ML20195B104
| ML20195B104 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 07/15/2020 |
| From: | Joseph Sebrosky NRC/NRR/DANU/UARP |
| To: | John Segala NRC/NRR/DANU/UARP |
| Sebrosky J , NRR/DANU/UARP, 301-415-1132 | |
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| Download: ML20195B104 (5) | |
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J. Segala 2 July 15, 2020 MEMORANDUM TO: John P. Segala, Chief Advanced Reactor Policy Branch Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM: Joseph M. Sebrosky, Senior Project Manager /RA/
Advanced Reactor Policy Branch Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF JUNE 12, 2020, PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS ADVANCED REACTOR CONTENT OF APPLICATION PROJECT On June 12, 2020, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held a Category 2 public meeting with stakeholders, to discuss the advanced reactor content of application project (ARCAP). The meeting notice is available in the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at Accession No. ML20163A149 and the presentation slides are available at ADAMS Accession No. ML20162A197. This was a teleconference meeting, and an attempt was made to capture a list of the attendees as they called into the meeting. provides the attendees for the meeting as captured by the operator that helped to facilitate the meeting.
Meeting Highlights Discussion of ARCAP Concepts A key ARCAP concept is the use of performance-based approaches that are described in current guidance such as Draft Guide (DG) 1353, Guidance for a Technology-Inclusive, Risk-Informed, and Performance-Based Methodology to Inform the Licensing Basis and Content of Applications for Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Non-Light-Water Reactors, (ADAMS Accession No. ML18312A242) and the recently issued final version of this document, Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.233, dated June 2020 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20091L698). Both guidance documents describe performance-based approaches for the content of an application.
The NRC staff further noted that the performance-based approach outlined in RG 1.233 is consistent with the guidance for NRC staff reviews found in Part 2 to the Introduction to NUREG-0800 for light water small modular reactors dated January 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13207A315). These guidance documents encourage the NRC staff to consider performance-based approaches, which can be used to inform the appropriate level of detail in an application.
J. Segala 2 Applying Performance-Based Concepts For the next portion of the meeting the NRC staff and its contractor, Idaho National Laboratory (INL), described how the ARCAP draft annotated outline Chapter 8 (control of effluents) has been further examined and refined. Draft annotated outline chapter 8 was refined using a more performance-based approach to improve overall project alignment among the integrated scope and purpose of the industry-led technology inclusive content of application project (TICAP) and ARCAP. The NRC staff and INL described the following three different approaches for ARCAP Chapter 8:
- Approach 1 - Example ARCAP chapter 8 guidance based on dialogue from April 22, 2020 public meeting with stakeholders (see meeting summary dated May 5, 2020 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20119A484),
- Approach 2 - Reduced safety analysis report (SAR) content based on a performance-based approach with compliance demonstrated in the application, and
- Approach 3 - Limited SAR content based on a performance-based approach with compliance not demonstrated in the application.
The above approaches are described more fully in a memorandum dated May 28, 2020 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20150A277) that was referenced in the June 12, 2020, meeting notice. The example approaches provided during the meeting focused on SAR Chapter 8 of the annotated outline but could also be applied to other related application documents such as SAR Chapter 9 (Control of Occupational Doses), the Offsite Dose Calculation Manual, and the radiation protection program. The NRC staff and INL noted that there were other parts of an application, outside of the TICAP portion of an application (i.e., generally those parts focused on primary safety criteria, licensing basis event selection, and classification of structures, systems and components) that could apply the example performance-based approach developed for Chapter 8 of the draft annotated outline.
Industry Feedback on ARCAP Annotated Outline The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), and the U.S. Nuclear Industry Council (USNIC) provided feedback on the NRC-developed ARCAP draft annotated outline as noted in the presentation slides for the meeting. Both organizations saw benefit to more fully developing performance
- based approach 3 described above. Both organizations also stated that near-term construction permit guidance that included light-water small modular reactors (SMRs) should be developed.
Enclosure:
Attendance List
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- NAME JSebrosky JSegala DATE 7/15/2020 7/15/2020 June 12, 2020, Public Meeting to Discuss Advanced Reactor Content of Application Project Attendance List NAME AFFILIATION NAME AFFILIATION John Segala NRC/DANU/UARP Jeff Merrifield Pillsbury Law Firm Eric Oesterle NRC/DANU/UARP Cyril Draffin US Nuclear Industry Council Bill Reckley NRC/DANU/UARP Chantal Morin Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)
Amy Cubbage NRC/DANU/UARP Nick Shykinov CNSC Joe Sebrosky NRC/DANU/UARP Farshid Shahrokhi Framatome Jim Kinsey Idaho National Martin Owens GE Hitachi Laboratory (INL)
Wayne Moe INL Juswald Dedovi GE Tom Hicks INL Darrell Gardner Kairos Power Tom King INL Peter Hastings Kairos Power Marc Nichol Nuclear Energy Institute Dennis Williford NuScale Power (NEI)
Kati Austgen NEI Caroline Cochran Oklo Mike Tschiltz NEI John Hanson Oklo Martin ONeill NEI Pete Gaillard TerraPower Amir Afzali Southern Company Daniel Carlton Terrestrial Brandon Marlow Southern Company Jill Monahan Westinghouse Brandon Waits Southern Company Paul Wick Westinghouse Ben Carmichael Southern Nuclear Travis Chapman X Energy Jason Redd Southern Nuclear Canju Circle Argonne National Laboratory Steven Nesbit LMNT Consulting Pramab Samanda Brookhaven National Laboratory John Monninger NRC/NRR/DANU Jason Christensen INL Jordan Hoellman NRC/NRR/DANU/UARP David Holcomb Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Nan Valliere NRC/NRR/DANU/UARP Ali Abib PNNL Juan Uribe NRC/NRR/DANU/UARP Bruce McDowell PNNL Maryam Khan NRC/NRR/DANU/UARP Luba Hamilton PNNL Michelle Hayes NRC/NRR/DANU/UART Donald Helton NASA Ian Jung NRC/NRR/DANU/UART Somouruche Fennovoima Mirmiran Chris Van Wert NRC/NRR/DANU/UART Boyan Petrovich Georgia Institute of Technology Alyssa Beasley NRC/NRR/DANU/UART Donald Williams Excel Engineering Carolyn Lauron NRC/NRR/DNRL/NRLB Ed Wallace GNBC Allen Hiser NRC/NRR/DNRL Edward Davis Pegasus Group Enclosure
NAME AFFILIATION NAME AFFILIATION Dave Rudland NRC/NRR/DNRL Nicholas McMurray Clear Path Joseph Ashcraft NRC/NRR/DEX/EICA Frank Schaaf ASME Bob Fitzpatrick NRC/NRR/DEX/EENB Prasad Kadambi Consultant Wieju Wang NRC/NRR/DEX/EICA Nicolas Jenner IRSN Eric Bowman NRC Jana Bergman Curtiss-Wright Shakur Walker NRC/COMM/OCMDW Keith Consani NIST Andrew Yang NRC/RES/DE/ICEEB Mike Mayfield Self Scott Bussey OCHCO/ADHRTD/RTTB Dave Goodman KNNO Derrick Widmayer NRC/ACRS Dennis Henneke Public Scott Clawson Morgan Lewis and Emmit Hennek Public Bachius Frank Akstulewicz Alton Alan Levin Public John Gaffigan Public Michael Howard Zachary Nuclear 2