Nuclear Power, page-903

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/South-Korea-s-APR1000-certified-for-European-useSouth Korea's APR1000 certified for European use by EUR
02 March 2023

"Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power's (KHNP's) APR1000 reactor design has been formally certified as compliant by the European Utility Requirements (EUR) organisation - a technical advisory group for European utilities on nuclear power plants.....

KHNP describes the APR1000 as a reactor design localised for European conditions, conforming to the latest European requirements based on recent international standards and references from the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Western European Nuclear Regulators' Association.....


The APR1000 is an evolutionary pressurised water reactor (PWR) which has been developed from the proven OPR1000 design. The design - intended for overseas markets - is based on the experience that has been accumulated through the development, construction, and operation of the OPR1000, the first standard PWR plant in South Korea. A total of 12 OPR1000 units have been built and put into operation in South Korea.


The APR1000 also utilises the state-of-the-art proven technology and incorporates a number of advanced design features from the larger APR1400 to meet the utility's needs for enhanced economic goals and to improved plant safety.

The EUR effort was launched in December 1991 by several European utilities to produce a common set of utility requirements endorsed by major European utilities for the next generation of light water reactor (LWR) nuclear power plants.

It was modelled on the US Electric Power Research Institute's Utility Requirements Document for advanced LWRs. EUR currently has 13 nuclear operator members in 12 European countries."

Modernization of existing reactor designs are still progressing, the article is a little longer if you look it up, but this is s good reference.

There is a Nuclear Symposium on the calender in September which should demonstrate more about where the Nuclear fundamentals are heading. Looking forward to then.

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