International Atomic Energy Agency Bulletin Vol. 25, No

The safety of nuclear power plants in the Soviet Union is assured by a very wide spectrum of measures, the most important of which are  

Securing high quality manufacture and installation of components  

Development and realisation of effective technical safety measures to prevent accidents, to compensate for possible malfunctions, and to decrease the consequences of possible accidents Development and realisation of ways of localising radioactivity released in case of an accident Realisation of technical and organisational measures 

Regulation of technical and organisational aspects in securing safety and 

Introduction of a system of state safety control and regulation. 

---