ML21322A233
| ML21322A233 | |
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|---|---|
| Issue date: | 10/19/2021 |
| From: | Edward Helvenston, Adrian Muniz Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Montgomery C | |
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| Download: ML21322A233 (16) | |
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Advanced Non-Power Reactor Licensing TRTR Annual Conference October 19, 2021 Adrian Muniz, Project Manager Advanced Reactor Licensing Branch Ed Helvenston, Project Manager Non-Power Production and Utilization Facility Licensing Branch
Current and Prospective Advanced Non-Power Reactor Applicants
Technology: Project Status:
- TRISO pebble bed fuel, fluoride
- Construction Permit salt coolant, graphite Application and moderator Preliminary Safety
- Hermes testing facility Analysis Report (PSAR)
Kairos Power designed for 35 MW Thermal Power submitted to NRC in September 2021
- Facility to be located at East (Hermes) Tennessee Technology Park in Oak Ridge, TN
- Project Number:
99902069 Source: Hermes PSAR (ML21272A378) 3
Technology: Project Status:
- Graphite moderated fluoride
- Engaging in salt flowing fluid reactor preapplication Abilene designed for 1 MW Thermal Power (Non-Power Molten Salt interactions
- Regulatory Engagement Christian Reactor)
- Facility to be located on or Plan and Letter of Intent submitted to NRC in University near ACU campus in Abilene, TX March and July 2020
- Project Number:
(ACU) 99902088 Source: ACU Regulatory Engagement Plan (ML20241A071) 4
Technology: Project Status:
- Testing facility using Ultra Safe
- Letter of intent submitted University of Nuclears high temperature gas-cooled reactor technology May 2021
- 15 MW Thermal Power with
- Regulatory Engagement Illinois at electrical power conversion capability for campus use Plan expected by the end of 2021
- Project Number:
99902094
- Facility to be located on UIUC Champaign campus in Urbana-Champaign, IL (UIUC) 5
Draft White Paper -
Preapplication Engagement to Optimize Advanced Reactors Application Reviews (ADAMS Accession No. ML21145A106)
- Provides information to advanced reactor developers on the benefits of robust preapplication engagement in order to optimize application reviews.
- Encourages pre-application interactions with Purpose advanced reactor developers to provide stability and predictability in the licensing process through early identification and resolution of technical and policy issues that would affect licensing.
- Proposes a set of pre-application activities that, if fully executed, will enable staff to offer more predictable and shorter schedules and other benefits during the review of an advanced reactor license application.
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- Enhanced regulatory predictability
- Greater review efficiency
- More visibility for public on key topics Benefits of
- Early engagement and interactions with ACRS and other agencies Pre-Application
- Streamlined acceptance reviews Engagement
- Shorter full review schedules than the generic schedules
- Key Assumptions for shortened schedule Timely Responses to Requests for Additional Information (RAIs)
No Substantive Changes to Application No Significant Design Changes (Pre-application vs Application) 8
- NRC staff applied a graded approach to identify key safety and environmental Pre-Application licensing areas for pre-application engagement with advanced reactor Engagement developers Topical Reports - definitive findings White Papers, Audits and Meetings -
feedback and staff awareness 9
- Principal Design Criteria for non-light water reactors
- Process for selection of licensing basis events and classification and treatment of structures, Topical Reports systems, and components
- Fuel qualification plan and associated methodologies
- Source term methodology
- Quality Assurance Program description
- Plan for protection of safeguards information
- Safety and accident analysis methodologies 10
- Regulatory Gap Analysis Meetings,
- Policy Issues Audits and
- Consensus codes and standards and code cases
- Environmental Activities White Papers - Unique or Novel Methodologies and Issues
- Alternatives to the Proposed Project
- Cooling Water Availability
- Status of Permits and Authorizations
- Meetings on critical components of environmental reviews identified in the white paper 11
- Applicant should allow staff to conduct a pre-application readiness assessment Pre-Application - See Office Instruction LIC-116, Pre-Application Readiness Assessment, ADAMS Accession No.
Readiness ML20104B698)
- Six months prior to submittal date Assessment
- Applicant should provide most current draft of safety analysis report and environmental report, referenced documentation, and applicant staff and contractors
- Right-sized scope based on type of application and extent of pre-application activities leading up to this point 12
UNPL/UARL Collaboration
UNPL/UARL
- Support efficient review of licensing Collaboration submittals for Advanced
- Leverage Advanced Reactor Licensing Branch (UARL) experience with licensing Non-Power reviews involving novel reactor designs Reactor
- Leverage Non-Power Production and Utilization Facility Licensing Branch (UNPL)
Reviews experience with non-power reactor licensing, and associated regulations, guidance, and precedents 14
UNPL/UARL
- Project Managers (PMs) from both UARL and UNPL are assigned for each advanced non-power reactor Collaboration applicant or prospective applicant, as appropriate for Advanced
- UARL PM: Primary contact, and primary Project Non-Power Management responsibility for each applicant or prospective applicant Reactor Reviews
- UNPL PM: Primary UNPL resource for each applicant or prospective applicant, to provide expertise and ensure consistency with non-power reactor guidance (e.g., NUREG-1537), precedents, and minimum regulation 15
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