scope:

General

This Standard provides requirements and guidance for managing configuration at high energy reactor facilities (hereinafter referred to as "facility") from initial conception to cessation of operations. Notes:

1) High energy reactor facilities is defined in Clause 7.1 of CSA N286.

2) This Standard provides requirements and guidance supplementing the management system requirements found in CSA N286.

3) This Standard was written in a way such that it may be adopted by other nuclear facilities.

This Standard does not apply to decommissioning.

Terminology

In this Standard, "shall" is used to express a requirement, i.e., a provision that the user is obliged to satisfy in order to comply with the Standard; "should" is used to express a recommendation or that which is advised but not required; and "may" is used to express an option or that which is permissible within the limits of the Standard.

Notes accompanying clauses do not include requirements or alternative requirements; the purpose of a note accompanying a clause is to separate from the text explanatory or informative material.

Notes to tables and figures are considered part of the table or figure and may be written as requirements. Annexes are designated normative (mandatory) or informative (non-mandatory) to define their application.