Integrated Safety Analysis – ISA [Energy] Law & Legal Definition

According to 10 CFR 70.4 [Title 10 -- Energy; Chapter I -- Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Part 70 -- Domestic Licensing Of Special Nuclear Material; Subpart A -- General Provisions], the term integrated safety analysis (ISA) means “a systematic analysis to identify facility and external hazards and their potential for initiating accident sequences, the potential accident sequences, their likelihood and consequences, and the items relied on for safety. As used here, integrated means joint consideration of, and protection from, all relevant hazards, including radiological, nuclear criticality, fire, and chemical. However, with respect to compliance with the regulations of this part, the NRC requirement is limited to consideration of the effects of all relevant hazards on radiological safety, prevention of nuclear criticality accidents, or chemical hazards directly associated with NRC licensed radioactive material. An ISA can be performed process by process, but all processes must be integrated, and process interactions considered.”