Carbon Free Power Project Small Modular Reactor
Project Highlights
- Conducted overall security assessment of existing physical security design parameters.
- Assisted with evaluation of and designation of target sets.
- Developed and assisted with validation of the physical security protective strategy.
Project Description
The Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP) would have been the first NuScale Power small modular reactor (SMR) plant to begin operation in the United States near Idaho Falls, Idaho, at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory. The planned SMR plant would deploy six, 77-megawatt modules to generate 462 megawatts of carbon- free electricity and was intended to begin generating power in 2029, with the remaining modules coming online for full plant operation by 2030.
The scope of CFPP was to develop, design, acquire, construct, own, operate, maintain, and decommission a nuclear generating facility to be located at the DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory. Sargent & Lundy, in partnership with Fluor and CFPP, provided security consulting for this first of its kind design to create robust asset protection strategies against the Design Basis Threat, with the aim to help ensure safe, secure, and efficient future power generation. The project was canceled in November 2023 when the customer decided they were unable to continue to move forward.
Project Scope
Sargent & Lundy physical security specialists and engineers worked closely with CFPP stakeholders and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to meet all stakeholder, licensee, and NRC requirements. Tasks within the project scope included but were not limited to:
- Identify target set components.
- Recommend design changes to mitigate target set components.
- Evaluate optimal plant layouts.
- Design physical security protective strategies.
- Design appropriate defensive measures.
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