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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.
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Final Safety Analysis Report
Application Review Schedule
Key Milestones |
Completion Date Actual - A Target - T |
Application |
Received design certification application |
12/11/07 - A |
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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 |
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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 |
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Rulemaking |
Issue proposed rule |
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Issue final draft rule |
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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.
Contacts
Contacts for U.S. EPR Design Certification |
Lead Project Manager |
Getachew Tesfaye |
Contact a Public Affairs Officer |
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