Conformance assessment SBWR design/ALWR utility requirements document
- Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA (United States)
Since 1982, US utilities have been leading an industry-wide effort to establish a technical foundation for the design of the next generation of light water reactors (LWRs) in the United States. Since 1985, the utility initiative has been effected through a major technical program managed by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the US Advanced Light Water Reactor (ALWR) Program. In addition to US utility leadership and sponsorship, the ALWR program also has the participation and sponsorship of numerous international utility companies and close cooperation with the US Department of Energy. The ALWR program is organized to make extensive use of the extraordinary data base of information and lessons learned from 40 yr of experience in operating more than 100 LWR power plants in the United States and many more overseas. This operating experience comprises [approximately]1300 reactor-yr in the United States and more than 4000 reactor-yr worldwide. One of the main goals of the ALWR program has been to develop a comprehensive set of design requirements for the ALWR. The utility requirements document (URD) defines the technical basis for improved and standardized future LWR designs.
- OSTI ID:
- 5886861
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-930601-; CODEN: TANSAO
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Vol. 68; Conference: American Nuclear Society (ANS) annual meeting, San Diego, CA (United States), 20-24 Jun 1993; ISSN 0003-018X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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