PROVISION OF REGULATORY SUPPORT IN STATISTICAL MODELLING OF IRRADIATED GRAPHITE BRICK CRACKING AND WEIGHT LOSS IN AGR CORES TO PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR EFFECTIVE INDEPENDENT REGULATOR...

ONR has a strategic aim to maintain a pool of expertise on nuclear graphite technology that is independent of the major nuclear licensees and provides support to enable it to mount a constructive challenge of the licensee’s safety cases by performing independent analyses in the work areas described in the scope of required services section below. The current contract for support is due to expire in mid-2015 and ONR is seeking to put in place a new four year contract, with one or more suppliers, to continue servic...