Requirements to Lifetime Management of System Elements Important to Safety of Nuclear Research Installations. General Provisions (NP-042-23)

Requirements to Lifetime Management of System Elements Important to Safety of Nuclear Research Installations. General Provisions (NP-042-23)

(NP-042-23) was developed in compliance with Article 6 of the Federal Law of November 21, 1995 No. 170-FZ "On the Use of atomic Energy”, which shall be observed to develop the Federal Rules and Regulations in the field of atomic energy use – regulatory legal acts stipulating the requirements to safe use of atomic energy, including the safety requirements to nuclear facilities, safety requirements to activities in the field of atomic energy use, comprising safety goals, principles and criteria, compliance with which is mandatory when carrying out activities in the field of atomic energy use.
The Federal Rules and Regulations in the field of atomic energy use shall be developed and approved according to the procedure established in the "Provisions for Development and Approval of Federal Rules and Regulations in the Field of Atomic Energy Use" approved by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1511 of December 1, 1997 and observing the "Procedure for Development and Approval of Federal Rules and Regulations in the Field of Atomic Energy Use by the Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service" approved by the Order of Rostechnadzor No. 267 of July 7, 2015.
The list of the current Federal Rules and Regulations in the field of atomic energy use is posted on the official website of Rostechnadzor on the Internet by link: www.gosnadzor.ru/about_gosnadzor/legal.
NP-042-23 establishes the requirements to lifetime management of system elements important to safety of nuclear research installations, including experimental devices, during their design, engineering, production, storage, transportation, installation, adjustment, reconstruction, modernization, repair, commissioning and operation (including lifetime extension).
The requirements of NP-042-23 are mandatory for operating organizations, as well as organizations performing works and (or) providing services for operating organizations in terms of work related to lifetime management of system elements important to safety of nuclear research installations.
Issued for the first time.
Order of the Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service dated October 30, 2023 No. 391 "On Approval of the Federal Rules and Regulations in the Field of Atomic Energy Use "Requirements to Lifetime Management of System Elements Important to Safety of Nuclear Research Installations. General Provisions" (NP-042-23) registered by the Ministry of Justice of Russia on December 5, 2023 under the registry No. 76273.