Energia i regulacje · 24.04.1996

Standard Design Certification for the U.S. Advanced Boiling Water Reactor and the System 80+ Standard Designs; Proposed Rule and Meeting

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) is considering approval by rulemaking of the U.S. Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) and the System 80+ standard designs. The applicant for certification of the U.S. ABWR design is GE Nuclear Energy and for the System 80+ design is Asea Brown Boveri-Combustion Engineering. Notices of proposed rulemaking for the certification of these designs were published in the Federal Register on April 7, 1995 (60 FR 17902 and 60 FR 17924). The final design certification rules, which are under consideration by the Commission, are contained in SECY-96-077, ``Certification of Two Evolutionary Designs,'' which was prepared by the NRC staff. This SECY paper has been placed in the NRC Public Document Room and additional comments on the proposed rules, focusing specifically on staff recommended changes from the rules originally proposed, are solicited. These changes are discussed in the supplementary information section of the recommended notices of final rulemaking contained in SECY-96-077. In this regard, the NRC will also conduct a public meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to provide an opportunity for the public to ask questions on the d