This Safety Guide provides recommendations and guidance on the safe management of radioactive waste resulting from the mining and milling of ores, with the purpose of protecting workers, the public and the environment from the consequences of these activities. It supplements Safety Standards Series No. WS-R-1, Near Surface Disposal of Radioactive Waste.

This Safety Guide provides guidance on various aspects of emergency planning and preparedness for dealing effectively and safely with transport accidents involving radioactive material, including the assignment of responsibilities. It reflects the requirements specified in Safety Standards Series No. TS-R-1, Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material, and those of Safety Series No. 115, International Basic Safety Standards for Protection against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources.

This Safety Guide provides recommendations on proven means of achieving and demonstrating compliance with Safety Standards Series No. TS-R-1, Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material, establishing safety regulations to be applied to the national and international transport of radioactive material. The recommendations apply to all modes of transport of radioactive material, including transport which is incidental to its use. Transport is deemed to comprise all operations and conditions associated with and involved in the movement of radioactive material; these include the design, fabrication and maintenance of packaging, and the preparation, consigning, handling, carriage, storage in transit and receipt at the final destination of packages. This publication supersedes Safety Series No. 7, Explanatory Material for the IAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (1985 Edition) Second Edition (As Amended 1990), and Safety Series No. 37, Advisory Material for the IAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (1985 Edition), Third Edition (As Amended 1990).

This Safety Guide supplements and elaborates upon the safety requirements for core management and fuel handling established in Section 5 of Safety Standards Series No. NS-R-2, Safety of Nuclear Power Plants: Operation. It also relates to Safety Standards Series No. NS-G-2.4, The Operating Organization for Nuclear Power Plants, which identifies fuel management as one of the functions to be performed by the operating organization.

This Safety Guide recommends actions, conditions and procedures in relation to external human induced events and provides guidance for fulfilling the requirements of Safety Standards Series No. NS-R-3, Site Evaluation for Nuclear Installations, when conducting a site evaluation for a nuclear power plant.

This Safety Guide, co-sponsored by PAHO and WHO, provides recommendations on how safety requirements may be fulfilled for the protection of patients, comforters and visitors of patients against exposure to ionizing radiation in medical practice in compliance with Appendix II (Medical Exposure) of Safety Series No. 115, International Basic Safety Standards for Protection against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources (1996). Recommendations cover the establishment of guidance levels for diagnostic medical exposures, acceptance testing processes for radiation equipment, calibration of radiotherapy units and reporting of accidental medical exposures.

This Safety Guide deals with consideration of the potential effects of a nuclear power plant on the environment and of the population distribution in the surrounding area in site evaluation for a nuclear power plant. It supplements Safety Standard No. NS-R-3, Site Evaluation for Nuclear Installations.

This Safety Guide provides recommendations on setting up an operating organization for nuclear power plants so as to facilitate their safe operation, and on the organizational elements necessary for a strong safety culture and an international level of performance. The Safety Guide highlights the important elements of effective management in relation to nuclear safety, quality assurance, the management of radioactive waste and radiological protection, and in meeting the associated national regulatory requirements. It recommends how to meet the requirements established in Safety Standards Series No. NS-R-2, Safety of Nuclear Power Plants: Operation.

This Safety Guide provides recommendations and guidance on controlling activities relating to modifications to nuclear power plants so as to reduce risk and to ensure that the configuration of the plant is under control at all times, and that the modified configuration conforms to the approved basis for granting an operation licence. The recommendations cover the whole process from conception to completion for modifications to structures, systems and components, operational limits and conditions, procedures and software, and the management systems and tools for plant operation. This publication recommends how to meet the requirements established in IAEA Safety Standards Series No. NS-R-2, Safety of Nuclear Power Plants: Operation.

This Safety Guide provides guidance on the development, content and use of operational limits and conditions (limits on plant operating parameters) and operating procedures that affect them. It recommends how to meet the requirements established in Safety Standards Series No. NS-R-2, Safety of Nuclear Power Plants: Operation, setting out the responsibilities of the operating organization in setting, modifying and documenting operational limits and conditions and ensuring compliance with them.

This Safety Guide provides recommendations on how to meet the requirements for achieving and maintaining fire safety in the management and operation of a nuclear power plant throughout its lifetime, covering topics including fire prevention, control of combustible materials and ignition sources, manual fire fighting, training and quality assurance. The requirements for fire safety are established in Safety Standards Series No. NS-R-2, Safety of Nuclear Power Plants: Operation. The publication is intended for plant managers, operators, safety assessors and regulators. Recommendations are made concerning organization and responsibilities, periodic updating of the fire hazard analysis, modifications relating to fire safety, inspection, maintenance and testing of fire safety features, records and documentation, the adoption of a formal policy for fire safety, and specific responsibilities and authorities of staff in relation to fire safety.

This Safety Guide addresses the subject of how to meet the requirements for the decommissioning of medical, industrial and research facilities where radioactive materials and sources are produced, received, used and stored. It provides guidance to national authorities and operating organizations, particularly to those in developing countries (as such facilities are predominant in these countries), on the planning and safe management of the decommissioning of such facilities.