International Conference on Small Modular Reactors and their Applications

Doicesti SMR Project- Status Project Presentation

Not scheduled

20m

Vienna

Oral

Speaker

Melania-Simona Amuza (RoPower Nuclear S.A. , Romania)

Description

1. Optimize requirements for regulatory approvals for activities within the licensing basis

2. Nuclear regulatory frameworks generally impose certain requirements that may not always be consistent with the licensing basis. We strongly advocate for early engagement with the regulator and development of consistent LB Documentation to ensure consistency across the board for new projects.

3. Nuclear regulations to protect the climate

4. Regulators usually establish certain regulatory requirements in order to prevent unreasonable risks imposed on the environment and to the HSE of the public.

5. International Harmonization of Nuclear Power Plant Regulatory Framework

6. Romania’s regulatory framework for NPPS was primarily developed following CANDU technology. There is ever increasing need to move towards being technology agnostic to allow covering for multiple types of technology.
7. Performance-based physical and cyber security improvements
8. OPEX experience from US/EU has revealed improvement opportunities in the field of physical/cyber security regulatory requirements. This is of particular importance given that future licensees need flexibility in how they demonstrate adherence to this matter.
9. Barriers to innovative approaches/techniques for design and safety analysis
10. In recent years, obtaining regulatory approvals has required effort by the regulators and licensees. We need better certainty over expectations on the implementation of new technologies, to allow for informed decisions to be made with regards to how the licensee may want to develop the design and safety case.
11. Risk informed Emergency Planning for existing and new nuclear technologies
12. Most SMR technologies currently under development do not seem to require off-site emergency protective mitigation post-accident, thanks to advanced safety features which significantly reduce levels of releases. In contrast, existing requirements are mostly based and design around traditional NPPs. In counteraction, regulators should get more clarity on EPZ-related requirements and deterministic methods to calculate it for (new NPP) and SMRs.