This publication explores how advanced instrumentation and control (I&C) systems and digital technologies can enhance nuclear power plant performance across critical attributes, such as availability, operational flexibility, engineering efficiency and environmental sustainability. It offers an up-to-date overview of proven practices, innovative approaches and lessons learned throughout the plant life cycle, from design and construction to operation and long-term management. Developed to su...

Management systems are designed to support nuclear organizations in achieving their objectives effectively, efficiently, and sustainably, while addressing all relevant requirements. These include safety, environmental, performance, reliability, and economic objectives, as well as meaningful engagement with interested parties. This publication provides technical guidance and showcases examples of international best practices for evaluating whether a management system is fit for purpose. It ...

The terms for describing advanced nuclear power plants (NPPs) need to conform to the broad, general, common understanding by the public as well as by the technical community. This publication is a revision of IAEA-TECDOC-936 incorporating developments and initiatives since 1997 in the areas of advanced, evolutionary, and innovative nuclear reactor designs, description of design development phases, inclusive of relevant safety and regulatory terminology, consistent with current IAEA safety ...

This publication documents the results of an IAEA coordinated research project (CRP)on the application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes for nuclear power plant design. The main objective was to benchmark CFD codes, model options and methods against CFD experimental data under single phase flow conditions. This publication summarizes the current capabilities and applications of CFD codes, and their present qualification level, with respect to nuclear power plant design requiremen...

Ionization Chamber Smoke Detectors (ICSDs) contain relatively small amounts of radioactive material and pose little hazard on an individual basis, even when disposed of in municipal landfills. However, many Member States have taken the decision to collect all or many of their country's disused ICSDs in one or more locations. This often leads to the need for ICSDs to be managed as radioactive waste. The objective of this publication is to provide an overview of the management options for th...

In this publication the basic principles of radiation physics, imaging and non-imaging instrumentation used, measurement of the administered activity, calibration procedures and methods for obtaining quantitative information on the biodistribution of the radioactive drug to be used with radioisotopes relevant to therapy are specified. It also describes methods for segmentation and registration of images acquired at different time points, strategies for fitting and integration of activity m...

This IAEA-WHO framework serves as an invaluable resource for countries in their ongoing efforts to strengthen their capacity for cancer control. Sharing the expertise of professionals from around the globe, it comprehensively outlines the fundamental principles of multidisciplinary cancer care. Additionally, it provides detailed descriptions of the essential infrastructure, human resources, and equipment necessary to deliver various cancer services. The purpose of this publication is to pr...

This Safety Guide provides recommendations on the protection of workers against exposure due to radon in existing exposure situations and planned exposure situations. It focuses on the identification of workplaces of concern and the implementation of requirements for radiation protection through the application of a graded approach and the principles of justification and optimization of protection and safety. This includes exposure in workplaces such as buildings, underground locations and...

Each package used for the transport of radioactive material must demonstrate compliance with the IAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material, IAEA Safety Standards Series No. SSR-6, particularly for international shipments. This new safety guide provides recommendations to support compliance with the requirement related to the ageing of transport packages, specifically addressing ageing management and maintenance. The guide applies to all package types containing radioa...

This Safety Guide provides recommendations on geotechnical engineering aspects that are important to the safety of nuclear installations, such as site investigation planning, evaluation of geotechnical hazards, considerations for design and analyses, monitoring of geotechnical parameters, and the application of a graded approach to geotechnical evaluations for nuclear installations other than large nuclear power plants, excluding nuclear waste disposal facilities. This publication is inten...

In recent years, a growing number of Member States have expressed their intention to initiate nuclear power programmes. This publication provides practical guidance, aligned with relevant IAEA Safety Standards, for regulatory bodies reviewing site characteristics in safety analysis reports and for operating organizations involved in site safety evaluations and review processes for nuclear installations.

This publication examines the historical and current use of SLOWPOKE (Safe Low Power Critical Experiment) and miniature neutron source reactor (MNSR) research reactors. It discusses known issues, considers the potential for future challenges and opportunities, and provides information on their history, development, utilization, operational experience, core conversion and refuelling, ageing management and decommissioning. The Annex includes abstracts of 17 papers, available online, covering...