Both publications provide basic principles and requirements for the safety of research reactors and critical assemblies, including the essential safety requirements for siting, quality assurance and regulatory control. These codes supersede the 1984 edition of Safety Series No. 35, Safe Operation of Research Reactors and Critical Assemblies. General information on reactors which are planned or are under construction is also included. All information was collected by the IAEA through questionnaires. 2520 Austrian Schillings Multipurpose Research Reactors Proceedings Series Proceedings of a symposium held in Grenoble, 19-23 October 1987.
Research reactors are interdisciplinary tools that can be used in a variety of fields.
They also play an important role in the support of national and international nuclear programmes. Purpose research reactors with high fluxes, such as materials testing and neutron beam reactors, have a wide application. Their efficient utilization requires technology groups specialized in the design and fabrication of irradiation devices, as well as dosimetry and hot cell groups to permit insertion and extraction of radioactive material and post-irradiation examinations. This is the eleventh edition of Reference Data Series No. 3. This booklet contains general information, as of the end of November 1997, on research reactors in operation, under construction, planned and shut down.