ML18023A598

Summary of September 21, 2017, Non-Power Production or Utilization Facility Digital Instrumentation and Control Workshop, San Diego, California

ML18023A598
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Issue date:	01/31/2018
From:	Cindy Montgomery Research and Test Reactors Licensing Projects Branch
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Montgomery C, NRR/DLP, 415-3398
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January 31, 2018 ORGANIZATIONS:

National Organization of Test, Research, and Training Reactors and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

SUMMARY

OF SEPTEMBER 21, 2017, NON-POWER PRODUCTION OR UTILIZATION FACILITY DIGITAL INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL WORKSHOP, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA On September 21, 2017, a Category 3 public meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff and the National Organization of Test, Research, and Training Reactors (TRTR) at the TRTR Annual Conference, 1 Market Place, San Diego, California. The purpose of this meeting was to foster a common understanding related to digital instrumentation and control upgrades for the TRTR community and the NRC staff. The meeting notice and agenda, dated May 23, 2017, are available in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System at Accession No. ML17263B084. A list of attendees is provided as an enclosure.

The workshop began with a discussion led by Mr. Dan Warner, on pre-application activities:

phase zero meetings, suggested documentation, and acceptance reviews. Mr. Duane Hardesty presented on system and component classification and Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 50.59 considerations and qualitative evaluations. Mr. Patrick Boyle gave a presentation on submitting a complete application. Mr. Boyle covered the contents of an application, including the safety analysis report and technical specifications, using the interim staff guidance and other guidance, and the process by which NRC requests additional information and licensees respond to these requests. Ms. Rossnyev Alvarado presented on technical review considerations: site audits; commercial off the shelf systems versus home-built systems; and verification, validation and test planning. Three facilities, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, and Purdue University gave presentations on facility lessons-learned and feedback.

Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-3398, or by e-mail at Cindy.Montgomery@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Cindy K. Montgomery, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Licensing Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Enclosure:

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Enclosure LIST OF ATTENDEES THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF TEST, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING REACTORS September 21, 2017 Name Organization Don Chase Curtiss-Wright Dan Cronin University of Florida Maxwell Daniels Idaho State University Brenden Heidrich Idaho National Laboratory Max Nager Kansas State University Leo Bobek University of Massachusetts at Lowell Tom Regan University of Massachusetts at Lowell Sarah Don Massachusetts Institute of Technology Susan Tucker Massachusetts Institute of Technology Edward Lau Massachusetts Institute of Technology Roy Ray Mirion Technologies Jeremy Custer University of Missouri Bruce Meffert University of Missouri Craig Reisner Missouri University of Science and Technology Andrew Cook North Carolina State University Marcus Schwaderer National Institute of Standards and Technology Oscar Wiygul National Institute of Standards and Technology Tom Newton National Institute of Standards and Technology Andrew Main National Institute of Standards and Technology Susan White Ohio State University Robert Schickler Oregon State University Jeff Geuther Pennsylvania State University Dan Beck Pennsylvania State University Adams Tong Pennsylvania State University Jim Turso Pennsylvania State University Randall Hyde Plantation Productions Clive Townsend Purdue University David Storz Purdue University Melinda Krahenbuhl Reed College Jeff Davis Rhode Island Ryan Marcum Schneider Electric Jeff Tuetken Thermo Fisher Jere Jenkins National Organization of Test, Research, and Training Reactors Steve Miller National Organization of Test, Research, and Training Reactors Martin Harrison Ultra Electronics Walter Steingass University of California at Davis George Miller University of California at Irvine Johnathan Wallick University of California at Irvine Matthew Lund University of Utah

Addressee List for Research and Test Reactor Licensees cc:

Dr. David M. Slaughter, President and Reactor Administrator Aerotest Operations Inc.

3455 Fostoria Way San Ramon, CA 94583 Mr. Craig Reisner, Interim Reactor Manager Missouri University of Science and Technology Nuclear Reactor Facility 250 West 13th Street Rolla, MO 65409-0630 Mr. Stephen I. Miller Reactor Facility Director Armed Force Radiobiology Research Institute 8901 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda, MD 20889-5603 Andrew T. Cook Manager of Engineering and Operations Nuclear Reactor Program Department of Nuclear Engineering North Carolina State University Campus Box 7909 2500 Stinson Drive Raleigh, NC 27695-7909 Paul J. OConnor, Ph.D.

