ML19241A226
| ML19241A226 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 07109386 |
| Issue date: | 08/28/2019 |
| From: | Pierre Saverot Spent Fuel Licensing Branch |
| To: | Christopher Regan Division of Spent Fuel Management |
| Saverot P | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19241A225 | List: |
| References | |
| EPID L-2019-LRM-0051 | |
| Download: ML19241A226 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 August 28, 2019 MEMORANDUM TO: Christopher M. Regan, Deputy Director Division of Spent Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards FROM: Pierre Saverot, Project Manager /RA John McKirgan Acting for/
Spent Fuel Licensing Branch Division of Spent Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF AUGUST 20, 2019 MEETING WITH HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL
Background
On August 20, 2019, a Category 1 public meeting was held at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) headquarters in Rockville, MD, between the NRC staff and representatives from Holtec International (Holtec) to present the Model No. HI-STAR PBT cask to support the transport of Tritium Producing Burnable Absorber Rods from the Watts Bar Units 1 and 2 to the Tritium Extraction Facility at the Savannah River site. The August 20, 2019, meeting was noticed on July 25, 2019 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML19206A064).
The meeting attendance list and the presentation are provided as Enclosure Nos. 1 and 2, respectively.
Discussion The Model No. HI-STAR PBT package is a new package design for a road transport of Tritium Producing Burnable Absorber Rods (TBPARs) to the Savannah River Tritium Extraction Facility, using a dedicated trailer. Battelle, operated by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, selected the HI-STAR PBT package, which will accommodate the maximum helium inventory from rods with a peak of 1.5 g of tritium.
CONTACT: Pierre Saverot, NMSS/DSFM 301-415-7505
C. Regan Holtec is not planning to do any physical testing for this new design and will use the evaluations from analytical modeling performed for previous applications. The Model No. HI-STAR PBT will use well known materials, such as stainless steel, lead and carbon steel, already approved in other applications. Each package will hold a maximum of 4 canisters, each containing 300 TBPARs, but the package design will also allow a partial loading of 1 to 3 canisters for transport.
The input provided by the applicant during this high-level pre-application meeting was well received.
Staff noted that, if published prior to the submittal of the application, the applicant should consider using NUREG-2224, Dry Storage and Transportation of High Burnup Spent Nuclear Fuel, and not NUREG -1609 as indicated in the presentation.
Staff said that, because this is a unique and challenging case as there is only one other TBP package, several pre-application meetings will be needed to come to a successful conclusion for this Part 71 licensing action.
Holtec is contemplating a submittal in early 2021 for a certificate of compliance in mid-2022.
Staff made no regulatory commitment during the meeting.
Docket No. 71-9386 EPID: L-2019-LRM-0051
Enclosures:
- 1. Meeting Attendees
- 2. Presentation
C. Regan
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF AUGUST 20, 2019 MEETING WITH HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL.
DOCUMENT DATE: August 28, 2019 DISTRIBUTION: SFST r/f, MLayton, ADimitriadis, RI BBonser, RII MKunowski, RIII GWarnick, RIV G:\SFST\Saverot\HI-STAR PBT\meeting summary August2019.doc; NRC Pre Submittal meeting.ppx ADAMS PKG No.: ML19241A225 Memo: ML19241A226 Slides: ML19241A227 OFC SFM E SFM C SFM NAME PSaverot SFigueroa JMcKirgan DATE 08/27/2019 08/27/2019 08/28/2019 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
Meeting Between Holtec International and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission August 20, 2019 Meeting Attendees NRC/NMSS/DSFM Pierre Saverot John McKirgan Bernie White HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL Stefan Anton Andrew Fernsten Myron Kaczmarsky Larry Hansen Kishore Gangadharan Leo Katsikis PNNL Laurie Martin Randall Storms Harold Adkins Laura Hay Dean Paxton Nanette Founds Chad Thompson UX Consulting Carlyn Greene Enclosure 1