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Advanced Passive 1000 (AP1000), Rev. 15

Who:   Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC What:   Application for a Standard Design Certification for the Advanced Passive 1000 (AP1000) Design, a 3,400 MWt evolutionary pressurized-water reactor with passive safety features When:   Westinghouse submitted the Standard Design Certification Application on March 28, 2002. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a final rule certifying the design on January 27, 2006. Where:   See our map showing locations of projected new nuclear power reactors.

On this page:

• Project Overview
• Applicant's Design Control Document
• NRC Safety Evaluation Report
• Design Certification Rule for the AP1000 Design
• Contacts

Project Overview

The NRC certified the AP1000 design in January 2006. The AP1000 is a 3,400 MWt pressurized-water reactor (PWR) designed by Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC. It is an evolutionary design with passive safety features.

The NRC staff initiated its formal review of the application on March 28, 2002, when Westinghouse submitted its application for final design approval (FDA) and standard design certification for the AP1000 design. The staff issued the FDA, along with the "Final Safety Evaluation Report [FSER] Related to Certification of the AP1000 Standard Design"(NUREG-1793), on September 13, 2004. The proposed design certification rule (DCR) was published in the Federal Register on April 18, 2005 (70 FR 20062). Subsequently, Westinghouse submitted changes to the AP1000 design information in Revision 15 to the design control document (DCD). The NRC staff evaluated those changes in a supplement to the FSER (NUREG-1793, Supplement 1). The Executive Director for Operations (EDO) transmitted the final DCR to the Commission on December 14, 2005 (SECY-05-0227, "Final Rule — AP1000 Design Certification"). Then, on December 30, 2005, the Commission voted to approve the final DCR for the AP1000 standard plant design, and the Secretary of the Commission signed the final rule on January 23, 2006, after approval of the information collection requirements by the Office of Management and Budget. On January 27, 2006, the NRC issued the AP1000 final DCR in the Federal Register (71 FR 4464). Applicants or licensees intending to construct and operate a plant based on the AP1000 design may do so by referencing its DCR, as set forth in Appendix D to Title 10, Part 52, of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR Part 52, Appendix D). On March 10, 2006, the NRC issued a revised FDA based on Revision 15 of the Westinghouse DCD.

Applicant's Design Control Document

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NRC Safety Evaluation Report

• NUREG-1793, "Final Safety Evaluation Report Related to Certification of the AP1000 Standard Design"
  
  
• NUREG-1793, Supplement 1, "Final Safety Evaluation Report Related to Certification of the AP1000 Standard Design"

Design Certification Rule for the AP1000 Design

• 10 CFR Part 52, Appendix D, "Design Certification Rule for the AP1000 Design"

Contacts

For additional information regarding the AP1000 design certification, please Contact a Public Affairs Officer.

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