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NIST-NRC Restart Action Plan
	ML21245A221
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Site:	National Bureau of Standards Reactor
Issue date:	08/18/2021
From:	Paulette Torres; NRC/NRR/DANU/UNPL
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NRC Restart Action Plan National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Restart Action Plan - Regulatory Basis

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Section 50.36, Paragraph (c)(1), if any safety limit is exceeded, the reactor must be shut down. The licensee is required to notify the Commission, review the matter, and record the results of the review, including the cause of the condition and the basis for corrective action taken to preclude recurrence. In addition, the regulation states operation must not be resumed until authorized by the Commission.

NIST technical specification (TS) 6.6.1 states that, in the event the safety limit is exceeded, the reactor shall be shutdown and reactor operations shall not be resumed until authorized by the NRC.

Overview of the Restart Action Plan

Plan developed using insights from previous restarts (e.g., North Anna Seismic Event)

- Regulatory/Licensing Aspects

- Oversight

- Enforcement

- Communication

- Technical

- Legal

Major Deliverables / Decisions

- SIT completes inspection/inspection report

- Enforcement (as discussed in OE package)

- Develops Technical Evaluation Report

- Performs restart inspection/inspection report

- Staff authorizes restart (Restart Letter) using TER/inspection as basis

- Provides Root cause analysis

- Provides Corrective actions report

- Enforcement decisions/documentation

- Submits restart request

Key Meetings

- ACRS has already requested this interaction

- Other restarts had these interactions

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