---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Karuna Raina <karuna.ra...@greenpeace.org> Date: 20 January 2011 13:42 Subject: [NoNuclear] INF :NRC delays EPR design certification To: nonuclear <nonucl...@lists.movingrepublic.org>
Nuclear News Flashes Friday, Jan 14, 2011 *** EPR design certification delayed NRC has pushed back its target for certifying Areva's EPR reactor design to February 2013 from June 2012, citing the need for more time to resolve technical and safety issues. In a January 6 letter to Areva released January 14, NRC said the company still has not provided sufficient details about how it will address what agency officials determined are deficiencies in the containment sump design. The sump is part of the emergency core cooling system. NRC also said issues remain to be resolved with the EPR's digital instrumentation and control design, as well as with the application's seismic and structural modeling analysis. Areva spokesman Jarret Adams said January 14, "This is a normal part of the regulatory review process and we will continue to work closely with NRC to resolve the issues." Adams said the revised NRC design certification approval date would not affect construction of EPRs, should the agency grant construction permit-operating licenses to companies and they decide to proceed. UniStar has applied to NRC for licenses for EPRs at the Calvert Cliffs site in Maryland and at Nine Mile Point in New York, but has asked that the agency put its review of the latter application on hold indefinitely. PPL Generation is seeking NRC approval to build and operate an EPR at Bell Bend, adjacent to the Susquehanna plant site in Pennsylvania. -- -- Karuna Raina +91-9901799669 Greenpeace India करूणा रैना ग्रीनपीस, भारत Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace. It comprises 28 independent national/regional offices in over 40 countries across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, as well as a co-ordinating body, Greenpeace International. _______________________________________________ nonuclear mailing list nonucl...@lists.movingrepublic.org http://lists.movingrepublic.org/listinfo.cgi/nonuclear-movingrepublic.org -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send an email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB.
