Problems With The AP1000 Fission Reactor Design
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 2:20 am
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Safety Concerns Submitted by AP1000 Engineer Never Addressed
In addition to the specific concerns expressed by Fairewinds Associates and submitted to the NRC, Dr. Susan Sterrett, a former Westinghouse design engineer assigned to the AP1000 project, made repeated attempts to discuss AP1000 design concerns and apprehensions with both the NRC staff and the ACRS from 2003 to 2005. The AP1000 design is similar in many respects to the AP600. While Dr. Sterrett was employed by Westinghouse, she determined that Westinghouse had ignored its own internal quality assurance design procedures created to ensure design integrity by maintaining a database of similarities and differences for reactor designs receiving upgraded power levels.