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6.3.3 Draft REGDOCs which are under advance senior experts from IAEA member states holding national
stages of preparation responsibilities for establishing standards in their respective
countries. Chairman of AERB is the member from India in
(a) Safety Guide on ‘Consenting Process for Nuclear the CSS.
Power Plants’ (AERB/SG/G-1 (Rev.1))
6.4.2 Review of Draft IAEA Standards
(b) Safety Guide on ‘Design Basis Events (DBE) for NPPs’
(AERB/SG/D-5 (Rev.1)) From India, AERB coordinates and leads the review of
the draft standards. In review of the draft standards, experts
(c) Safety Guide on ‘Accident Management Programme from the licensees and Technical Support Organisations
for Water Cooled NPPs’ (AERB/SG/D-26, New) are also given opportunity to provide their views on the
draft IAEA standards.
(d) Safety Guide on ‘Periodic Safety Review (PSR) of
Nuclear Power Plants’(AERB/SG/O-12 (Rev.1)) 6.4.3 Participation in Development of IAEA

(e) Safety Guide on ‘Design of Electrical Power Systems Standard
of Nuclear Power Plants’ (AERB/SG/D-11 (Rev.1))
AERB experts also participate in development of many
(f) Safety Guide on ‘Criticality Safety Fissile Material of the draft IAEA Standards depending on their specific
Handling Facilities’ (AERB/BE-FCF/SG-3, New) area of expertise in safety regulation.

The following draft IAEA documents were reviewed
6.4 REVIEW OF IAEA DRAFT SAFETY during the reporting period:
STANDARDS
6.4.4 IAEA Draft DPPs & Documents (Non-CSS)
India has been significantly contributing towards
fulfilling mission of IAEA, since its first international (a) Operational Limits and Conditions and Operating
conference in Geneva in 1955, Chaired by Dr. Homi Procedures for Nuclear Power Plants (DS 497A)
Jahangir Bhabha. One such area is development of Safety
Standards and Nuclear Security series. AERB contributes (b) Modifications to Nuclear Power Plants (DS 497B)
towards development of all Safety Standards and Nuclear (c) The Operating Organisation for Nuclear Power Plants
Security series of IAEA through following means: (DS 497C)
6.4.1 Participation in Standards Committee (d) Core Management and Fuel Handling for Nuclear
Power Plants (DS 497D)
IAEA has five safety standards committee namely,
(e) Maintenance, Surveillance and In-Service Inspection
(i) Emergency Preparedness and Response Standards of NPPs (DS 497E)
Committee (EPReSC),
(f) Recruitment, Qualification and Training of Personnel
(ii) Nuclear Safety Standards Committee (NUSSC),
for Nuclear Power Plants (DS 497F)
(iii) Radiation Safety Standards Committee (RASSC),
(g) Conduct of Operations at Nuclear Power Plants (DS
(iv) Transport Safety Standards Committee (TRANSSC), 497G)
and
(h) Safety Assessment for Research Reactors and
(v) Waste Safety Standards Committee (WASSC). Preparation of the Safety Analysis Report [SSG-20
(DS 510A)]
These Safety Standards committees of IAEA focus on
respective areas important to Safety and Security. AERB (i) Safety in the Utilization and Modification of Research
experts have been contributing in all the above mentioned Reactors [SSG-24 (DS 510B)]
IAEA Standards Committees.
(j) Equipment Qualification for Nuclear Installations (DS
These standards are further reviewed by the 514).
Commission on Safety Standards (CSS) consisting of

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