Facility Director Dow Chemical TRIGA Research Reactor Dow Chemical Company Building 1602 Midland, MI 48674 Dr. Lei Raymond Cao, Director Nuclear Reactor Laboratory Ohio State University 1298 Kinnear Road Columbus, OH 43212 Mr. Matt Feyrer, Site Manager GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Vallecitos Nuclear Center 6705 Vallecitos Road Sunol, CA 94586 Dr. Steven R. Reese, Director Oregon State University 100 Radiation Center Corvallis, OR 97331-5903 Dr. Marylou Dunik-Gougar Reactor Administrator Idaho State University Professor of Nuclear Engineering 921 S. 8th Avenue, MS 8060 Pocatello, ID 83209-8060 Dr. Kenan Unlu, Director Radiation Science and Engineering Center Breazeale Nuclear Reactor Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802-2301 Dr. Alan Cebula Nuclear Reactor Facility Manager Kansas State University 118 Ward Hall Manhattan, KS 66506-5204 Dr. Thomas H. Newton, Deputy Director National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST Center for Neutron Research U.S. Department of Commerce 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 6101 Gaithersburg, MD 20899-6101

Dr. Melinda Krahenbuhl, Director Reed Reactor Facility Reed College 3203 S.E. Woodstock Boulevard Portland, OR 97202-8199 Dr. Leah Jamieson, Dean of Engineering Purdue University School of Nuclear Engineering 400 Central Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907 Peter F. Caracappa, Ph.D, CHP Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, Building JEC - Room 2032 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 8th Street Troy, NY 12180-3590 Dr. Wesley D. Frey, Reactor Director McClellan Nuclear Research Center University of California, Davis 5335 Price Avenue, Building 258 McClellan, CA 95652-2504 Dr. Cameron Goodwin, Director Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center 16 Reactor Road Narragansett, RI 02882-1165 Dr. George E. Miller, Reactor Supervisor Nuclear Reactor Facility Department of Chemistry University of California 1102 Natural Sciences 2 Irvine, CA 92697-2025 Dr. Yassin Hassan, Department Head Texas A&M University Nuclear Engineering Department 3133 TAMU College Station, Texas 77843-3133 Dr. Andreas Enqvist, Director University of Florida Training Reactor P.O. Box 116400 Gainesville, FL 32611 Dr. Sean McDeavitt, Director Nuclear Science Center Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station 1095 Nuclear Science Road, MS 3575 College Station, Texas 77843-3575 Dr. Timothy Koeth, Director Nuclear Reactor and Radiation Facilities University of Maryland Department of Materials Science and Engineering 4418 Stadium Drive College Park, MD 20742-2115 Brycen Roy, Reactor Supervisor U.S. Geological Survey P.O. Box 25046 - Mail Stop 974 Denver Federal Center Denver, CO 80225 Mr. Leo Bobek, Reactor Supervisor University of Massachusetts Lowell Nuclear Radiation Laboratory One University Avenue Lowell, MA 01854 Ryan C. Schow, Interim Director Joseph Merrill Engineering Building 50 S. Central-Campus Drive, Room 1206 University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Mr. Matthew Sanford, Interim Reactor Facility Director University of Missouri-Columbia Research Reactor Center 1513 Research Park Drive Columbia, MO 65211

Robert Agasie, Reactor Director Nuclear Reactor Laboratory University of Wisconsin - Madison 1513 University Avenue, Room 1215 Madison, WI 53706-1687 Robert D. Busch, Ph.D., P.E.

Nuclear Engineering Department 1 University of New Mexico MSC-01-1120 Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 Dr. Donald Wall, Director Nuclear Radiation Center 50 Roundtop Drive Pullman, WA 99164 1300 Mr. Paul Whaley, Associate Director Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory The University of Texas at Austin 10100 Burnet Road, Building 159 Austin, TX 78613 Mr. Alberto Queirolo Director of Reactor Operations Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nuclear Reactor Laboratory 138 Albany Street, MS NW12-116A Cambridge, MA 02139 Dr. Robert Bean, Director Purdue University Radiation Laboratory School of Nuclear Engineering 400 Central Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2017 Mr. Andrew Kauffman, Associate Director Ohio State University Nuclear Reactor Laboratory 1298 Kinnear Road Columbus, OH 43212-1154