The possibility of taking burnup credit into account for establishment of licensing requirements

Use of burnup credit (BUC) in compliance with appropriate regulatory requirements is an actual possibility that is taken into consideration in criticality safety analysis of transportation and dry storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) from the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP) under operation. The working-out of a relevant regulatory standard including a standardized BUC methodology is underway at the present time. Problems and issues to be considered are: - The political situation in the area of transportation of the SNF from the Republic of Armenia (RA); - Storage issues: (a) the operational safety issues of wet storage, (b) the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations (ISFSI), (c) the decommissioning planning, (d) the final disposal of SNF. (author)