Experience with the development of design basis documents at the South Texas Project
To meet the demands of safety system functional inspections (SSFIs) and effectively maintain the design basis of operating nuclear units, the utility industry is seeing the benefits of consolidating design basis information by developing plant-specific design basis documents (DBDs). As part of the overall Configuration Management Program at the South Texas Project (STP), the authors have a particular interest in developing DBDs since Houston Lighting Power Company (HL P) assumed design control of STP, which consists of two four-loop Westinghouse 1250-MW(electric) units with unique design features such as three trains of engineered safety features. The HL P DBD program is the culmination of detailed reviews of other utility programs and careful evaluation of the needs and intended uses of DBDs. The purpose of this paper is to describe the major attributes of our DBD program and discuss the factors considered and decisions made in developing and implementing a program of this magnitude and importance.
- OSTI ID:
- 6835536
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-890604--
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA), Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA) Vol. 59; ISSN TANSA; ISSN 0003-018X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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