Preface
This is the fourth edition of CSA N285.0, General requirements for pressure-retaining systems and components in CANDU nuclear power plants. It supersedes previous editions published in 1995, 1991, and 1981.
Scope
1.1
This Standard specifies the technical requirements for the design, procurement, fabrication, installation, modification, repair, replacement, testing, examination, and inspection of, and other work related to, pressure-retaining and containment systems, components, and supports over the service life of a CANDU nuclear power plant.
1.2
This Standard applies to all pressure-retaining and containment systems, including their components and supports, in a CANDU nuclear power plant and takes precedence over other Standards.
1.3
This Standard does not apply to concrete containment structures.
1.4
In CSA Standards, 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; may is used to express an option or that which is permissible within the limits of the standard; and can is used to express possibility or capability.
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.
1.5
The values given in SI (metric) units are the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.
