- Author
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Title
- NRC Safety Research in Support of Regulation, FY 1992.
- Coporate
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
- Report
- NUREG-1266, Vol. 7, May 1993, 100 p.
- Keywords
- safety | regulations | nuclear reactors | nuclear reactor safety | containment | waste disposal | nuclear power plants
- Identifiers
- integrity of reactor components; preventing damage to reactor cores; reactor containment performance
- Abstract
- This report, the eighth in a series of annual reports, was prepared in response to congressional inquiries concerning how nuclear regulatory research is used. It summarizes the accomplishments of the office of Nuclear Regulatory Research during FY 1992. A special emphasis on accomplishments in nuclear power plant aging research reflects recognition that a number of plants are entering the final portion of their original 40-year operating licenses and that, in addition to current aging effects, a focus on safety considerations for license renewal becomes timely. The primary purpose of performing regulatory research is to develop and provide the Commission and its staff with the technical bases for regulatory decisions on the safe operation of licensed nuclear reactors and facilities, to find unknown or unexpected safety problems, and to develop data and related information for the purpose of revising the Commission's rules, regulatory guide, or other guidance.