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eVinci
Project Overview
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is planning to engage in preapplication interactions with Westinghouse Electric Company. Westinghouse is a Cranberry Township, PA company designing the eVinci micro reactor. The eVinci design is between 200 kWe to 5 MWe.
For more information, please see the eVinci pre-application documents (NRC Docket 99902079).
To subscribe to the Westinghouse eVinci email service, select Westinghouse eVinci from the Advanced Reactors list after entering your email into the GovDelivery system.
Pre-Application Activities
Document | Type | Reference | Status |
Operations and Remote Monitoring | White Paper | Non-public | Feedback provided |
Westinghouse eVinci Microreactor 2020 Pre-Application Regulatory Engagement Plan | Regulatory Engagement Plan | No review requested | |
Licensing Basis Event Identification, SSC Classification and Defense-in-Depth Adequacy | White Paper | Feedback provided | |
Facility Level Design Description | White Paper | Non-public proprietary | Feedback provided |
Principal Design Criteria | White Paper | Non-public proprietary | Feedback provided |
Safety and Accident Analysis Methodologies | White Paper | Non-public proprietary | Feedback provided |
Regulatory Analysis | White Paper | Non-public proprietary | Feedback Provided |
Deployment Model | White Paper | Non-public proprietary | Feedback Provided |
Safeguards Information Program Strategy | White Paper | Non-public proprietary | Feedback Provided |
Test and Analysis Process for Design and Development | White Paper | Non-public proprietary | Feedback Provided |
Functional Containment and Mechanistic Source Term | White Paper | Non-public proprietary | Feedback Provided |
Composite Material Qualification and Testing | White Paper | Non-public proprietary | Feedback Provided |
Fuel Qualification and Testing | White Paper | Non-public proprietary | Feedback Provided ML22287A164 |
Code Qualification | White Paper | Non-public proprietary | Feedback Provided |
Advanced Logic System® | White Paper | Non-public proprietary | Feedback Provided |
Emergency Planning and EPZ Sizing Methodology | White Paper | Non-public proprietary | Feedback Provided |
Component Qualification | White Paper | Non-public proprietary | Feedback Provided |
Physical Security | White Paper | Non-public proprietary | Feedback Provided |
Heat Pipe Design, Qualification, and Testing | White Paper | Non-public proprietary | Feedback Provided |
Nuclear Design Report | White Paper | Non-public proprietary | Feedback Provided |
Transportation and Packaging | White Paper | Non-public proprietary | Feedback Provided |
Refueling/Decommissioning | White Paper | Non-public proprietary | Feedback Provided |
Transient Testing | White Paper | Non-public proprietary | Feedback Provided |
Phenomena Identification and Ranking Table (PIRT) | White Paper | Non-public proprietary | Feedback Provided |
Seismic Methodology | White Paper | Non-public proprietary | Feedback Provided |
Westinghouse eVinci Microreactor 2022 Pre-Application Regulatory Engagement Plan | Regulatory Engagement Plan | No review requested | |
Westinghouse Advanced Logic System (ALS) v2 Topical Report (WCAP-18762-P/NP) | Topical Report | Approved for Use | |
Westinghouse Advanced Logic System v2 Development Process Topical Report (WCAP-18780-P/NP) | Topical Report | Approved for Use | |
Inservice inspection /inservice testing | White Paper | Non-public | Feedback Provided |
Post-Accident Monitoring System | White Paper | Non-public | Feedback Provided |
Equipment qualification | White Paper | Non-public | Feedback Provided |
Fire protection | White Paper | Non-public | Feedback Provided |
PRA and transportation risk | White Paper | Non-public | Feedback Provided |
Cyber Security | White Paper | Non-public | Feedback Provided |
Radiation Protection and Contamination Control | White Paper | Non-public | Feedback Provided |
Principal Design Criteria | Topical Report | Feedback Provided | |
Use of LMP Methodology for the eVinci Microreactor Design | White Paper | Withdrawn | |
Westinghouse eVinci Microreactor 2023 Pre-Application Regulatory Engagement Plan | Regulatory Engagement Plan | Non-public proprietary | No review requested |
Fuel Design Methodology | Topical Report | Feedback Provided | |
Nuclear Design Methodology | Topical Report | Feedback Provided | |
Factory Manufacturing and Assembly joint report | White Paper | Feedback Provided | |
Advanced Logic System v2 Platform Elimination of Technical Specification Surveillance Requirements | Topical Report | Feedback Provided | |
Westinghouse eVinci Microreactor 2024 Pre-Application Regulatory Engagement Plan | Regulatory Engagement Plan | Regulatory Engagement Plan | No review requested |
Westinghouse eVinci Microreactor 2025 Pre-Application Regulatory Engagement Plan | Regulatory Engagement Plan | Regulatory Engagement Plan | No review requested |
Contacts
Contacts for the Westinghouse eVinci Pre-Application Review | |
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Lead Project Manager | |
Contact a Public Affairs Officer | |
Page Last Reviewed/Updated Tuesday, September 08, 2026
Page Last Reviewed/Updated Tuesday, September 08, 2026