Regulatory NEws

Industry-Led Technology-Inclusive Content of Application Project (TICAP)

March 9, 2020

The Technology-Inclusive Content of Application Project (TICAP) is an industry-led and DOE cost-shared effort to develop technology-inclusive guidance regarding the expectations for the content for specific portions of the safety analysis report (SAR) that would be used to support an advanced reactor application. Development of this guidance, and its endorsement by NRC, is another key to reducing regulatory uncertainty for advanced non-LWRs, since existing application guidance is very large-LWR centric.

The TICAP effort is directly informed by the results of the LMP summarized above. It is a foundational part of a broader effort by the NRC, termed the Advanced Reactor Content of Application Project (ARCAP), to establish a new set of risk-informed regulations (sometimes referred to as “Part 53”) as directed by Congress via NEIMA.