Regulations/standards regulatory failures

The KLT-40S power plant [13] was developed on the basis of a standard KLT-40 type nuclear propulsion plant that has the experience of more than 250 reactor-years of failure-free operation. Components of the original plant have been modernized to increase plant reliability, to extend its service life and to improve the conditions of maintenance. The design of safety systems is based on safety regulations for marine reactors and was updated to meet the requirements of the Russian Regulatory Authority - GAN RF - for nuclear power plants. 

NRC Standard Review Plan Section 3.6.1, Plant Design for Protecting Against Postulated Piping Failures in Fluid Systems Outside Containment U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, 1975. 

A number of underlying causes for TEPCO and NISA s failure to follow international best practices and standards can be identified. NISA lacked independence from the government agencies responsible for promoting nuclear power and also from the industry. Regulatory capture has been used describe this issue, where regulators... 

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