This Safety Guide provides recommendations on the operating organization and on personnel for research reactors to meet the relevant requirements of IAEA Safety Standards Series No. SSR-3, Safety of Research Reactors. It covers the typical operating organization for research reactor facilities; the recruitment process and qualification in terms of education, training and experience; programmes for initial and continuing training; the authorization process for those individuals having an immediate bearing on safety; and the processes for their requalification and reauthorization. This Safety Guide is a revision of IAEA Safety Standards Series No. NS-G-4.5, which it supersedes

• 1. INTRODUCTION
  • Background
  • Objective
  • Scope
  • Structure
• 2. THE OPERATING ORGANIZATION OF A RESEARCH REACTOR
  • Safety requirements for the operating organization of a research reactor
  • Organizational plan for a research reactor
  • Factors to be considered in determining the structure of the operating organization of a research reactor
  • Communications at a research reactor
  • Responsibilities at a research reactor
    • Responsibilities of the operating organization
    • Responsibilities of the reactor manager and other operating personnel
  • Management system for a research reactor
    • Management responsibility for a research reactor
    • Resource management at a research reactor
    • Process implementation at a research reactor
    • Measurement, assessment and improvement at a research reactor
  • Programmes for operation of a research reactor
    • Training, retraining and qualification
    • Operating procedures
    • Commissioning
    • Maintenance, periodic testing and inspection
    • Core management and fuel handling
    • Fire safety
    • Emergency preparedness
    • Records and reports
    • Feedback of operating experience
    • Reactor utilization and modifications
    • Radiation protection
    • Management of radioactive waste
    • Interfaces between safety and nuclear security
    • Safety assessment and the safety analysis report
    • Ageing management
    • Extended shutdown
    • Planning for decommissioning
• 3. STAFFING, RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION OF OPERATING PERSONNEL FOR A RESEARCH REACTOR
  • Staffing arrangements for a research reactor
    • Reactor manager
    • Reactor supervisor
    • Shift supervisor
    • Senior reactor operator
    • Reactor operator
    • Maintenance personnel
    • Radiation protection personnel
    • Additional support personnel
  • Selection process for personnel for a research reactor
• 4. TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION OF OPERATING PERSONNEL FOR A RESEARCH REACTOR
  • Approach to the training of research reactor personnel
  • Initial training programmes for research reactor personnel
    • Training of operating personnel
    • Training of support personnel
    • Training of experimenters and other users
  • Assessing the competence and qualification of research reactor personnel following training
  • Continuing training and requalification of research reactor personnel
• 5. AUTHORIZATION OF OPERATING PERSONNEL AT A RESEARCH REACTOR
  • Operating personnel at a research reactor who require authorization
  • Conditions of authorization for personnel at a research reactor
  • Reauthorization of operating personnel at a research reactor
• 6. RECORDS OF RECRUITMENT, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION OF PERSONNEL AT A RESEARCH REACTOR
• REFERENCES
• Annex I THE SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO TRAINING
• Annex II EXAMPLE OF A CURRICULUM FOR A TRAINING COURSE FOR RESEARCH REACTOR OPERATORS
• CONTRIBUTORS TO DRAFTING AND REVIEW