DS397 Saf Use Mod RRs with NUSSC comments 18-06-2010

the options and the management of detailed design, project implementation, commissioningand decommissioning, if relevant.2.22. The project manager should be responsible for determining the impact of the projecton the existing safety analysis report and on the operational limits and conditions. Thisinvolves making proposals for categorization and providing the safety documentation in orderto enable the operating organization to obtain any necessary reviews and approvals from thesafety committee or the regulatory body. Advice of outside specialists and consultants may beused in performing these duties.2.23. The project manager should ensure that any contractor or supplier involved in thepreparation or the implementation of the modification or utilization is made aware of andcomplies with the appropriate requirements and regulations.2.24. The project manager should be responsible for ensuring that adequate precautions arein place to provide protection against radiological and other hazards arising from the project.2.25. The possible interactions between different utilization or modification projects, whichare being implemented or proposed, should be considered and analysed.RESPONSIBILITY OF THE REACTOR MANAGER2.26. The reactor manager has direct responsibility for the safety aspects of reactoroperation. In this respect he should ensure that any utilization or modification proposal hasbeen demonstrated to be safe and as appropriate any additional review, and approval ifrequired, by an appropriate body 7 has been carried out before the implementation.2.27. The reactor manager should be responsible for proper scheduling of theimplementation of the utilization or modification project in a safe manner.3. CATEGORIZATION, SAFETY ASSESSMENT AND APPROVAL OF THEUTILIZATION OR MODIFICATION3.1. All utilization and modification projects should be subjected to a categorizationprocess in order to determine their safety implication. Experiments with a repetitive 8 nature,7 The appropriate body could be an expert in the relevant field of specialization, the reactor safety committee orregulatory body.8 A repetitive experiment is an experiment which was earlier approved and having only minor changes comparedto the original design, which will not affect the original performed safety analyses. Isotope production withtarget material with the same physical and chemical behaviour and using the same irradiation facility within the9