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Forwards Executive Summary of Us Advanced LWR Requirements Document.Document Will Provide Specific Attributes Desired for Plants of 1990s & Beyond
ML20212M248
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Issue date: 02/26/1987
From: Harold Denton
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To: Jose Diaz
SPAIN, GOVT. OF
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I am pleased to transmit for your information an Executive Summary of the United States Advanced Light Water Reactor Requirements Document (ALWR).

The ALWR Requirements Document is a performance specificatiol] or design envelope for a complete nuclear power plant, either PWR or BWR, with capacities ranging from 500 MWe to 1350 We.

This document to being written for the nuclear industry j

r.y the Electric Power Research Institute. The Requirements Document is now

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under revie o y the USNRC staff.

_; Nhen uoproved ~oy the NRC, the Requirtiments Document is intended to be used as a requirerrents road map for designers of future nuclear power plants. The

, documeM. will provMe the specific plant attributes desired by the nuclear utilities and oursd ves for the plants of the 1990's and beyond.

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Longer plant lify Increased plant availability Reduced core melt frequency Feduced radiation release from severe accidents 4

Increased thernal margin More tolerant of operating transients l

Reduced number of unplanned plant trips I am conveying this executive summary to you to keep you abreast of develop-ments and would 'De most appreciative of any comments you have on the document.

V py truly yours, l

4 Harold R. Denton, Director Offic'e of Nuclear Reactor Regulation s

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