ML20260H378
| ML20260H378 | |
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| Issue date: | 10/06/2020 |
| From: | Mallecia Sutton NRC/NRR/DANU/UARL |
| To: | Benjamin Beasley NRC/NRR/DANU/UARL |
| Sutton M, NRR/DANU/UARL, 301-415-0673 | |
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| Download: ML20260H378 (8) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 October 6, 2020 MEMORANDUM TO:
Benjamin G. Beasley, Chief Advanced Reactor Licensing Branch Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM:
Mallecia A. Sutton, Senior Project Manager /RA/
Advanced Reactor Licensing Branch Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF AUGUST 25, 2020, ADVANCED REACTOR STAKEHOLDER PUBLIC MEETING On August 25, 2020, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held a Category 2 public meeting with industry stakeholders, including the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), the U.S. Nuclear Industry Council (USNIC) and ClearPath, to discuss ongoing initiatives related to the development of the Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for advanced reactors. The staff has posted the meeting notice in the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at Accession No. ML20237F559 and the presentation slides at Accession No. ML20237F430. This was a teleconference meeting, and an attempt was made to capture a list of the attendees as they called into the meeting. The Enclosure to this summary provides the attendees for the meeting as captured by the operator that helped to facilitate the meeting.
In a Federal Register Notice on April 30, 2020, the staff requested public comments on our plans to develop an advanced reactor GEIS. The NRC received several comments from the public, including comments from industry stakeholders. The meeting provided a venue for NEI, USNIC and ClearPath to provide clarification on their submitted comments.
During the meeting, the staff provided a status update on the GEIS development. The staff discussed next steps, which include the issuance of the compilation of scoping comments in September 2020 and issuance of the draft GEIS for comment in May 2021. The staff anticipates publishing the final GEIS in May 2022.
Enclosure:
List of Attendees CONTACT: Mallecia Sutton, NRR/DANU 301-415-0673
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The USNIC discussed that the GEIS should include advanced nuclear reactors (ANRs) regardless of technology. The USNIC recommends that the GEIS scope includes Generation III+ and Generation IV designs, including water-based Small Modular Reactors, Compact Fast Reactors, High Temperature Gas Reactors (HTGR), Molten Salt Reactors (MSR), Sodium Fast Reactors (SFR), and Lead-cooled Reactors (LFR). This is especially appropriate if SMRs "fit into" the buckets (Plant Parameter Envelope (PPE)) NRC chooses for Advanced Reactors in the GEIS. The USNIC encourages the NRC to expand the value for PPE. It was also suggested that the staff should take credit for significant work already done that can support the development of an advanced reactors GEIS, such as the license renewal GEIS and the recent Clinch River Early Site Permit (ESP) Environmental Impact statement (EIS)
The NEI proposed that the original scope (as discussed in the April 30, 2020, Notice of Intent) for the ANR GEIS is too narrow to achieve optimal benefit to the industry and the NRC. The NEI recommended that the scope of the GEIS should be as technology inclusive as possible.
The GEIS should not be exclusive to very small power levels. The NEI also recommended that the structure of the GEIS should be performance-based, consequence-oriented parameters to include bounding assumptions based on previous agency National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analyses. It was also recommended that NRC follow its established use of GEISs and associated Part 51 rulemakings, particularly in the light water reactor (LWR) license renewal and spent fuel continued storage contexts, which underscore the viability and efficacy of the generic analysis method. The NRC staff should also fully leverage prior NRC environmental analyses. Using performance-based criteria, an ANR GEIS could generically address many common environmental impacts for a much broader range of technologies.
ClearPath stated that it is important for the NRC to incorporate performance-based requirements, based on decades of operating experience and other reviews, into the development of the GEIS. The GEIS should be technology inclusive, including not only non-LWRs, but at least LWR SMRs as well. It was also emphasized that staff should conduct future outreach activities before issuing the official draft GEIS by May 1, 2021.
During the comment portion of the meeting, other commenters stated generic opposition to the GEIS. Commenters stated that the advanced reactors dont exist and therefore a GEIS was premature.
The staff discussed the current GEIS schedule and next steps. The staff noted that they would consider these comments and all other comments as they develop the GEIS. Specifically, the staff noted that the comments were detailed and that they understood the comments. The staff also expressed appreciation for the amount of effort that the presenters and commenters had undertaken in order to prepare the comments and for their participation in the NEPA process.
The meeting ended with an open discussion. The NRC requested feedback about how these meetings can be more engaging and how to increase participation by prospective applicants.
The next advanced reactors stakeholder meeting will be scheduled in October 2020.
