6. Other aspects
In addition to ageing equipment and the industrial resources needed to maintain or replace it, other factors can evolve and have an impact on the operating life of the units. Whether these changes are technical or otherwise, and whether or not they are the responsibility of the operator, it is the operator's duty to manage them with the utmost care.
6.1 Regulatory obsolescence and changing requirements
The design and operation of nuclear power plants are governed by a number of principles and rules, particularly with regard to safety (assumptions, methods, criteria). Added to this are the regulations applicable to individual items of equipment (pressure equipment in particular), as well as those governing industrial activities in general (health risks, workplace...
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Bibliography
Websites
Nuclear Safety Authority : http://www.asn.fr
EDF : http://www.edf.fr
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) : http://www.cea.fr
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