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2. Formalizing the concept of defense in depth in the nuclear industry
Initially used in the military to protect territory and strongholds, the concept of defense in depth was applied to civil nuclear power in the 1960s, with the aim of formalizing plant safety policy in the USA, and later in other nuclearized countries. The aim of this concept is to protect personnel, the population and the environment against the release of radioactive materials outside the reactor or plant. As Jacques Libmann points out , "the concept of defense in depth is not a guide for examining a facility associated with a particular technical solution such as a staging of particular barriers, but a method of reasoning and a general framework for examining a facility more completely, both for...
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Circular of June 25, 2003 on the general principles of hazard studies for classified facilities.
Circular DPPR/SEI2/CB-06-0388 of 28/12/06 concerning the availability of a guide for preparing and reading hazard studies for establishments subject to authorization with easements, and application sheets for recent regulatory texts.
Circular dated 10/05/10 summarizing the methodological...
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