Energia i regulacje · 07/08/1996

Decision Not To Finalize the Draft of the Final Preapplication Safety Evaluation Report for the Modular High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) placed a notice in the Federal Register (61 FR 6869, February 22, 1996) that it had issued the draft of the final preapplication safety evaluation report (PSER) for the modular high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (MHTGR), an advanced reactor design proposed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in 1986. The NRC had been conducting a preapplication review of the MHTGR design since 1986 at the request of DOE and in a manner consistent with the Commission's Advanced Reactor Policy Statement (51 FR 24643, July 8, 1986). The preapplication review process is described in NUREG-1226, ``Development and Utilization of the NRC Policy Statement on the Regulation of Advanced Nuclear Power Plants,'' June 1988, and is conducted before an application is submitted for design approval: preliminary design approval, final design approval, or design certification under 10 CFR Part 52. The draft PSER was issued to DOE in a letter dated February 26, 1996, and comments were requested from DOE to finalize the draft PSER. Comments were also requested from General Atomics, the vendor for the MHTGR design, in the NRC letter of March 20, 1996. Both DOE and GA responded