ML18275A367
| ML18275A367 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 10/09/2018 |
| From: | William Reckley NRC/NRO/DSRA/ARPB |
| To: | John Segala NRC/NRO/DSRA/ARPB |
| Reckley W, NRO/DSRA, 415-7490 | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18264A033 | List: |
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| Download: ML18275A367 (7) | |
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October 09, 2018 MEMORANDUM TO: John P. Segala, Chief Advanced Reactor and Policy Branch Division of Safety Systems, Risk Assessment and Advanced Reactors Office of New Reactors FROM:
William Reckley, Senior Project Manager /RA/
Advanced Reactor and Policy Branch Division of Safety Systems, Risk Assessment and Advanced Reactors Office of New Reactors
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF SEPTEMBER 13, 2018, PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS REGULATORY IMPROVEMENTS FOR ADVANCED REACTORS On September 13, 2018, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held a Category 2 public meeting with stakeholders, Department of Energy (DOE), national laboratories, and Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), to discuss ongoing initiatives within the industry and NRC related to the development and licensing of non-light water reactors (non-LWRs) (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System [ADAMS] Accession No. ML18249A337). contains a list of meeting attendees and participants who joined via webinar. The slides and meeting handouts are available in ADAMS Accession No. ML18264A122.
Updates on activities at the NRC, NEI, and DOE were provided by the staff, Kati Austgen of NEI, and Craig Welling of DOE.
Dr. Michael Corradini of the University of Wisconsin provided a presentation on the The Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World. The subject report is part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Energy Initiatives Future of series and is available at https://energy.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/The-Future-of-Nuclear-Energy-in-a-Carbon-Constrained-World.pdf. The study included sections on nuclear reactor safety regulation, licensing and technical initiatives, such as advanced manufacturing, that could need to be addressed as policy or key technical issues for future reviews of non-light-water reactors (non-LWR). Insights from the study could be useful for the NRC staff and various stakeholders trying to prioritize policy and key technical issues.
CONTACT:
William Reckley, NRO/DSRA 301-415-7490
2 The staff provided an update on activities related to the NRC review and possible endorsement of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Code Section III Division 5, which addresses rules for high temperature reactors. The staff anticipates publishing a draft regulatory guide for public comment in August 2020.
The morning part of the meeting ended with a presentation from Caroline Cochran, Oklo, regarding a paper prepared by the Fast Reactor Working Group (FRWG) (ADAMS Accession No. ML18165A249). The paper and presentation provide information on the experience with metallic fuel and availability of data from past research and development programs (e.g., Experimental Breeder Reactor II tests in the 1980s). The staff provided an update on the NRCs interactions with DOE and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) on the qualification of legacy data. The topic of legacy data related to metallic fuel and the activities the related DOE/ANL activities were discussed at the stakeholder meeting on June 14, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18193B041).
The afternoon portion of the meeting discussed the Licensing Modernization Projects (LMP) guidance on risk-informed and performance-based licensing basis development for non-LWR, and the related drafting by the NRC staff of a draft regulatory guide and Commission paper.
The draft documents are being prepared to support a meeting with the Future Plants Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, which is tentatively scheduled for October 30, 2018. The working drafts of the documents are available in ADAMS as follows:
Working Draft of Commission Paper ML18270A334 Working Draft of Draft Regulatory Guide (DG) 1353 ML18271A172 Working Draft of LMP Guidance (NEI 18-04)
Enclosure:
- 1. List of attendees
ML18275A367 NRO-002 OFFICE NRO/DSRA NRO/DSRA NAME WReckley JSegala DATE 10/09/2018 10/09/2018
Attendance List - Attended at least part of meeting in person Name Organization James Hammelman NRC/NMSS Kevin Coyne NRC/NRO Amy Cubbage NRC/NRO Michelle Hart NRC/NRO Michelle Hayes NRC/NRO Ian Jung NRC/NRO Olivia Lareynie NRC/NRO Nicholas McMurray NRC/NRO John Monninger NRC/NRO Hanh Phan NRC/NRO Paul Prescott NRC/NRO Bill Reckley NRC/NRO Nicholas Savwoir NRC/NRO John Segala NRC/NRO Martin Stutzke NRC/NRO George Tartal NRC/NRO Boyce Travis NRC/NRO Andrew Yeshnik NRC/NRO Mike Case NRC/RES Hossein Esmali NRC/RES Michelle Gonzalez NRC/RES Jinsuo Nie NRC/RES Jose Pires NRC/RES Jeffery Wood NRC/RES Tammy Way AdSTM Prasad Kadambi Consultant Jana Bergman Curtiss-Wright Craig Welling DOE/NE Farshid Shahrokhi Framatome Kati Austgen NEI Anne Cottingham NEI
2 Caroline Cochran Oklo Brandon Waites Southern Co.
Thomas Hicks Southern Nuclear Jason Redd Southern Nuclear Nathan Hall SRI Robin Rickman Terrestrial Energy USA Jim Gresham Westinghouse
3 Attendance List - Webinar Attendees Name Organization Amir Afzali Southern Co.
John Bolin GA Thomas Boyce NRC/RES Scott Bussey NRC/OCHCO Shawn Campbell NRC/RES Marcia Carpentier NRC/OGC Michael Corradini Univ. of Wisconsin James Corson NRC/RES William Corwin Self Arlon Costa NRC/NRO Dayna Dority NRC/NRO Ashley Finan NIA George Flanagan ORNL Karl Fleming Southern Co.
Stanley Gardocki NRC/RES Matthew Gordon NRC/RES Peter Hastings Kairos Power Mark Holbrook INL Lane Howard SWRI Rui Hu ANL Nathanael Hudson NRC/RES AJ Jaigobind NRC/
Mike Keller Hybrid Power Jim Kinsey INL Pete Lee NRC/NSIR Edwin Lyman UCS Sara Lyons NRC/RES Jan Mazza NRC/NRO Kevin McCormick NRC Wayne Moe INL
4 Cha Mori Self Chantal Morin CNSC Carol Moyer NRC/RES Mike Muhlheim ORNL Vasily Pitsul Self Mike Poore ORNL Paul Rades NRC Ruth Reyes NRC/RES Nicholas Savwoir NRC/NRO Roger Scott TVA Sam Sham ANL Laura Smith NRC/RIII Daniel Speaker SWRI Leslie Terry NRC/NRO Michael Tschiltz NEI Nanette Valliere NRC/OCMSB Lucieann Vechioli NRC/NRO Ed Wallace GNBC Assoc/Southern Co.
Staci Wheeler Alpha Tech Patrick White MIT