Top-level regulatory criteria for the standard MHTGR
The Top-Level Regulatory Criteria (TLRC) are defined as the standards for judging nuclear power plant licensability related to control of radionuclides that directly specify acceptable quantified limits on radionuclide releases for the public health and safety and the environment. The purpose of the TLRCis to establish a consistent and unambiguous quantitative basis for judging the acceptability of potential radionuclide releases such that protection to the public health and safety and the environment is maintained. In the Modular High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (MHTGR) program, these criteria establish numerical values against which potential releases of radioactive materials during anticipated and off-normal events are judged. They are proposed for concurrence by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) with their completeness and acceptability. The approach taken is to select from regulations and current guidance a set of quantifiable consequence and risk criteria of general applicability to nuclear power plants. They encompass normal plant operation and a broad spectrum of off-normal events.
- Research Organization:
- General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-89SF17885
- OSTI ID:
- 10197178
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/HTGR-85002-Rev.3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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