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NRC approves TerraPower construction permit
Today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it has approved TerraPower’s construction permit application for Kemmerer Unit 1, the company’s first deployment of Natrium, its flagship sodium fast reactor.
This approval is a significant milestone on three fronts. For TerraPower, it represents another step forward in demonstrating its technology. For the Department of Energy, it reflects progress (despite delays) for the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). For the NRC, it is the first approval granted to a commercial reactor in nearly a decade—and the first approval of a commercial non–light water reactor in more than 40 years.
Gordon M. Lodde, Thomas D. Murphy
Nuclear Technology | Volume 87 | Number 2 | October 1989 | Pages 490-497
Technical Paper | TMI-2: Health Physics and Environmental Release / Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27742
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Commercial nuclear facilities accumulate radiological and environmental controls program data and documents pursuant to company policy, regulatory, license, and technical specifications requirements. During and following the Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) accident, many documents were generated that would not normally have been produced. To handle this increase in document volume, GPU Nuclear Corporation (GPU) designed and implemented an effective and efficient records management program at TMI-2. This records management program has proven invaluable, as GPU experienced litigation following the TMI-2 accident, including class actions alleging economic dislocation losses and radiation injury. The carefully planned and systematic generation of the proper radiological and environmental documentation and data in the regular course of business facilitates the admission of such records and data into evidence in radiation injury litigation. The status of postaccident litigation, the magnitude of document production, radiological and environmental controls records in litigation, radiological and environmental controls documentation, and lessons learned from previous radiation injury litigation cases are described.