Risk & Safety

Generation IV nuclear energy systems will aim to achieve the following safety goals:

• to excel in safety and reliability;
• to have a low likelihood and degree of reactor core damage;
• to eliminate the need for offsite emergency response.

ISAM (2011)

A principal focus of the Generation IV (Gen IV) International Forum's Risk and Safety Working Group charter is the development and demonstration of an integrated methodology that can be used to evaluate and document the safety of Gen IV nuclear systems. A first RSWG report issued in 2008 presented the "Basis for the Safety Approach for Design & Assessment of Generation IV Nuclear Systems". Following its mandate RSWG has prepared this new document that describes a methodology, called the Integrated Safety Assessment Methodology (ISAM), for use throughout the Gen IV technology development cycle.

An Integrated Safety Assessment Methodology (ISAM) for Generation IV Nuclear Systems (pdf, 1.4 mb)

Risk & Safety Philosophy (2008)

This document, the first major work product of the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) Risk and Safety Working Group (RSWG), presents the findings and recommendations of the group based on its work to date. Much additional work remains to be done by the RSWG. However, the objectives, principles, attributes, and tools presented in this document are intended to immediately provide designers of Generation IV systems with concepts and methods that can help guide their R & D activities in a way that promotes the safety basis and efficient licensing of advanced nuclear technologies.

Basis_for_the_Safety_Approach_for_Design_&_Assessment_of_Generation_IV_Nuclear_Systems (pdf, 1.3 mb)

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