1Licensing and Deployment of Advanced Reactors

Abstract- The deployment of advanced reactors of the type proposed for Generation IV will require a new strategy for licensing and demonstration. One of the requirements for NRC certification is that for technologies, for which there is not a regulatory history or an experience base, demonstration plants are a requirement. The current regulatory process as codified 10 CFR Parts 50, 51 and 52 has to be met by law. This process is largely focused on the light-water reactor technology and would make introduction of these new reactor technologies very difficult. What is required is a technology-neutral regulatory regime that will allow the timely licensing of advanced reactor technologies. One of the difficulties that the introduction of new technologie