Main Analysis Results of the IAEA Standards Applicability to the RITM-200N Design for Small Nuclear Power Plants

Main Analysis Results of the IAEA Standards Applicability to the RITM-200N Design for Small Nuclear Power Plants.

Petrunin V. V., Bakhmetev A. M., Kurachenkov A. V., Galitskikh V. Yu., Makeyev Yu. A., Shchekin D. V.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safety standards contain safety principles, requirements and recommendations and are a consistent and generally accepted guideline for the effective fulfilment of international obligations of countries that use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. The current Agency standards are generally applicable to land-based stationary nuclear power plants with water-cooled reactors with a capacity ranging from 600 to 1 500 mW.
For other types of reactors, including innovative designs such as small nuclear power plants, some safety provisions may not be applicable or may be applicable with certain modifications.
The paper provides the main results of the analysis of the applicability of the IAEA standards to the design of the RITM-200N reactor plant for land-based small nuclear power plants.

► Keywords: small nuclear power plants, IAEA safety standards, reactor plant, integral reactor, safety, comparative analysis.

Article language: Russian. Pp. 14–32. [in Russian]. DOI: 10.26277/SECNRS.2024.113.3.002.