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| − | '''User Requirement (UR)''' is the second level in the INPRO hierarchy
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| − | URs are the
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| − | conditions that should be met to achieve users’ acceptance of a given Innovative Nuclear
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| − | Energy System ([[INS]]). I.e., the user requirements define the means of achieving the goal set
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| − | out in the [[basic principle]]. All user requirements of a [[basic principle]] should be fulfilled to
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| − | achieve a sustainable [[INS]]. The wording of a user requirement utilizes the verb “should”.<br>
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| − | In the context of the definition of user requirement, in INPRO, a user is an entity that has a
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| − | stake or interest in potential applications of nuclear technologies and who, therefore, has an
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| − | interest in applying the INPRO method of assessment or in reviewing the results of such an
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| − | assessment. Users, in this context, encompass a broad range of groups including:
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| − | * Representatives of investors, RD&D organizations, designers, power generators and utilities;
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| − | * Decision makers, such as national governments, legislative bodies, regulatory bodies, state local organizations and authorities, and their advisors and stakeholders including non-governmental organizations (NGO);
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| − | * The end users of energy (public, industry, etc.);
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| − | * Interested mass media; and
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| − | * Informed international organizations (e.g., IAEA, OECD-IEA, OECD-NEA, etc.).
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| − | A number of the stakeholders listed above, or their advisors, would be expected to carry out
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| − | INPRO assessments, i.e. become an assessor, or require that the results of such assessments
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| − | be made available to them, particularly those listed in the first and second bullets. These
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| − | groups comprise the parties involved in energy planning, supply, and the siting and licensing
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| − | of facilities. While performing an assessment requires the participation of individuals with
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| − | expertise in the INPRO areas and with an adequate knowledge of the nuclear facilities
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| − | comprising the [[INS]], the results of such assessments should be available to all stakeholders,
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| − | not only to nuclear experts. But, the format and language in which the results are
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| − | communicated to non-nuclear experts has to meet the needs of the stakeholders and doing so
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| − | represents a significant challenge. This issue is discussed in more detail in Volume 3 of the
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| − | INPRO manual that deals with the area of infrastructure.<br>
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| − | The INPRO URs set out measures to be taken by technology developers or designers, by
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| − | owners/operators of nuclear facilities, and by the State to ensure fulfilment of the basic
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| − | principle(s) to which they relate. User requirements are applicable to components
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| − | comprising a [[Nuclear Energy Systems|Nuclear Energy System]]. An example of a UR in the area of nuclear safety is
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| − | the functional requirement that a major release of radioactivity from an installation of an
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| − | [[INS]] should be prevented for all practical purposes so that [[INS]] installations would not need
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| − | relocation or evacuation measures outside the plant site, apart from those generic
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| − | emergency measures developed for any industrial facility used for similar purpose.
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| − | == See also ==
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| − | * [[Basic Principle]]
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| − | * [[Criterion]]
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