Evaluation of a Business Case for Safeguards by Design in Nuclear Power Reactors

Wood, Thomas W. ; Seward, Amy M. ; Lewis, Valerie A. ; Gitau, Ernest TN ; Zentner, Michael D.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: Safeguards By Design;    Nonproliferation;    Nuclear Reactors;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1068655
RP-ID  :  PNNL-22102
RP-ID  :  AC05-76RL01830
RP-ID  :  1068655

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Safeguards by Design (SbD) is a well-known paradigm for consideration and incorporation of safeguards approaches and associated design features early in the nuclear facility development process. This paradigm has been developed as part of the Next Generation Safeguards Initiative (NGSI), and has been accepted as beneficial in many discussions and papers on NGSI or specific technologies under development within NGSI. The Office of Nuclear Safeguards and Security funded the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to examine the business case justification of SbD for nuclear power reactors. Ultimately, the implementation of SbD will rely on the designers of nuclear facilities. Therefore, it is important to assess the incentives which will lead designers to adopt SbD as a standard practice for nuclear facility design. This report details the extent to which designers will have compelling economic incentives to adopt SbD.