ML21343A023
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| Issue date: | 12/09/2021 |
| From: | NRC/OCM |
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DOE Support for Advanced Reactor Licensing and Demonstration Alice Caponiti Deputy Assistant Secretary for Reactor Fleet and Advanced Reactor Deployment Office of Nuclear Energy December 9, 2021
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3 National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC)
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- DOE NE cost-share support of industry-led initiatives to adapt and establish a regulatory framework for advanced reactors
- Technology-Inclusive Content of Applications Project (TICAP) is a risk-informed, performance-based (RIPB) approach to right-size information in a license application to increase efficiency of generating and reviewing an application
- Builds on NRC-endorsed Licensing Modernization Project systematic risk-informed process
- Opportunity for early movers to demonstrate implementation of risk-informed, performance-based approach Advanced Reactor Regulatory Development
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- NE R&D activities directly reduce technical and regulatory risks by providing the bases for the establishment of advanced reactor technology licensing technical requirements
- Establish technical insights and tools regarding radionuclide transport and release from advanced reactors, including fast reactors, gas-cooled reactors, and molten salt reactors
- Supporting NRC endorsement of codes and standards important for the manufacture of advanced reactor components
- Validation and access to priority material property data to be used in safety codes and models
- Examples include:
- Advanced fuel irradiation and performance testing
- Passive safety system testing and model validation
- Advanced materials testing and ASME Code qualification
- Modeling and Simulation Tool Development Advanced Reactor Regulatory R&D
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Expanded Cooperation with the Regulator DOE/NRC MOU on Nuclear Energy Innovation (October 2019)
- Accelerate technical and regulatory readiness to enable demonstration of innovative technologies and advanced reactor concepts
- Support sharing of technical experience and knowledge MOU addendum for Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (April 2020)
MOU addendum on the National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) (Feb 2021)
- Provide NRC access to infrastructure and capabilities to observe and learn about the technologies developed through NRIC MOU addendum to facilitate the use of advanced modeling and simulation in a regulatory environment (April 2021)
- Help overcome barriers for adoption of advanced modeling and simulation tools
- Support NRCs development of capabilities for confirmatory analysis
- Provide deep knowledge of adopted codes, training and long-term support DOE/NRC MOU on Versatile Test Reactor (VTR) (September 2019)
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- DOE programs have expanded to support a broad diversity of U.S. advanced reactor designs for near, mid, and long-term commercial demonstration
- DOE targets research and development to reduce the technical and regulatory risks associated with advanced reactor designs
- DOE will continue to support industry-led initiatives to inform regulatory frameworks for advanced reactors, including the Part 53 rulemaking process Summary
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Thank you!