The European utility requirement document (EUR)

The major European electricity producers work on a common requirement docum ent for future LWR plants since 1992. They aim at requirements acceptable t ogether by the owners, the public and the authorities. Thus the designers g n can develop standard LWR designs acceptable everywhere in Europe and the utilities can open their consultations to vendors on common bases. Such a s tandardisation promotes an improvement of generation costs and of safety; p ublic and authorities acceptance should be improved as well; significant sa vings are expected in development and construction costs. Since the early s tages of the project, the European utility requirement (EUR) group has grow n significantly. It now includes utilities from nine European countries. Ut ilities from two other European countries are joining the group. Specific c ooperation agreements are also in progress with a few extra-European partne rs. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.