ISO 1709:2018 PDF

Scope: This document specifies the basic principles and limitations which govern operations with fissile materials. It discusses general nuclear criticality safety criteria for equipment design and for the development of operating controls, while providing guidance for the assessment of procedures, equipment, and operations. It does not cover specific quality assurance requirements or details of equipment or operational procedures. This document does not deal with the issues associated with administrative criteria relating to nuclear criticality safety. These issues are covered by ISO 14943. It does not cover the effects of radiation on man or materials, unless the material properties affect nuclear criticality safety. These criteria apply to operations with fissile materials outside nuclear reactors but within the boundaries of nuclear establishments. They are concerned with the limitations which are imposed on operations because of the properties of these materials which permit them to support nuclear chain reactions. These principles apply to quantities of fissile nuclides in which nuclear criticality safety is required to be established. This document can also be applied to the transport of fissile materials outside the boundaries of nuclear establishments.

ISO 1709:2018 Referenced Document

ISO 11320:2011 Nuclear criticality safety - Emergency preparedness and response
ISO 12749-3:2015 Nuclear energy, nuclear technologies, and radiological protection - Vocabulary - Part 3: Nuclear fuel cycle
ISO 14943:2004 Nuclear fuel technology - Administrative criteria related to nuclear criticality safety
ISO 7753:1987 Nuclear energy; Performance and testing requirements for criticality detection and alarm systems

2022 ISO 1709:2018/Amd 1:2022 Nuclear energy — Fissile materials — Principles of criticality safety in storing, handling and processing — Amendment 1: Methods of control and safety equipment
2018 ISO 1709:2018 Nuclear energy - Fissile materials - Principles of criticality safety in storing, handling and processing
1995 ISO 1709:1995 Nuclear energy - Fissile materials - Principles of criticality safety in storing, handling and processing
1975 ISO 1709:1975 Nuclear energy; Fissile materials; Principles of criticality safety in handling and processing