ANNEX I-F
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) INSTALLATIONS
Administrative details:
(a) | date (date on which the BTC was completed); |
(b) | version (unique number for reference); |
(c) | responsible officer (name and contact details). |
IDENTIFICATION OF THE INSTALLATION
1. | Name of the installation (indicate usual abbreviation, if applicable). Indicate MBA code(s) (once attributed). |
2. | Location, postal and e-mail address (functional mailbox when available) and telephone number. |
3. | Owner (legally responsible body or individual) with contact details. |
4. | Operator (legally responsible body or individual) with contact details. |
5. | Description (main features only). |
6. | Purpose and type of the installation. |
7. | Present status (e.g. design phase, under construction, in operation, closed down and/or under decommissioning). |
8. | Pre-operation information Design and construction schedule dates, estimated commissioning and operation starting dates. Requested and/or approved licence dates (e.g. decision of principle, construction and expected operation licence request dates). Information on expected date of receipts of the nuclear material. Installation design drawings to be communicated as soon as these are available. |
9. | Normal operating mode (shift system adopted, approximate dates of operating periods in year, etc). |
10. | Area layout (map showing the installation, boundaries, buildings, roads, rivers, railways, etc.). |
11. | Layout of installation: identification of main areas (structural containment, fences and access routes); nuclear material storage areas; waste storage area; routes followed by nuclear material; test and experiment area, laboratories. |
12. | Safeguards responsible, also for nuclear material accountancy, with e-mail address (functional mailbox when available) and telephone number. |
General installation data
13. | Description of the installation (with indication of accountability areas). |
14. | Estimated total inventory per location and per category. |
15. | Anticipated annual throughput per category. |
16. | Description of the use of nuclear material. |
17. | Important items of equipment which use, produce or process nuclear material. |
GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS AT THE INSTALLATION, INCLUDING THOSE RELATING TO MATERIAL USE AND HANDLING
Description of nuclear material
18. | Main types of accounting units to be handled in the installation. |
19. | Description, by means of drawings or otherwise, of all nuclear material for each accountability area, showing: chemical and physical form (with cladding materials description); range of enrichment and Pu content; estimated nominal weight of nuclear material. |
20. | Waste material: source and form (indicating major contributors; liquid or solid; range of constituents, range of enrichment and Pu content including contaminated equipment); quantities in storage and at other locations; method and frequency of recovery/discharge. |
21. | Other nuclear material, not previously mentioned, and its location. |
22. | Means of nuclear material identification. |
23. | Range of radiation levels at nuclear material locations (dose rates at specified places). |
Flow of nuclear material
24. | Schematic flowsheet for nuclear material (identifying measurement points, accountability areas, inventory locations, etc., for operator purposes). |
25. | Types, form and range of quantities of nuclear material in operation areas, storage area and other locations (average data for each location). |
Location and handling of nuclear material (for each accountability area)
26. | Description of each nuclear material storage area (indicating capacity, anticipated inventory and throughput, etc.). |
27. | Maximum quantity of nuclear material to be handled in accountability areas. |
28. | Modification of the physical/chemical form during operation. |
29. | Nuclear material transfer. |
30. | Frequency of receipt and shipment. |
31. | Nuclear material transfer equipment (if applicable). |
32. | Description of containers used for storage and handling. |
33. | Routes followed by nuclear material. |
34. | Shielding (for storage and transfer). |
Protection and safety rules
35. | Specific rules for the physical access to the nuclear material for inspector information. |
36. | Specific radiological protection and health and safety rules for inspector compliance. |
NUCLEAR MATERIAL ACCOUNTANCY AND CONTROL (NMAC)
37. | The NMAC system shall be described under the following headings: General Description of the accountancy system used to record and report accountancy data, including method of recording accountancy data and establishing material balance; Main inventory changes Description of typical inventory changes e.g. receipts (including method of dealing with the shipper/receiver differences and subsequent accounting corrections), shipments and waste related inventory changes, including a description of how these changes are determined. Corresponding operational records and source data (e.g. receiving and shipping forms, the initial recording of measurements and measurement control sheets) shall be identified; Physical inventory Description of procedures, scheduled frequency, methods of operator’s inventory taking (both for the number of items as well as their nuclear material weights), including relevant assay methods and expected accuracy, access to nuclear material, possible methods for the physical verification of fresh and irradiated nuclear materials; Operational and accounting records (including internal transfer forms, method of adjustment or correction, control measures and responsibility for records). Description of how these records are maintained, including when an adjustment or correction is needed, place where the records can be consulted, retention time and language; Particular accounting provisions Description of particular provisions, e.g. for the designation of batch IDs and methods for preventing, detecting and timely fixing of accounting discrepancies. |
38. | Provisions related to existing or foreseen containment and surveillance measures (general description in reference to floor plan and installation layout enabling to install seals, cameras, lasers, remote data transmission, etc.). |
39. | For each measurement point of the material balance area, provide the following information, when applicable: description of location, type, identification; anticipated types of inventory change; possibility to use this measurement point for physical inventory taking; physical and chemical form of nuclear material (with cladding materials description); nuclear material containers, packaging; sampling procedure and equipment used; measurement method(s) and equipment used; source and level of random and systematic errors (weight, volume, sampling, non-destructive assay); technique and frequency of calibration of equipment used; method of converting source data to batch data; means of batch identification; anticipated batch flow rate per year; anticipated number of inventory batches; anticipated number of items per flow; type, composition and quantity of nuclear material per batch, total weight of nuclear material in item, the isotopic composition when appropriate and form of nuclear material. |
POST-OPERATION INFORMATION
40. | Decommissioning schedule dates (end of operation and of decommissioning dates). |
41. | Decommissioning plan, which shall include the following: key events of the decommissioning plan; removal and recovery of nuclear material. Provide a plan containing estimates of how, where and when nuclear material will be recovered and/or removed (e.g. loose material consolidated into items, removal of items, recovery/removal of material from decontamination activities, and recovery/removal of nuclear material in waste) and how it will be accounted for; removing or rendering inoperable of equipment essential for the functioning of the installation, for handling or storing nuclear material. |
OTHER INFORMATION RELEVANT FOR THE APPLICATION OF SAFEGUARDS
42. | Other optional information that the operator considers relevant to safeguarding the installation. |