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Design Certification Application Review -
U.S. Evolutionary Power Reactor (U.S. EPR)

The U.S. Evolutionary Power Reactor (U.S. EPR) is an evolutionary pressurized-water reactor (PWR), designed by AREVA Nuclear Power. It is a four-loop plant with a rated thermal output of 4,500 MWt. The U.S. EPR design features four redundant trains of emergency cooling equipment, and a containment and shield building for added protection.

By letter dated December 11, 2007, as supplemented by letters dated February 7 and February 20, 2008, AREVA submitted an application for certification of the EPR standard design, pursuant to Title 10, Part 52, of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR Part 52), "Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants." By letter dated February 25, 2008, the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) docketed the application and subsequently published its detailed review schedule on March 26, 2008. To review available documents related to AREVA's U.S. EPR Design Certification and pre-application activities, please use the Advanced Web Search feature of our Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), and enter PROJ0733 or 05200020 in the "Docket Number" field.

For additional detail, see the following topics on this page:

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Final Safety Analysis Report

Date Description
12/11/2007 Tier 1 - Ch. 1 - 5
12/11/2007 Tier 2 - Ch. 1 - Introduction and General Description of the plant
12/11/2007 Tier 2 - Ch. 2 - Site Characteristics
12/11/2007 Tier 2 - Ch. 3 - Design of Structures, Systems, Components and Equipment
12/11/2007 Tier 2 - Ch. 4 - Reactor
12/11/2007 Tier 2 - Ch. 5 - Reactor Coolant and Connecting Systems
12/11/2007 Tier 2 - Ch. 6 - Engineered Safety Features
12/11/2007 Tier 2 - Ch. 7 - Instrumentation and Controls
12/11/2007 Tier 2 - Ch. 8 - Electric Power
12/11/2007 Tier 2 - Ch. 9 - Auxiliary Systems
12/11/2007 Tier 2 - Ch. 10 - Steam and Power Conversion System
12/11/2007 Tier 2 - Ch. 11 - Radioactive Waste Management
12/11/2007 Tier 2 - Ch. 12 - Radiation Protection
12/11/2007 Tier 2 - Ch. 13 - Conduct of Operations
12/11/2007 Tier 2 - Ch. 14 - Verification Programs
12/11/2007 Tier 2 - Ch. 15 - Transient and Accident Analyses
12/11/2007 Tier 2 - Ch. 16 - Technical Specifications
12/11/2007 Tier 2 - Ch. 17 - Quality Assurance and Reliability Assurance
12/11/2007 Tier 2 - Ch. 18 - Human Factors Engineering
12/11/2007 Tier 2 - Ch. 19 - Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Severe Accident Evaluation
12/11/2007 Environmental Report

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Application Review Schedule

Key Milestones Completion Date
Actual - A
Target - T
Application
Received design certification application 12/11/07 - A
 
Acceptance Review
Federal Register Notice (FRN) published for receipt and availability 01/02/08 - A
FRN published announcing acceptance 02/25/08 - A
Review schedule published (through Phase 6) 03/26/08 - A
 
Safety Review
Phase 1 – Preliminary Safety Evaluation Report (SER) with Requests for Additional Information (RAIs) issued to applicant 01/28/09 - T
Phase 2 – SER with Open Items issued 11/20/09 - T
Phase 3 – Response to ACRS regarding SER with Open Items issued 03/05/10 - T
Phase 4 – Advanced SER with no Open Items issued 11/10 - T
Phase 5 – Response to ACRS regarding SER with no Open Items issued 03/11 - T
Phase 6 – Final SER issued 05/11 - T
 
Rulemaking
Issue proposed rule  
Issue final draft rule  
Issue final rule  

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Pre-Application Review

AREVA NP formally requested a pre-application review of the U.S. EPR design on February 8, 2005. During the pre-application review phase, AREVA NP submitted 15 topical reports and 4 technical reports. The pre-application review phase ended with the submission of the formal design certification application. For additional information, please use the Advanced Web Search feature of our Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), and enter PROJ0733 in the "Docket Number" field. In particular, see the U.S. EPR Design Description (Part 1 of 2) and (Part 2 of 2), which AREVA NP submitted on August 12, 2005.

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Contacts

Contacts for U.S. EPR Design Certification
Lead Project Manager Getachew Tesfaye
Contact a Public Affairs Officer

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