Other IAEA series that include safety related publications are the Technical ReportsSeries, the Radiological Assessment Reports Series, the INSAG Series, the TECDOCSeries, the Provisional Safety Standards Series, the Training Course Series, the IAEAServices Series and the Computer Manual Series, and Practical Radiation Safety Manualsand Practical Radiation Technical Manuals. They do not establish requirements or make recommendations. Safety Reports maydescribe good practices and give practical examples and detailed methods that can be used tomeet safety requirements. Reports on safety and protection in nuclear activities are issued in other series, inparticular the IAEA Safety Reports Series, as informational publications.
Under the terms of Articles III and VIII.C of its Statute, the IAEA makes available andfosters the exchange of information relating to peaceful nuclear activities and serves as anintermediary among its Member States for this purpose. On request to the Safety Co-ordination Section, IAEA, P.O. Information on the IAEAs safety standards programme (including editions in languagesother than English) is available at the IAEA Internet site The standards are binding on the IAEA in relation to its own operations and on Statesin relation to operations assisted by the IAEA. The IAEAs safety standards are not legally binding on Member States but may beadopted by them, at their own discretion, for use in national regulations in respect of their ownactivities. Recommendations in Safety Guides are expressed as should state-ments, with the implication that it is necessary to take the measures recommended orequivalent alternative measures to comply with the requirements. Safety Guides (green lettering) recommend actions, conditions or procedures for meetingsafety requirements.
These requirements, which are expressed as shall statements, are governed bythe objectives and principles presented in the Safety Fundamentals. Safety Requirements (red lettering) establish the requirements that must be met to ensuresafety. Safety Fundamentals (blue lettering) present basic objectives, concepts and principles ofsafety and protection in the development and application of nuclear energy for peacefulpurposes. This series coversnuclear safety, radiation safety, transport safety and waste safety, and also general safety (thatis, of relevance in two or more of the four areas), and the categories within it are SafetyFundamentals, Safety Requirements and Safety Guides. The regulatory related publications by means of which the IAEA establishes safetystandards and measures are issued in the IAEA Safety Standards Series. Under the terms of Article III of its Statute, the IAEA is authorized to establish standardsof safety for protection against ionizing radiation and to provide for the application of thesestandards to peaceful nuclear activities. Design ofEmergency Power Systemsfor Nuclear Power Plants