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Appendix B Criteria Developed for the Comparative Analysis of Advanced Reactor Technologies
Pages 209-213

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... 3. Safety Issues - Please discuss how the proposed technology addresses various safety issues and dominant accident sequences.
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... 2. Time to Construct - Please provide estimates of the time likely to be required to construct a new nuclear plant and reach commercial operation Discuss the estimate, including the assumptions made concerning the new Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing process.
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... , and U.S. tax and incentive policies (Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act, Public Utility Holding Company Act)
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... RESISTANCE TO DIVERSION AND SABOTAGE NUCLEAR POWER 1. Diversion - Please show how the technology addresses concerns about the possible forceful theft of militarily ~ign;ficant nuclear materials or their clandestine diversion.
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... H NET ASSESSMENT: In closing please discuss, why, In your judgment the technology will be good enough to: · cause the CEOs of utilities and of independent power production companies to buy it; · give the financial community the reasons and the confidence to finance it; and · cause the public to accept it.
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