Safety Assessment Section
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Section Head Mamdouh El-Shanawany |
The mission of the Safety Assessment Section (SAS) is to enhance the capability of Member States in:
- Effectively conducting safety assessments and safety enhancements at nuclear installations;
- Developing and applying advanced deterministic and probabilistic analytical methods/tools related to events, accidents and severe accidents, to prevent human induced events of malevolent origin, and include the mitigation of their possible consequences, with respect to systems design;
- Assessing the safety aspects of the design of nuclear installations;
in integrating deterministic, probabilistic and performance based approaches and applications to the risk informed decision-making process; - Developing and implementing safety performance indicators to monitor safety performance, better apply safety assessments, and increase their transparency;
- Developing and implementing configuration management and design basis maintenance; and
- Co-ordinating and supporting Member States in establishing and implementing safety assessment education and training programmes
- To assist Member States in achieving and maintaining a high level of safety in nuclear installations through the development of safety standards in the engineering areas related to design, including periodic safety review and configuration management.
- To promote and assist Member States in the application of these safety standards through engineering safety review services, including assistance to improve their ability to perform self assessments.
- To exchange experience and information on developed methodologies, to disseminate good practices and to facilitate knowledge management and networking among the Member States in the technical areas of engineering safety, developing and maintaining the related global knowledge base.
The main fields of activity relate to the development and maintenance of Safety Standards for the design of nuclear power plants and for the safety assessment of nuclear installations. SAS also provides support to Member States in relation to the application of the Safety Standards by providing training and by carrying out safety assessment review services in the field of design safety and generic reactor safety.
Specific topical areas and their applications include: design basis accident, beyond design basis accident, safety analysis, accident management, safety performance indicators, risk informed decision-making, deterministic and probabilistic safety assessment methods/tools, engineering areas related to design, periodic safety review, and configuration management.
