Safety Analysis and Licensing Laboratory

General Information and Activity Areas

The Safety Analysis and Licensing Laboratory was established in 1999 as a CRCD division. Main activity areas include:

• Thermal hydraulic analysis of NPP steady-state operation and transients
• Development of licensing documents (NPP safety analysis reports, responses to comments by the State Expert Review)
• Upgrade of computer thermal hydraulic codes

Product Examples

• Safety Substantiation for the Use of Westinghouse Lead Test Assemblies in the SUNPP, Unit 3, WEC-UNFQP-006(T), Rev. 3, January 2005, 437 p.
• Preliminary Safety Substantiation Report for the Nuclear Research Facility "Neutron Source Based on the Electron Linac-Driven Sub-Critical Assembly", September 2008, 38 p.
• Safety Substantiation For the Use of Westinghouse Reload Batch at SUNPP Unit 3, WEC-UNFQP-006-01(T), Rev. 4, Volume 1, March 2011, 274 p.
• Safety Substantiation For the Use of Westinghouse Reload Batch at SUNPP Unit 3, WEC-UNFQP-006-01(T), Rev. 4, Volume 2, March 2011, 709 p.
• Transient and Design Basis Accident Analysis for SUNPP-2 Outage, Rev. 0, May 2011, 89 p.
• Thermal Hydraulic Steady-State Analysis for Normal Operation of South Ukraine NPP Unit 2, Rev. 0, March 2011, 76 p.
• 3-D Kinetic Rod Ejection Analysis for WWER-1000, Rev. 0, October 2010, 62 p.

Customers

• NNEGC Energoatom (including ZNPP and SUNPP)
• STCU (Science and Technology Center in Ukraine)
• PNNL
• Westinghouse

Current and Past Projects of the Safety Analysis and Licensing Laboratory

Ukraine Nuclear Fuel Qualification Program (UNFQP), 1999-currently

Development of the conceptual design of the neutron source facility based on the accelerator and sub-critical assembly with reduced enrichment fuel 2000-2008

Interfaces with Other Entities

Within the framework of NFC STE the Safety Analysis and Licensing Laboratory closely interfaces with the Nuclear Fuel Design and Reactor Core Design Laboratories. The Safety Analysis and Licensing Laboratory also cooperates with both national entities, such as NNEGC Energoatom, ZNPP, SUNPP, Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine, SSTC NRS, and foreign companies, such as the IAEA, PNNL, and Westinghouse.

The staff of the Safety Analysis and Licensing Laboratory provides instruction on “NPP Safety” at the Steam Generator Building Department of Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute and academic supervision for Master's projects.