Abstracts and Available Papers Presented at the
2003 International RERTR Meeting

TURKEY’S REGULATORY PLANS FOR FOR HIGH ENRICHED TO LOW ENRICHED CONVERSION OF TR-2 REACTOR CORE

Oya Özdere Gülol

Turkish Atomic Energy Authority
Nuclear Safety Department
Eskişehir Yolu 9.km
Lodumlu Ankara Türkiye
+90 312 287 15 29 / 1817

ABSTRACT

Turkey is a developing country and has three nuclear facilities two of which are research reactors and one pilot fuel production plant. One of the two research reactors is TR-2 which is located in Çekmece site in Istanbul. TR-2 Reactor’s core is composed of both high enriched and low enriched fuel and from high enriched to low enriched core conversion project will take place in year 2005. This paper presents the plans for drafting regulations on the safety analysis report updates for high enriched to low enriched core conversion of TR-2 reactor, the present regulatory structure of Turkey and licensing activities of nuclear facilities.

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