ASTM C-26 COMMITTEE AND STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT

The C-26 Committee on Nuclear Fuel Cycle (C-26) is a typical ASTM committee organized to meet a specific need within the nuclear industry. This committee promotes knowledge and the development of standards for nuclear fuel cycle products, processes, and a variety of materials associated with those products and processes. The committee currently has 14 active subcommittees, most of which have responsibility for developing standards. Standards are developed, prepared, and published through a well-defined process established by ASTM and used by all ASTM committees. That process ensures consensus between various interests through a rigorously followed balloting procedure. The organization and work of C-26, particularly as they relate to safeguards, is briefly described in this paper. In addition, the standard process used by C-26, which is the basic ASTM process, is discussed.