EXPERIENCE WITH LICENSING OF RUSSIAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT OPERATION EXTENSION

摘要

Since 2000, work on the operation of first generation NPP unit extensions arernbeing conducted in the Russian Federation. Gosatomnadzor of Russia developed regulatoryrndocuments with requirements in which way the possibility of those units’rnoperation extension has to be substantiated. The operating organization carried out thernunit’s modification and performed the complex of measures on their preparation forrnoperation extension, including survey works and in-depth safety assessment. A lot ofrndeterministic as well as probabilistic safety analyses has been carried out. The independentrnexpertise of the relevant substantiations was organized and conducted. Thernexpertise results were considered by the regulatory body in the licensing of thernoperation extension.