NGNP Infrastructure Readiness Assessment: Consolidation Report

Castle, Brian K

Idaho National Laboratory

关键词: Recommendations;    Nuclear Energy;    42 Engineering;    Construction;    Quality Assurance;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1017873
RP-ID  :  INL/EXT-11-20973
RP-ID  :  DE-AC07-05ID14517
RP-ID  :  1017873

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) project supports the development, demonstration, and deployment of high temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs). The NGNP project is being reviewed by the Nuclear Energy Advisory Council (NEAC) to provide input to the DOE, who will make a recommendation to the Secretary of Energy, whether or not to continue with Phase 2 of the NGNP project. The NEAC review will be based on, in part, the infrastructure readiness assessment, which is an assessment of industry's current ability to provide specified components for the FOAK NGNP, meet quality assurance requirements, transport components, have the necessary workforce in place, and have the necessary construction capabilities. AREVA and Westinghouse were contracted to perform independent assessments of industry's capabilities because of their experience with nuclear supply chains, which is a result of their experiences with the EPR and AP-1000 reactors. Both vendors produced infrastructure readiness assessment reports that identified key components and categorized these components into three groups based on their ability to be deployed in the FOAK plant. The NGNP project has several programs that are developing key components and capabilities. For these components, the NGNP project have provided input to properly assess the infrastructure readiness for these components.