The inspection required to be approved under the Atomic Energy Act includes a holistic examination of the safety precautions of the building structures. This involves defining the interface between the building structures (structural engineering) and plant components (plant engineering) and hence the distinction between construction and atomic energy law. Generally speaking, plant components such as pipes and containers are part of the building, so that the fastenings in each case (anchor plate) constitute the

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interface. In exceptional cases, this interface will have to be defined in the official planning process.

Each interface must have an interface document which, amongst other things, specifies the loads calculated from the plant technology and the structural member or structure in each case. Such documents are generally called structural design requirements. They are first considered as part of the atomic energy law terms, covering systems engineer­ing aspects, and then used as the basis for the construction assessment.