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Westinghouse submits AP1000 design revision to NRC
Yesterday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it has received an application from Westinghouse to renew and update the design certification (DC) for its AP1000 reactor. This application seeks to formally incorporate the lessons learned from the construction of Vogtle-3 and -4 into the design control document (DCD) of the AP1000.
This long-expected submittal builds on previous plans at both the NRC and Westinghouse for the future of gigawatt-scale light water reactor deployments in the United States.
J.S. Nathwani, A. Busigin, R. Tulk
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 14 | Number 2 | September 1988 | Pages 1121-1129
Tritium Safety | doi.org/10.13182/FST88-A25289
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A safety evaluation of the Tritium Removal Facility (TRF), constructed at the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station site is presented. This assessment focusses on the principal hazards associated with the facility, and the role of safety features in mitigating the consequences of any release of tritium. Additionally, the hydrogen explosion and fire hazards have been examined in detail to provide the assurance that the consequences of co-location of the TRF, in close proximity (∼100 m) to critical structures of the station, would not jeopardize the safe operation and shutdown of the reactors following a failure at the TRF.