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Developed by NSNI Division, IAEA under the supervision of Mr. Marco Gasparini

(PNRA supported in the development under TC-Project

PAK/09/028) Prepared by: Mr. Marco Gasparini (IAEA), Mr. Faizan Mansoor (PNRA),

Mr. Nasir Mughal (PNRA)

SARRPSafety Analysis Report Review PlanA software based tool to review the

safety analysis reports of nuclear power plants against IAEA Safety Standards

CN-177/32

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How SARRP Initiated?

• Engineering Safety Review Service (ENSARS) Missions have identified the need for a more comprehensive guidance for systematic review

• Various countries have adopted the Agency Standards within their regulatory framework and they feel difficulties in applying Agency Standards during their licensing process as a comprehensive guidance document for performing the review/licensing is not available.

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How SARRP Initiated? (cont.)

• Different experts perform review differently on a similar task. Therefore, it was felt necessary to harmonize the review process.

• There is a need to collect inputs of experience feedback of application of Agency Standards which are not appropriately fed into the revisions

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IAEA Initiative

• Nuclear Safety and Nuclear Installation (NSNI) Division took the initiative for development of SARRP and designated Mr. Marco GASPARINI as a team leader for the SARRP Project.

• The development activity was supported by:– Experts from Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority

(PNRA)– Mr. Bernard Gachot, an expert from France– Mr. Gerry Johns, an expert from United State of

America– Mr. László Czibolya, an expert from Hungary– Mr. Recardo, an expert from Italy

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Role of PNRA in Development of SARRP

PNRA has been involved with IAEA in the development of SARRP from the very beginning i.e., pilot case. A total of 10 PNRA staff members have participated in the project so far in the following chapters:

SAR Chapters

6, Section 6.2 (Pilot Case)

5 & 6

8 & 4

9 & 10

11 & 12

14 & 16

Validation of SARRP is also being conducted at PNRA

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Objectives

• Developing a comprehensive review procedure and guidelines for the evaluation of Safety Analysis Report to:

• Assess if the IAEA safety requirements have been addressed • Determine if the information provided is adequate to assess the safety

of installation.• Manage technical issues

• Identifying strengths and weaknesses of the Agency Safety Standards

• Obtaining feedback on Agency standards for updating and revision process

• Collecting feedback on issues and recommendation

• Establishing links between

Agency safety standards and internationally recognized nuclear safety documents

Agency safety standards and industrial standards

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Software Characteristics

The software has the provisions:– User friendly and easy to install on Laptop (portable version)– Management of data at different levels.

(SAR sections, Agency Standards, International standards, additional acceptance criteria, reviewers feedback and comments)

– Establish links among requirements– Capable to join data prepared on different systems – Team leader & experts have different access– Unauthorised personnel can’t get access – Generation of issue sheets.– Preparation of mission report automatically.– Setting up priorities (urgent, important, etc.) – Feedback from the experts/reviewers on Agency standards for

further improvement

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Input to SARRP Software

SARRP software consists of Internationally recognise documents such as:

– Agency Safety Standards

(Requirements and Safety Guides)

– US NRC Regulatory Guide 1.70 (RG-1.70)

– US NRC Standard Review Plan (NUREG-0800)

– European Utility Requirements (EUR)

– General Design Criteria (GDC)

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Development of Technical Guidance (Documentation of Study Results – Table)

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SARRP Software

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Review Process of SAR

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Review of Safety Analysis Report

Identification of Missing Information

Generation of Safety Issues

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IAEA Server

Expert No. 2

Output of the review & Feedback on the Safety

StandardsExpert No. 4

Expert No. 3

Team Leader

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Output of the review & Feedback on the Safety

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SARRP CD

Collection of Feedback on Safety

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Output of the review & Feedback on the Safety Standards

Output of the review & Feedback on the Safety

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Revisions of Safety Standards

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SARRP OUTPUT

Comments and feedback on Safety Standards

Generating Issue Sheet

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SARRP Application

• To perform systematic and complete safety review in the light of IAEA requirements

• Compatibility of IAEA standards with other applicable standards• To harmonize and standardize the review process• Applicable mainly to Nuclear Power Plants safety review• Can be applicable to other nuclear facilities i.e. research

reactors, nuclear fuel fabrication plants, spent fuel re-processing plants, and spent fuel storage facilities (by adding new data base accordingly)

• Living/evolving tool updated with lessons learned from reviews

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Benefits of Using SARRP

• Provides an excellent platform for database of issues that can be used in future for monitoring the safety of the plant

• Enhances the competency of the review• Provide a one- stop shop for review of SAR• Provides consistency in reviews by different teams and for

different facility concepts• Use identifies future needs, e.g. new safety guides, and aids in

prioritization • Can be used as a training tool for competency development of

reviewers especially for countries embarking on NPPs