IAEA SAFETY STANDARDS Construction for Nuclear Installations

3.10 The regulatory body should have in place a system to allow them to receive and
address any matters raised by other parties concerning the safety of construction.
3.11 The regulatory body should make arrangements for analysis to be carried out to
identify lessons to be learned from construction experience and regulatory experience and for
the dissemination of the lessons learned and for their use by authorized parties, the regulatory
body and other relevant authorities. The regulatory body should require appropriate corrective
actions to be carried out to prevent the recurrence of safety significant events.
4. MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS
4.1 The following recommendations provide a means of meeting the requirements in Ref.
[1] for the construction of nuclear installations. They are supplementary to, and should be
read in conjunction with, the recommendations provided in Ref. [2] and Ref. [3]. Since
construction work has significant impact on future safety of nuclear installation, a successful
management system during construction ensures that safety matters are not dealt with in
isolation but are considered within the context of all construction activities.
SAFETY CULTURE
4.2 Safety culture is important in all phases of nuclear installation life cycle. In the
construction stage, it implies characteristics and attitudes pursuing high quality construction
to ensure safety in the commissioning, operational and decommissioning phases. This
involves an understanding that deviations from procedures and specifications, or failure to
understand the safety significance of structures, systems and components may have
unforeseen consequences in the future.
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