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Class	Definition	Format	Cost
T/AST/FWD	Foreword	[33KB]	Free
T/AST/002	Shielding	[48KB]	Free
T/AST/003	Safety Systems	[233KB]	Free
T/AST/004	Fundamental principles	[21KB]	Free
T/AST/005	Demonstration of ALARP	HTML	Free
T/AST/006	Deterministic safety analysis and the use of engineering principles in safety assessment	[54KB]	Free
T/AST/008	Safety categorisation and equipment qualification	[37KB]	Free
T/AST/009	Maintenance, inspection and testing of safety systems, safety related structures and components	[32KB]	Free
T/AST/010	Early initiation of safety systems	HTML	Free
T/AST/011	The single failure criterion	[30KB]	Free
T/AST/013	External hazards	[73KB]	Free
T/AST/014	Internal hazards	HTML	Free
T/AST/015	Electromagnetic compatibility	[58KB]	Free
T/AST/016	Integrity of Metal Components and Structures	HTML	Free
T/AST/017	Structural integrity: civil engineering aspects	[69KB]	Free
T/AST/019	Containment: Essential services	[35KB]	Free
T/AST/020	Containment: Reactor Plant	Webpage	Free
T/AST/021	Containment: Chemical plants	[23KB]	Free
T/AST/022	Ventilation	[23KB]	Free
T/AST/023	Control of processes involving nuclear matter	HTML	Free
T/AST/024	Management of radioactive materials and radioactive waste on nuclear licensed sites	[121KB]	Free
T/AST/026	Decommissioning on nuclear licensed sites	[123KB]	Free
T/AST/027	Assessment of licensees' arrangements for training and assuring personnel competence	HTML	Free
T/AST/028	Control and instrumentation aspects of nuclear plant commissioning	[26KB]	Free
T/AST/029	Graphite reactor cores	[158KB]	Free
T/AST/030	Probabilistic Safety Analysis	[167KB]	Free
T/AST/033	Record storage	[39KB]	Free
T/AST/034	Transient analysis for DBAs in nuclear reactors	[41KB]	Free
T/AST/035	The Limits and Conditions for Nuclear Plant Safety	[35KB]	Free
T/AST/036	Diversity, redundancy, segregation and layout of mechanical plan	[32KB]	Free
T/AST/037	Heat transporter systems	[41KB]	Free
T/AST/038	Radiological protection	[26KB]	Free
T/AST/039	Management for safety	[57KB]	Free
T/AST/041	Control, storage, handling and transport of nuclear matter including fissile materials	[41KB]	Free
T/AST/042	Containment: Validation of computer codes and calculation methods	[40KB]	Free
T/AST/044	Fault analysis	[60KB]	Free
T/AST/046	Computer based safety systems	HTML	Free
T/AST/048	Licence condition 36 arrangements	[30KB]	Free
T/AST/049	Principles for the assessment of a licencee's "intelligent customer capability" (licencee's technical and engineering capability)	[33KB]	Free
T/AST/050	Periodic safety reviews (PSRs)	[65KB]	Free
T/AST/051	Guidance on the purpose, scope and content of nuclear safety cases	[82KB]	Free
T/AST/052	Contractorisation	[44KB]	Free
T/AST/056	Nuclear Lifting Operations	[195KB]	Free
T/AST/057	Design safety assurance	[113KB]	Free
T/AST/065	Function and content of the Nuclear Baseline	HTML	Free