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NAME MSutton SLent BBeasley MSutton DATE 9/16/2020 9/17/2020 10/2/2020 10/6/2020
Enclosure PUBLIC MEETING U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Wednesday, August 25, 2020 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
List of Attendees (on phone)
Name Organization Amy Cubbage U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
John Segala NRC Jordan Hoellman NRC Hanh Phan NRC Jo Jacobs NRC Christy Galster NRC Bill Reckley NRC Donna Williams NRC Eric Oesterle NRC Ben Beasley NRC Martin Stutzke NRC Juan Uribe NRC Victoria Anderson NRC Michelle Gonzalez NRC Tim Lupold NRC Adrian Muniz NRC Kati Austgen Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)
Alex Renner Oklo, Inc. (Oklo)
Alice Caponiti US Department of Energy (DOE)
Alyssa Beasley NRC Amir Afzali Southern Nuclear Anders Gilbertson NRC Andrea Gennetta F&P Global Platts Andrew Barto NRC Anthony Rossi NRC Antonio Barrett NRC Bob Fitzpatrick NRC Brandon Chisholn Southern Company Brandon Waits Southern Company Brian Glowacki NRC Brian Henderson Boeing Company Brian Smith NRC
2 Brian Thomas NRC Bruce McDowell Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Carol Moyer NRC Charles Mahon Project Management Institute Chris Van Wert NRC Christine Galster NRC Cyril Draffin US Nuclear Industry Council Dan Barss NRC Daniel Carls Terrestrial Energy US Daniel Miller Public Citizen Darrell Gardner Kairos Power Dave Goodwin TNNO Dave Grabaskas Argonne National Lab David Desaulniers NRC David Holcomb Oak Ridge National Laboratory Deb Ludhinger NuScale Power Derek Widmayer NRC Don Helton NASA Donald Palmrose NRC Drew Peebles Kairos Power Edward File Elithium Industry USA Edwin Lyman Union of Concerned Scientists Farshid Shahrokhi Framatome Frank Schaaf ASME Code Member George Flanagan Oak Ridge National Laboratory Grace Kim NRC Arlon Costa NRC Ian Jung NRC Ismael Garcia NRC Jack Cushing NRC Jacob Zimmerman NRC James Rubenstone NRC James Saldarini Advanced Reactor Concepts James Tompkins Kairos Power Jan Mazza NRC Jana Bergman Curtiss Wright Jason Read Southern Nuclear Jason Shay NRC Jean Wall Jon Wnj Jeff Gabor Jensen Hughes
3 Jennifer Meservy Senator Crapos Staff Assistant Jim Hammelman NRC Jim Kinsey Idaho National Laboratory Joe Giacinto NRC John Kutsch Thorium Energy Alliance John Monninger NRC Jonathan Marcano NRC Jordan Hagaman Kairos Power Joseph Anderson NRC Julia Gregorian Hogan Lovelos Jun Wang Jun Wang Keith Consani Member of the Public Ken Erwin NRC Kenneth Armstrong NRC Kim Webber NRC Kurt Harris Flibe Energy Inc Lars Jorgensen Thorcon US Laura Schwartz ITTA Laura Willingham NRC Leanne Galanek NEI Lee Grzeck Duke Energy Louise Lund NRC Madaline Feltus DOE Marilyn Kray Exelon Marilyn Sears NRC Mark Nichol NEI Meraj Rahimi NRC Michelle Albert NRC Michelle Catts GE-Hitachi Michelle Hart NRC Mike Poore ORNL Mehdi Reisi-Fard NRC Nan Vallierie NRC Nicholas McMurray ClearPath Patrick White MIT Paul Keutelian Radiant Peter Hastings Kairos Power Ranaad Samanka Brookhaven National Laboratory Richard Chang NRC Rick Paese Westinghouse Rob Taylor NRC Robert Roche-Rivera NRC Robert Schaaf NRC
4 Russ Felts NRC Scott Duffey NRC Shelby Wales Southern Company Stephen Burdick Idaho National Laboratory Steven Vitto NRC Stu Magruder NRC Tammy Morin Holtec International Tom Cuadrado NRC Travis Chapman X-Energy Wendy Reid NRC William Horak Acadia National Laboratory Yen Phung State University of Energy Joe Sebrosky NRC Ben Carmichael Southern Company Bill Horath Brookhaven National Laboratory Brad Kresek NRC Office of Commissioner Barron Brandon Marlow Southern Nuclear Bruce Weir CUBOSE Caroline Cochran Oklo Casper Sun NRC Clint Medlock Southern Company Cynthia Roman NRC Dale Fulton Southern Nuclear Daniel Mussatti NRC Darrell Gardner Kairos Power Peyton Doub NRC Ellis Brenner Oklo Mallecia Sutton NRC Faye Goodman EMML Hayden Brundaje NRC Henry Marchlewski NRC Kelvin Montague EVA Lisa Matis TETRA TECH Louis Caponi NRC Margaret Ellenson Kairos Power Martin ONeil NEI Maryam Khan NRC Megan Wright NRC Michael Rose NRC Mitchell Maricque None Nadim Khan NRC Natalie Hotaylan ClearPath Ryan Henderson Southern Company
5 Sarshid Shahrokhi Framatome Scott Clausen Morgan Lewis Shakura Wall NRC Shawn Campbell NRC Sid Neis CBS Stacy Wheeler Alphatech Steve Ruffin NRC Steve Schilthell BWXT Steven Dolly SNP Global Platte Wayne Moe ANL William Moore Commission of Cook Leaders