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CATEGORIES IN THE IAEA SAFETY SERIES
A new hierarchical categorization scheme has been introduced, according to
which the publications in the IAEA Safety Series are grouped as follows:
Safety Fundamentals (silver cover)
Basic objectives, concepts and principles to ensure safety.
Safety Standards (red cover)
Basic requirements which must be satisfied to ensure safety for particular
activities or application areas.
Safety Guides (green cover)
Recommendations, on the basis of international experience, relating to the fulfilment
of basic requirements.
Safety Practices (blue cover)
Practical examples and detailed methods which can be used for the application
of Safety Standards or Safety Guides.
Safety Fundamentals and Safety Standards are issued with the approval of the
IAEA Board of Governors; Safety Guides and Safety Practices are issued under the
authority of the Director General of the IAEA.
An additional category, Safety Reports (purple cover), comprises independent
reports of expert groups on safety matters, including the development of new principles,
advanced concepts and major issues and events. These reports are issued under
the authority of the Director General of the IAEA.
There are other publications of the IAEA which also contain information
important to safety, in particular in the Proceedings Series (papers presented at
symposia and conferences), the Technical Reports Series (emphasis on technological
aspects) and the IAEA-TECDOC Series (information usually in a preliminary form).