ML21096A270
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| Issue date: | 04/13/2021 |
| From: | NRC/OCM |
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SCHEDULING NOTE
Title:
BRIEFING ON ADVANCED REACTOR PREPAREDNESS THROUGH REGULATORY ENGAGEMENT AND RESEARCH COOPERATION (Public Meeting)
Purpose:
To brief the Commission on agency preparedness activities for advanced reactors, particularly with respect to fuels and materials, through domestic and international regulatory engagement and research partnerships Scheduled:
April 13, 2021 9:00 am Duration:
Approximately 3 hours3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br /> Location:
Commissioners Conference Room, 1st Floor OWFN
Participants:
Presentations External Stakeholder Panel 42 mins.*
Dr. Ashely Finan, Director, National Reactor Innovation Center, 6 mins.*
Idaho National Laboratory Topics:
Various lab programs for advanced reactor innovations and research Support for advanced reactor deployment including small modular reactors and microreactors J. Clay Sell, Chief Executive Officer, X-energy 6 mins.*
Topics:
HALEU production and fuel fabrication Advanced Reactor Demonstration Project - U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) award for demonstration project Approach to fuel qualification and high temperature materials Simon Irish, Chief Executive Officer, Terrestrial Energy USA, Inc.
6 mins.*
Topics:
Perspectives on licensing a design in multiple countries Participation in the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Vendor Design Review process and received funding to further develop their technology (Strategic Innovation Fund)
Approach to fuel qualification and high temperature materials
2 Stephen Kuczynski, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, 6 mins.*
Southern Nuclear Operating Company Topics:
Utility perspective on advanced reactors Advanced Reactor Demonstration Project - DOE award for risk reduction project Approach to licensing (Licensing Modernization Project and guidance)
Todd Allen, Senior Visiting Fellow,Third Way 6 mins.*
Topics:
Role of advanced reactors in the future of clean energy Progress on licensing/regulating advanced reactors Steven Swilley, Deputy Chief Nuclear Officer and Senior Director, Research 6 mins.*
and Development Nuclear, Electric Power Research Institute Topics:
Technical preparedness through research and regulatory engagement Role of public-private partnerships Dr. Ed Lyman, Director Nuclear Power Safety, Union of Concerned Scientists 6 mins*
Topic:
Perspectives on advanced reactors and fuels Commission Q & A 40 mins.
Break 5 mins.
NRC Staff Panel 45 mins.*
Margie Doane, Executive Director for Operations Topic:
Opening Remarks Robert Taylor, Deputy Office Director for New Reactors, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR)
Topics:
Advanced reactor program transformation Program focus areas to support national advanced reactor priorities Domestic and international partnerships Ray Furstenau, Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES)
Topics:
Research cooperation with DOE through Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act Research to support agency readiness for advanced reactor licensing Innovative approaches to fuels and materials research
3 Raj Iyengar, Chief, Component Integrity Branch, RES Topics:
Advanced materials and manufacturing processes International research cooperation Marilyn Diaz Maldonado, Chemical Engineer, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards Topics:
Advanced reactor fuels fabrication and transportation Regulatory preparedness for advanced reactor fuels licensing Michelle Hayes, Chief, Advanced Reactor Technical Branch, NRR Topics:
Applying research to advanced reactor licensing International regulatory cooperation Commission Q & A 40 mins.
- For presentation only and does not include time for Commission Q & As.
Discussion - Wrap-up 5 mins.