FFTF regulatory review for operating authorization

The Project has undertaken design studies of concepts capable of providing added containment safety margins. Since the events, for which these features provide consequence reductions, are beyond the design basis accident classification, the conceptual designs would not be designed as Engineered Safety Features. A final decision has not been made by the Department of Energy as to the disposition of this advice. It is the Project's plan to develop sufficient design details for these features that construction schedules and cost estimates can be formulated. This information supplemented by the continuing analytical and experimental program to assess the adequacy of FFTF containment margins will enable a decision to be made as to additional features to be added to FFTF and their schedule for implementation.