Advanced Reactor Licensing: Experience with Digital I&C Technology in Evolutionary Plants (NUREG/CR-6842,ORNL/TM-2004/74)

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Manuscript Completed: March 2004
Date Published: April 2004

Prepared by:
R.T. Wood, S.A. Arndt
Division of Engineering Technology
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, DC 20555-0001

J.R. Easter
Preferred Licensing Services
P.O. Box 14431
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15239-0431

K. Korsah, J.S. Neal, E.L. Quinn
Longenecker & Associates
P.O. Box 3094
Del Mar, California 92014-6904

G.W. Remley (Consultant)
205 Harrow Drive
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15238-2530

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Primary Contractor)
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6010
Managed by UT-Battelle, LLC

Steven A. Arndt, NRC Project Manager

Prepared for:
Division of Engineering Technology
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, DC 20555-0001

NRC Job Code Y6478

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Abstract

This report presents the findings from a study of experience with digital instrumentation and controls (I&C) technology in evolutionary nuclear power plants. In particular, this study evaluated regulatory approaches employed by the international nuclear power community for licensing advanced I&C systems and identified lessons learned. The report (1) gives an overview of the modern I&C technologies employed at numerous evolutionary nuclear power plants, (2) identifies performance experience derived from those applications, (3) discusses regulatory processes employed and issues that have arisen, (4) captures lessons learned from performance and regulatory experience, (5) suggests anticipated issues that may arise from international near-term deployment of reactor concepts, and (6) offers conclusions and recommendations for potential activities to support advanced reactor licensing in the United States.