Safety assessment of N Reactor

Westinghouse has performed a safety assessment of the N Reactor, in response to a request from the US Department of Energy (DOE). The assessment was performed by people from several Westinghouse nuclear energy organizations, who are experienced in design, safety analysis, and operation of commercial nuclear power reactors and DOE advanced and production reactors. A number of actions were identified to confirm and improve the safety of the N Reactor which Westinghouse will implement in the course of the current plant outage, start-up and continued operations. It is concluded that the implementation of these actions will confirm that the N Reactor is safe and acceptable for operation. 16 refs.