About
The Light Water Reactor Sustainability (LWRS) Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and coordinated through a variety of mechanisms and interactions with industry, vendors, suppliers, regulatory agencies and other industry research and development (R&D) organizations.
The LWRS Program has two objectives to maintain the long-term operations of the existing fleet:
- to provide science and technology-based solutions for industry to implement technology that exceeds the performance of the current business model; and
- to manage the aging of systems, structures and components (SSCs) so nuclear power plant lifetimes can be extended and the plants can continue to operate safely, efficiently and economically.