ENERGY INCORPORATED (EI) PROPOSES TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO GATHER PLANT-SPECIFIC DATA FOR THE NUCLEAR PLANT DATA BANK (NPDB).

ENERGY INCORPORATED (EI) PROPOSES TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO GATHER PLANT-SPECIFIC DATA FOR THE NUCLEAR PLANT DATA BANK (NPDB). THE REQUIRED INFORMATION INCLUDES GEOMETRIC AND OPERATING DATA FOR THE PRIMARY SYSTEM SECONDARY SYSTEM, BALANCE OF PLANT, AND THE TRIP AND CONTROL SYSTEMS. ALTHOUGH, EVERY COMMERCIAL REACTOR IN THE U.S. HAS UNIQUE DESIGN FEATURES, MANY SHARE A COMMON BASIS BY WHICH THEY CAN BE CATEGORIZED. PHASE I HAS FOUR OBJECTIVES: (1) DEVELOP A PLANT MATRIX WHICH CATEGORIZES ALL U.S. COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR PLANTS ACCORDING TO COMMON DESIGN FEATURES AS WELL AS UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS AT THE COMPONENT LEVEL; (2) ESTABLISH ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS FOR INFORMATION TRANSFER BETWEEN THE VENDORS, OWNERS, NRC, AND EI; (3) DEVELOP A METHODOLOGY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NPDB PLANT DATA BASES; AND (4) TEST THIS METHODOLOGY BY ASSEMBLING A COMPLETE DATA SET FOR ONE PLANT. PHASE II WILL BE A CONTINUATION AND COMPLETION OF THE DETAILED PLANT MATRIX AND GENERATION OF THE NPDB DATA BASES FOR AT LEAST LEAST ONE PLANT IN EACH MAJOR CATEGORY.