When opening previously saved (with RPRv1.6 and lower) files that have Use Clamp set to Clamp Irradiance = 1.0 the new RPR 1.7 plug in re-sets this value to 10.0 causing an increased number of "fireflies" in the scene.
When opening old files where this value was already set the new version should respect this.
If the new default is now 10.0 on new files that is fine.
Once re-saved in RPR 1.7 with a new setting subsequent re-laods do respect the newly saved setting if you change it from 10.0 to something else.