Preparation guidelines

Today the nuclear industry avails of two valuable documents that can be used as a reference when writing up the technical requirements for a new nuclear plant: the European Utility Requirements (EUR) for LWR Nuclear Power Plants in Europe (EUR, 2004, accessed 2011), and the EPRI Utility Requirements Document (URD) for Next Generation Nuclear Plants in the United States (EPRI, 2011). These are briefly outlined below.