EPRI sponsored TMI-2 research program

The Joint Information and Examination Program at TMI-2 was officially started in March 1980 with the signing of the GEND Coordination Agreement among General Public Utilities Service Corporation, EPRI, NRC, and DOE. Planning that started in 1979 continued during 1980 to develop an R and D program which would respond to both the TMI-2 recovery effort and the general needs of the LWR nuclear industry. Experts from government laboratories, utilities, vendors, and academia had participated in a number of expert planning groups that produced recommendations on research and development for the joint program. EPRI accepted responsibility for the planning and the primary R and D funding to support reactor coolant-system and auxiliary-system decontamination and dose reduction, mechanical component survivability, and primary-system pressure-boundary characterization. The scope of research being conducted by EPRI in support of TMI-2 Recovery is illustrated by examples of recent accomplishments