ML18101B389

March 20, 2018 Summary of Meeting with the National Organization of Test, Research, and Training Reactors

ML18101B389
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Issue date:	06/18/2018
From:	Cindy Montgomery Research and Test Reactors Licensing Projects Branch
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Montgomery C, NRR/DLP, 415-3398
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June 18, 2018 ORGANIZATION:

National Organization of Test, Research, and Training Reactors

SUMMARY

OF MARCH 20, 2018, MEETING WITH THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF TEST, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING REACTORS On March 20, 2018, a Category 2 public meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff and representatives of the National Organization of Test, Research, and Training Reactors (TRTR) at NRC Headquarters, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, via teleconference. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss NRC personnel changes, rulemaking, licensing, oversight, upcoming meetings, and other items of interest to the TRTR community. The meeting notice and agenda, dated January 29, 2018, are available in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at Accession No. ML18031B273. A list of attendees is provided as an enclosure. The following is a description of the topics covered by the NRC staff and the TRTR community.

Personnel Changes: Steven Lynch is the Acting Chief for the Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch until April 28, 2018, when Alexander Adams, Jr. will return. The Research and Test Reactors Oversight Branch welcomes Ashley Ferguson who is training to become an inspector.

Licensing: Steven Lynch led a discussion on expectations for licensees responses to NRC staffs requests for additional information (RAIs). Before issuing an RAI, NRC staff will conduct a discussion with the licensee to agree upon a realistic due date. In addition, licensees were reminded that an extension request is required if the due date cannot be met.

Cindy Montgomery reported on the status of several digital instrumentation and control (I&C) projects. The digital I&C license amendments submitted by Purdue University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are proceeding through NRC staff review. Another digital I&C modification under review is the University of Massachusetts Lowell license renewal, where the request is to install two linear digital channels.

Rulemaking: Duane Hardesty discussed the status of the rulemaking on non-expiring licenses.

He stated that public comments are under review by NRC staff and that the final rule is scheduled to be published in Fall 2020.

Oversight: Anthony Mendiola addressed the operator examination process time. Due to a change in staff, the wait time between conducting an operator exam and the issuance of the operator license has increased to between 30 and 45 days.

Fuel Qualification: Cindy Montgomery reported that in support of the Department of Energys (DOE) U.S. High Performance Research Reactor Project, the NRC staff is working with DOE on a preliminary review of the uranium-molybdenum (U-Mo) monolithic fuel development efforts.

The project will facilitate conversion from the use of UMo highly enriched uranium to low-enriched uranium (LEU) for three facilities: National Bureau of Standards Test Reactor, University of Missouri-Columbia Research Reactor, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Reactor.

Meetings relevant to the interests of the TRTR community:

October 28-November 2, 2018, TRTR Annual Conference, will be hosted by the Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center, in Newport, Rhode Island, at the Newport Marriott.

Upcoming 2018 TRTR Executive Committee Teleconferences are scheduled for Tuesdays, May 22, August 28, and November 27, 2018.

Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-3398, or 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:

As stated cc: w/enclosure: See next page

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Addressee List for Research and Test Reactor Licensees 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 Mr. Mung Chiang, 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

Enclosure LIST OF ATTENDEES MARCH 20, 2018, MEETING WITH THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF TEST, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING REACTORS Name Organization Thomas Newton National Institute of Standards and Technology Sarah Don Massachusetts Institute of Technology Susan Tucker Massachusetts Institute of Technology Les Foyto University of Missouri-Columbia Bruce Meiffert University of Missouri-Columbia Guy Steingass University of California, Davis Melinda Krahenbuhl Reed College Cameron Goodwin Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission Hilary Lane Nuclear Energy Institute Cliff Stanley Advanced Test Reactor, Idaho National Laboratory Leo Bobek University of Massachusetts at Lowell Cindy Montgomery U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Steven Lynch U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Anthony Mendiola U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Linh Tran U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Geoffrey Wertz U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Patrick Boyle U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Duane Hardesty U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Spyros Traiforos U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Craig Bassett U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ashley Ferguson U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mary Jane Ross-Lee U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission