Nuclear Safety & Security Summit, 1996. BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS.
    This summit report includes : (1) Principles of nuclear safety, including support for early entry into force of the Convention on Nuclear Safety (2) Progress on establishing effective regimes on liability for nuclear damage in all countries with nuclear facilities (3) The importance of energy sector strategies in supporting nuclear safety.
  • Moscow Nuclear Safety and Security Summit Declaration
    Signed by USA, Japan, Canada, Germany, Italy, UK, France and Russia (G7 + 1) Moscow, April 20, 1996.
  • NEA Nuclear Law: Text of the Brussels Convention
    This is the Convention of 31st January 1963 Supplement to the Paris Convention of 29th July 1960, as amended by the additional Protocol of 28th January 1964 and by the Protocol of 16th November 1982.
  • Nuclear Legal Framework
    This site covers coventions, treaties and signatories of Multilateral Instruments including: Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident; Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident; Conventions & Agreements under IAEA Auspices in the areas of International Law and Nuclear Energy; IAEA related Treaties, Conventions, Agreements and United Nations Security Council Resolutions.
  • Nuclear Safety and Control Act (CANADA)
    The Nuclear Safety and Control Act, previously known as Bill C-23, received Royal assent on March 20th, 1997 (Chapter 9 of the Laws of Canada, 1997). This new Act will not replace the Atomic Energy Control Act presently in force until a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
  • Nuclear Safety Convention Law Regulation Agreement
    Contains safety standards; safety topics; applied methodology; safety services special projects; safety convention; tutorial; meetings; publications; and databases feedback.
  • RadWaste Laws and Regulations
    The nuclear industry is highly regulated. The laws and regulations typically provide licensing of various aspects of the nuclear industry; government oversight; setting of standards (both technical and environmental); and protection of human health from radiological (and other) hazards. In this site, an attempt has been made to identify specific laws and regulations that are applicable to radioactive wastes in various countries.
  • Treaties and Agreements
    These include: Accident Measures Agreement in Latin American; Nuclear-Free Zone Treaty; The African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty; limited Test Ban Treaty; the Antarctic Treaty; Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Guidelines etc.

SAFETY MONITORING REGULATORY BODIES & PROGRAMMES

  • Ex-USSR Nuclear Technology
    The Ex-USSR Nuclear Technology web page has been constructed to focus on world-wide impact and policy issues pertaining to the management of Soviet nuclear technology and Reactor Safety; spent nuclear fuel and weapons grade plutonium generated; Low mixed and High-level radioactive waste left over from the breakup of the Soviet Union.
  • Hazardous Materials Safety (Hazmat Safety)
    The Office Hazardous Materials Safety (OHM) is established within the United States Department of Transportation's Research and Special Programs Administration, responsible for coordinating a national safety progarm for the transportation of hazardous materials by air, rail, highway and water. It functions in 5 categories: regulatory development, enforcement, training and information dissemination, domestic and international standards, and inter-agency cooperative activities.
  • International Nuclear Safety Center (INSC)
    Within its framework of related activities, INSC has established and maintains a comprehensive resource database for safety analysis and risk evaluation of nuclear power plants and facilities beign sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Current international focus is on Soviet - Designed Nuclear Power Plants in Russia and Eastern Europe, and on reactor types in China and India.
  • International Nuclear Safety Program (INSP)
    The International Nuclear Safety Program (INSP) is a US Department of Energy Program designed to improve safety in Soviet-designed nuclear plants. It contains information factsheets on technologies, training and safety prevention measures.
  • National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NPRC)
    The National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) is active in the areas of radiation protection and measurements since its inception as “The Advisory Committee on X-Ray and Radium Protection” in 1929. NPRC collects, analyzes, develops and disseminates in the public interest information and recommendations about (a) protection against radiation and (b) radiation measurements, quantities and units, particularly for those concerned with radiation protection.
  • Nordic Nuclear Safety Research (NKS)
    NKS is a cooperative body in nuclear safety, radiation protection and emergency preparedness. Its purpose is to carry out cost-effective Nordic projects, thus producing research results, exercises, information, recommendations, manuals and other types of background material, to be used by decision makers and other concerned staff members at authorities and within the nuclear industry.
  • Nuclear Energy in Slovenia
    The Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration (SNSA) is responsible for the regulating of nuclear and radiological safety of nuclear facilities; nuclear trade; transportation and handling of nuclear and radioactive materials; legislative and survey enforcements of the law; internal guidelines and procedures.
  • Nuclear Power Safety at KTH (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
    A program of experiments and analysis-methods development on Melt Structure Water Interactions supported by the Swedish Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (SKI), Swedish and Finnish power companies, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the European Union. The objective of the research is to investigate the phenomena which determine the consequences of a core melt accident in the Swedish and Finnish Boiling water reactors. The research is directed towards three broad areas: Enhancing the safety of nuclear power plants; Ensuring the safety of Eastern reactors; Maintaining a competent infrastructure in the discipline of nuclear power safety.
  • Nuclear Safety Research Center
    The Nuclear Safety Research Center (NSRC) was created in 1985 to carry out research, education, and public service related to technical issues of nuclear safety with specific emphasis on advanced reactor technology applications.
  • Nuclear Safety Research and Facilities (Riso Laboratory Demark)
    The Riso Laboratory is responsible for the development of methods for radiation protection and assessing reactor safety for the purpose of determining and limiting radiation doses and providing a basis for consultancy on nuclear issues.
  • Radiation Safety Information Computational Center (RSICC)
    The Radiation Safety Information Computaional Center (RSICC) is a Specialized Information Analysis Center (SIAC) authorized to collect, analyze, maintain, and distribute computer software and data sets in the areas of radiation transport and safety.
  • Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (HSK)
    The Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate is a monitoring institution responsible for nuclear safety and radiation protection at the nuclear installations in Switzerland and at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). Fulltext Regulatory Guides are avaiiable in English and German.
  • U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is an independent agency established by the U.S. Congress under the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to ensure adequate protection of the public health and safety, the common defense and security, and the environment in the use of nuclear materials in the United States. The NRC's scope of responsibility includes: Regulation of commercial nuclear power reactors; nonpower research, tests and training on reactors fuel cycle facilities; medical, academic, and industrial uses of nuclear materials; transportation, storage and disposal of nuclear materials and waste.

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