Nuclear criticality safety for fissile materials outside reactors - Part 3: Requirements for nuclear criticality safety in the storage of fissile materials
1 Scope
This part specifies basic requirements and limits for nuclear criticality safety in the storage of fissile materials.
This part is applicable to the storage of fissile materials.
2 Normative References
The following normative documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this part. For dated references, subsequent amendments to, or revisions of, any of these publications do not apply. However, parties to agreements based on this part are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the normative documents indicated below. For undated references, the latest edition of the normative document referred to applies.
GB 15146.1 Nuclear criticality safety for fissile materials outside reactors — Part 1: Administrative practices for nuclear criticality safety
GB 15146.2 Nuclear criticality safety for fissile materials outside reactors — Part 2: Basic technical practices and subcritical limits for handling processing and operations with fissile materials
GB 15146.9 Nuclear criticality safety for fissile materials outside reactor — Performance and testing requirements for nuclear criticality detection and alarm systems
3 Terms and Definitions
For the purpose of this part of GB 15146, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1
Storage unit
