Maintenance, Periodic Testing and Inspection of Research Reactors

This Safety Guide provides practical guidance on how to fulfil requirements on research reactor safety. It covers a broad range of international practices, including preventive and corrective maintenance of structures, systems and components, periodic testing to ensure that operations remain within established operating limits and conditions, and non-routine inspections. This Safety Guide is applicable to all types of heterogeneous research reactors having a power rating of up to several tens of megawatts.