ML20045H507

Forwards Final Papers Recently Submitted to Commission Re Preapplication Reviews of Advanced Reactor & Candu 3 Designs

ML20045H507
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Issue date:	04/30/1993
From:	Crutchfield D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Williams P ENERGY, DEPT. OF
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April 30,1993 Project No. 672 l

Mr. Peter M. Williams, Director HTGR Division Office of Advanced Reactor Programs U.S. Department of Energy, NE-451 l

Washington, DC 20585

SUBJECT:

COMMISSION PAPERS CONCERNING THE PREAPPLICATION REVIEWS OF THE ADVANCED REACTOR AND CANDU 3 DESIGNS I

Enclosed are the following final papers which have recently been submitted to the Commission on the subject preapplication reviews:

(1) SECY-93-092,

" Issues Pertaining to the Advanced Reactor (PRISM, MHTGR, and PIUS) and CANDU 3 Designs and Their Relationship to Current Regulatory Requirements,"

i and (2) SECY-93-104, " Program Analysis and Recommendations Concerning the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Reviews of the Advanced Reactor (PRISM, MHTGR, and PIUS) and CANDU 3 Designs."

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The first paper provides the staff's final recommendations to the Commission j

on the 10 key policy issues related to the preapplication reviews.

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received a draft copy of this paper in our letter of December 16, 1993, which i

requested comments on the draft paper.

The comments we received, including I

those from the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, are discussed in i

Enclosures 4 and 5 of the enclosed paper.

The second enclosed paper is the reassessment of the priorities and schedules for the preapplication reviews of these reactor designs in light of staff reductions directed by the Clinton administration. This reassessment and the Commission's decision will affect the plans and schedules given in the paper, SECY-92-393, " Updated Plans and Schedules for the Preapplication Reviews of the Advanced Reactor (MHTGR, PRISH, and PIUS) and CANDU 3 Designs," which was also enclosed in our letter of December 16, 1992, i

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Mr. Peter M. Williams April 30,1993 You will be informed of the Commission's decisions as soon as they are publicly available.

If you have any questions, please contact Jack Donohew at (301) 504-3128.

Sincerely, Jose A. Calvo for Dennis M. Crutchfield, Associate Director for Advanccd Reactors and License Renewal e

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Enclosures:

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Mr. Peter M. Williams April 30,1993 MHTGR Project No.672 cc: Jerry D. Griffith, Director Dave A. Dilling Office of Advanced Reactor Programs Bechtel National, Inc.

U.S. Department of Energy, NE-45 50 Beale Street Washington, D.C.

20545 P.O. Box 193965 San Francisco, California 94119 Sterling Franks Technical Director Office of MHTGR Walter J. Parker New Production Reactor Program Stone and Webster Engineering U.S. Department of Energy, NP-61 Corporation Washington, D.C.

20545 245 Summer Street Boston, Massachusetts 02107 J. David Nulton, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Reactor Sten Caspersson Systems, Development, and Technology Combustion Engineering U.S. Department of Energy, NE-40 100 Prospect Hill Road Washington, D.C.

20545 Windsor, Connecticut 06095 Salma El-Safwany Henry Jones U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge National Laboratory

'Juclear Energy Division P.O. Box 2009 1333 Broadway Building 9102-1, Mail Stop 8030 Dakland, California 94612 Dak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-8030~

Dr. Daniel L. Mears Steve Goldberg Gas-Cooled Reactor Associates Budget Examiner 10240 Sorrento Valley Road, Suite 300 Office of Management and Budget San Diego, California 92121-1605 725 17th Street, NW Washington, D.C.

20503 Lloyd Walker Modular HTGR Plant Design Dr. Lee S. Schroeder Control Office - West Assistant Director for Physical P.O. Box 85608 Sciences and Engineering San Diego, California 92186-9784 Office of Science and Technology OE08 Ray R. Mills Washington, D.C.

20503 Modular HTGR Plant Design Control Office - East 3226 Tower Oaks Boulevard Suite 300 Rockville, Maryland 20852 George C. Bramblett, Director MHTGR-NE Project Division General Atomics P.O. Box 85608 San Diego, California 92186-9784