The Operational Safety Review Team of the International Atomic Energy Agency will review programs and activities essential to operational safety at units 3 and 4 of the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station between October 29 and November 15, officials said.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had directed the Department of Atomic Energy to invite the Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) of the IAEA to assist in its own safety reviews and audits of nuclear power plants.
This decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Singh in April last year to review the safety concerns about nuclear plants across the country in the wake of the nuclear accident at Fukushima in Japan.
Three atomic power plants experienced a full meltdown following loss of power due to a massive earthquake and a subsequent tsunami at Fukushima on March 11 last year.
The OSART mission is not a regulatory inspection or a substitute for an exhaustive assessment of the plant's overall safety status.
It is an in-depth review of those aspects, largely under the control of site management, which are essential to the safe operation of a nuclear power plant.
A review by OSART is expected to increase the confidence levels in the safety aspects of nuclear plants in the country, the officials said.