TABLE OF CONTENTS The objectives of nuclear safety consist in ensuring the siting and the plant conditions need to comply with adequate principles, such as, for example, the internationally accepted health, safety and radioprotection principles. In particular, the plant at the chosen site shall guarantee that the health of the population and of the workers does not suffer adverse radiation consequences more severe than the established limits and that such effects be the lowest reasonably obtainable (the ALARA As Low As Reasonably Achievable Principle) in all operational conditions and in case of accidents.
These objectives are frequently subdivided into a General Objective,a Radiation Protection Objective and a Technical Objective: for example, in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) criteria (see http://www.iaea.org).
The General Nuclear Safety Objective AR1 is to protect individuals, society and the environment from harm by establishing and maintaining effective defences against radiological hazards in nuclear installations.
The Radiation Protection Objective is to ensure that in all operational states radiation exposure within the installation or due to any planned release of radioactive material from the installation is kept below prescribed limits and as low as reasonably achievable, and to ensure mitigation of the radiological consequences of any accidents.
The Technical Safety Objective is to take all reasonably practicable measures to prevent accidents in nuclear installations and to mitigate their consequences should they occur; to ensure with a high level of confidence that, for all possible accidents taken into account in the...
