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

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Manuscript Completed: March 2004
Date Published: April 2004

Prepared by
R.T. Wood, S.A. Arndt ( NRC)
J.R. Easter (Preferred Licensing Services)
K. Korsah, J.S. Neal, E.L. Quinn (Longenecker & Associates)
G.W. Remley (Consultant)

Primary Contractor: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Managed by UT-Battelle, LLC Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6010	Preferred Licensing Services P.O. Box 14431 Pittsburgh, Pa 15239-0431
Longenecker & Associates P.O. Box 3094 Del Mar, CA 92014-6904	G.W. Remley 205 Harrow Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15238-2530

S.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 l&C systems and identified lessons learned. The report (1) gives an overview of the modern l&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.