Extending the Term of Nonpower Reactor Licenses

Conference · Sun Jun 04 04:00:00 EDT 2000

OSTI ID:786349

Adams, Jr, Alexander

For both power and nonpower nuclear reactors (NPRs), the protection of the public health and safety is the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) primary mission. The NRC ensures that licensed facilities are designed, constructed, and operated within this objective by conforming to the relevant underlying regulatory requirements. Licensees, both power and nonpower, have sought amendments to their licenses to obtain renewals to their licenses or to recapture construction time, while maintaining compliance with the underlying regulations. While the regulations for NPRs and power reactors are not always the same, the basic principle of maintaining adequate safety is identical. This paper describes the ways some NPR licensees have sought and obtained amendments to their licenses that extended their licensed period. These methods of extension are recapture of construction permit time and extension of the license expiration date.

• Research Organization: U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: none (US)
• OSTI ID: 786349
• Report Number(s): none; ISSN 0003-018X; CODEN TANSAO; ISSN 0003-018X; CODEN TANSAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
AMENDMENTS
HISTORICAL ASPECTS
OPERATING LICENSES
REACTOR LICENSING
REACTOR OPERATION
REACTORS
REGULATIONS
TIME DELAY