ML20297A486
| ML20297A486 | |
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| Issue date: | 09/30/2020 |
| From: | Casto C, Travis Tate NRC/NRR/DANU, NRC/NRR/DANU/UNPL |
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Non-power Production or Utilization Facility (NPUF) Licensing and Oversight Greg Casto Travis Tate Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation US Nuclear Regulatory Commission September 30, 2020
What is an NPUF???
NPUF = Non-power Production and Utilization Facilities
- Research Reactors
- Test Reactors
- Radioisotope Production Facilities
- Demonstration Microreactors This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY 2
NPUF Licensing Topics
- NPUF staff changes
- Integrated plans for workload and status of licensing activities
- Adjustments due to COVID PHE
- Research reactor summer interns/future employment opportunities 3
NPUF Staff Changes
- Licensing and Oversight Responsible Individuals
- https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/project-managers.html#non-pwr
- New Division Management
- Mo Shams - Director
- Brian Smith - Deputy Director
- Changes in Licensing Staff
- Paulette Torres (from Oversight Branch)
- Molly-Kate Gavello (one year)
- Retirement of Al Adams
- Caleb Darr (Purdue), Jackson Goedjen (NC State),
Lauren Williams (Texas A&M) 4
Integrated Plans and Status of Activities 5
Amendment Timeliness We are doing better!!
- Formula = Time to review Timeliness Performance Time scheduled 0.8
- Advance notice help us plan
- Pre-submittal meetings 0.7 appear to help improve initial submittals 0.6
- Audits appear to help reduce review time (less RAI) 0.5
- Success with exemptions and 0.4 submittal portal
- FUTURE - On-line 0.3 = GOOD submittal??? Ask Jim Danna!
0.2 0.1 0 6 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21
Success from COVID PHE
- Placement of NRC staff in continual work at home status
- Currently, option for office work with PPE
- Can work effectively from remote location
- Getting better at leveraging technology
- Efficient use of virtual public meetings, virtual licensing audits, online transfer of information
- Portal driven exemption requests
- Remote summer internships 7
College Summer Interns
- 60+ teleworking summer interns
- Approximately 15 from TRTR Universities
- Many with OLs or in OL license class
- Four (4) interns in Division of Advanced and Non-power Reactors (DANU)
- Three (3) DANU licensing interns accepted for 2021 internship
- Nuclear Regulator Apprenticeship Network (NRAN) - Talk to Molly Kate Gavello!
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Travis Tate - Introduction
- B.S. Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (1992)
- Environmental Systems Corporation, Power Generation Technologies, Knoxville, TN (1993-1994)
- Science Applications International Corporation, Oak Ridge, TN (1994-2001)
- U.S. NRC (2001-present)
- NRR Project Manager
- NRR Technical Assistant
- Branch Chief (License Renewal, Risk Assessment, Operating Reactor Licensing, Spent Fuel Management (NMSS), Non-power Production and Utilization Facilities) 9
NPUF Oversight Topics
- Staffing
- Inspection Program
- Operator Licensing Program
- COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Response
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NPUF Oversight Branch Travis Tate, Branch Chief
- Craig Bassett, RTR Inspector
- Tuan Le, RTR Examiner
- Kevin Roche, RTR Inspector
- Dan Hoang, RTR Examiner -
effective October
- Phil OBryan, RTR Inspector
- Beth Reed, Security Specialist
- Mike Takacs, RTR Security Inspector
- Nicole Parker, Licensing Assistant
- Bill Schuster, RTR Security
- Zarva Taru, Op Licensing Inspector/OL Examiner Assistant
- John Nguyen, RTR OL Examiner
- Paulette Torres, RTR
- Michele DeSouza, RTR OL Examiner (support)
Examiner
- Michael Balazik, RTR
- RTR OL Examiner - vacant Inspector (support) 11
NPUF Inspection Program Year in Review
- Severity Level IV Violations (8)
- Operator licensing requalification
- Technical specification ventilation surveillance
- Failure to perform rod reactivity worth calculation
- Failure to report radioactive effluent releases
- Security related (2)
- Reactor operations without ventilation system operable
- Radiological Safety Officer educational requirements
- Non-cited Violations (3)
- Shim safety blade drop time TS surveillance
- Security related
- Reactor power measuring TS surveillance
- Reactive Inspections (1)
- Security related 12
NPUF Inspection Program
- Activities
- Issued new security procedures
- IMC-2546 - Radioisotope production facility inspection program (draft)
- Initiatives
- Inspection follow-up item tracking
- Reactive inspections
- Coordination across offices/regions
- Performance metrics 13
NPUF Operator Licensing Program Year in Review
- 316 Active licenses
- 135 reactor operators (RO)
- 180 senior reactor operators (SRO)
- 1 Limited senior reactor operator (LSRO) - fuel handling
- FY 20 Exams - 40 written / 39 operating
- Administered exams to 21 RO and 19 SRO candidates
- Written exam pass rate
- 21/21 RO (100%)
- 19/19 SRO (100%)
- Operating exam pass rate
- 20/20 RO (100%)
- 17/19 SRO (89.5%)
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NPUF Operator Licensing Program
- Activities
- NUREG 1478, Rev. 3
- Radioisotope production facility operator licensing
- Initiatives
- Risk inform operator licensing medical examinations (ROAR)
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Performance metrics 15
NPUF Oversight Program COVID-19 PHE Response
- Relief granted
- Part 55 medical examination, maintaining ACTIVE operator license, requalification
- Part 73 access authorization
- Part 74 SNM annual inventory
- Appendix E emergency drill/exercise
- Postponed inspections/examinations
- Questions & Answers
- Inspection/examination restoration strategy 16
QUESTIONS?
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