IAEA Safety Standards Specific Safety Requirements 1: Site Evaluation for Nuclear Installations

The purpose of this course is to instruct participants on the safety requirements of SSR-1. This includes the Fundamental Safety Objective that the requirements are based on. The content of the course covers the scope of site evaluation, how site and regional characteristics might affect the safety of a nuclear installation, the types of external hazards assessed in the site evaluation and how the potential effects of the nuclear installation on a region are evaluated.