R. A. Bari

Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA

Notice: The material provided in this chapter relies heavily on the work (GenlV International Forum, 2011b) done by the PR&PP Working Group of the Generation IV International Forum. The author of this chapter has been an international co­chairman of that organization over the past decade.

This manuscript has been authored by an employee of Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC, under contract DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the US Department of Energy.

9.1 Introduction

This section defines proliferation resistance (PR) and physical protection PP and describes why and how PR&PP matter for SMRs.