IAEA Draft Safety Guide: DS541 Meteorological, Hydrological and Other Natural Hazards in Site Evaluation for Nuclear Installations

Overview

ARPANSA coordinates comments on behalf of Australia on IAEA draft documents.

The IAEA is seeking comments from their member states on the following proposed new guide IAEA Draft Safety Guide – DS541: Meteorological, Hydrological and Other Natural Hazards in Site Evaluation for Nuclear Installations.

View the IAEA document here. 

Purpose

The objective of this Safety Guide, is to provide recommendations on how to comply with the safety requirements established in IAEA Safety Standard Site Evaluation for Nuclear Installations (IAEA SSR-1), on assessing hazards associated with meteorological, hydrological, and selected other natural phenomena. 

This Safety Guide includes considerations for determining the corresponding design bases and beyond design bases for these natural hazards and measures for protection of the site against hazards of this type.

How to make a comment 

You can provide your feedback by completing the online survey available by clicking on the Submit your feedback link under the Have your say section of this page. 

Comments are requested in relation to:

• relevance and usefulness: are the stated objectives appropriate, and are they met by the draft text?
• scope and completeness: is the scope appropriate, and is it adequately covered by the draft text?
• quality and clarity: does the guidance in the draft text represent the current consensus among specialists in the field, and is this guidance expressed clearly and coherently?

Comments of an editorial nature will be considered; however, it should be noted that the draft text will be comprehensively edited by the IAEA Secretariat. Any comments should be made in English, should refer to the relevant paragraph number in the draft text being reviewed, and should propose alternative text where appropriate.  

ARPANSA will compile all comments before providing the national input to the IAEA.

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