Modifying the UFSAR with the 50.59 process
Often a design will require updating something in the UFSAR. It might be a drawing or some text. There’s a process for that .…
Licensing Basis
The Nuclear Electrical Engineer
Here you can find design tips on technical skills like cable and breaker sizing, short-circuit evaluations and more, PLUS deep-dive analysis of nuclear-specific topics like design basis, Tech Specs, UFSARs, and safety-related SSCs — built from primary source documents.
Often a design will require updating something in the UFSAR. It might be a drawing or some text. There’s a process for that .…
One of the most popular of the licensing basis documents that you’ll work with (or hear about) is the UFSAR. It stands for updated…
The NRC established minimum design criteria, called the General Design Criteria (GDC), which every nuclear plant must incorporate. Those are located in Appendix A…