Proceedings of the Third MDEP Conference on New Reactor Design Activities

The MDEP is a unique multinational initiative leveraging the resources and knowledge of national regulators to review new reactor designs. The programme celebrated its 10. anniversary in 2006 and is recognised as an effective framework for regulatory co-operation and harmonisation. Over the first 10 years of its existence, MDEP has published 24 common positions and 13 technical reports. In order to gather feedback on its current activities and discuss its future, MDEP organised its third conference at Bethesda, Maryland, USA on 14-15 May 2014. The event provided a forum for MDEP stakeholders (including industry representatives, standard development organisations and other international organisations) to share the results of their engagement with the program and to deliver presentations on ongoing activities related to new reactor licensing. The two-day conference included sessions on Design-Specific Working Groups, Commissioning Activities, Vendor Inspection, Digital Instrumentation and Control, New reactor activities related to the Fukushima Daiichi accident, codes and standards harmonisation, MDEP Way Forward and Related Activities. This document gathers the available presentations (slides) given at the conference