NRC Goes With "Dose-Based" Emergency Planning For SMR Plants

NRC Goes With "Dose-Based" Emergency Planning For SMR Plants

In a preliminary response to the Tennessee Valley Authority's early site permit application concerning a small nuclear reactor facility at Clinch River, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said that safety mandates could be developed based on scalable system, meaning it would not have to conform with standard-sized emergency planning zones currently mandated for large-scale commercial nuclear power plants. http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2018/08/28/nrc-goes-with-_2200_dose_2d00_based_2200_-emergency-planning-for-smr-plants-082802#.W4cnAX4nZSx