The methodologies and approach proposed by NEI to define the size of the EPZ are the same as those that originally were used to set the 10 mile zone for existing plants, thus reinforcing the principle that
SMR plant safety levels will meet or exceed existing plants.
Not exact matches
Last July, the NRC concluded that the highly integrated protection system platform developed for NuScale's
SMR is acceptable for use in
plant safety - related instrumentation and control systems.
In its newly - released
Safety Evaluation Report, the NRC concluded NuScale provided a method to justify that its
SMR plant electric power supplies need not be classified as Class 1E.
The
SMR - 160 is advanced only in the sense that it exploits gravity to drive passive
plant cooling to levels of
safety unattainable by large conventional nuclear power
plants.