What type of approval does NuScale need for its design?
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission must provide Design Certification for any new nuclear plants like those being designed by NuScale. Two factors benefit NuScale in this process. First, its design is based on existing light water reactor technology and the NRC already has extensive knowledge and experience with this established technology. Second, NuScale already has a one-third scale electrically-heated test facility in place at Oregon State University and can run or verify its tests and models there. NuScale began its pre-application review meetings with the NRC in July 2008. NuScale plans to submit its full application for Design Certification in late 2012. The Design Certification proceeding is expected to take 24 to 36 months after the application has been submitted.
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