Obiectivele proiectului sunt realizate progresiv în cadrul etapelor elaborate. Întreaga lucrare adoptă o metodologie de tip LRA US-NRC bazată pe următoarele norme:

• 10 CFR Part 54, Requirements For Renewal Of Operating Licenses For Nuclear Power Plants, U.S.       Nuclear Regulatory Commission (60 FR 22461, 61 FR 65175, 64 FR 72002)
• NEI 95-10, Revision 5, Industry Guideline for Implementing The Requirements of 10CFR Part 54 – The License Renewal Rule, Nuclear Energy Institute, January 2005
• NUREG-1800, Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants, U.S. NRC, April 2001
• NUREG-1801, Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, July 2001
• IAEA (Draft), HWR PLiM/ PLEx/ Refurbishment Process and Technology, June 2004
• IAEA-TECDOC-1503, Nuclear Power Plant Life Management Processes: Guidelines and Practices for Heavy Water Reactors, June 2006