ML22034A766

ROP Public Meeting Summary

ML22034A766
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Issue date:	02/03/2022
From:	Tekia Govan NRC/NRR/DRO
To:	Masters A Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 3, 2022 MEMORANDUM TO: Anthony D. Masters, Chief Reactor Assessment Branch Division of Reactor Oversight Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM: Tekia V. Govan, Project Manager /RA Reactor Assessment Branch Division of Reactor Oversight Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

SUMMARY

OF THE REACTOR OVERSIGHT PROCESS BI-MONTHLY PUBLIC MEETING HELD ON JANUARY 23, 2022 On January 26, 2022, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff hosted a public meeting with the Nuclear Energy Institutes (NEIs) Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Task Force executives, and other senior industry executives, to discuss the staffs progress on various ROP initiatives. The topics discussed during this teleconference are described below.

Next Steps for the Withdrawn SECY-18-0113, Recommendations for Modifying the Reactor Oversight Process Engineering Inspection and SECY-19-0067, Recommendations for Enhancing the Reactor Oversight Process and The NRC staff discussed the plan for communicating the recommendations from SECY-18-0113 and SECY-19-0067 to the Commission after being withdrawn on August 5, 2021. The staff noted that inspection procedure (IP) 71124.02, Occupational ALARA Exposure and Controls, has been sunset and a revised IP 71124.01, Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls, was issued and effective January 1, 2022. The staffs presentation can be found under (Agencywide Document Access Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML22025A132).

The NRC staff discussed the plan to move forward with revising the qualitative definitions of White and Yellow safety significance and drafting a Commissioners Assistants Note (CA Note) to inform the Commission. The NRC staff will need to align internally before proceeding.

One objection to this proposal was raised during the meeting by a member of the Union of Concerned Scientists.

CONTACT: Tekia V. Govan, NRR/DRO 301-415-6197

A. Masters The staff discussed the communication tools and planned timeline for the recommendations requiring Commission approval. The staff is drafting a Notation Vote paper to recommend revising the frequency of engineering inspections with a goal to implement Commission direction by the beginning of the next triennial inspection cycle starting January 1, 2023. The staff will draft a COMSECY seeking Commission direction on the frequency of Problem Identification and Resolution team inspections. The staff recommendation was originally to revise the frequency to triennial; however, after the comprehensive review, the staff is leaning toward changing that recommendation for the inspection to remain at a biennial frequency. The paper will provide both options to the Commission with pros and cons. Estimated completion is June 30, 2022.

The staff is drafting another Notation Vote paper to revise the Emergency Preparedness Significance Determination Process to make it more risk informed. The staff will also recommend revising 10 CFR 50.54q so that reduction in effectiveness reviews would be required for only those planning standards that have a direct impact on public health and safety.

The staff estimates completion at the end of August 2022.

The staff will draft one additional Notation Vote paper to eliminate the requirement for inspection findings to remain as Action Matrix inputs for four full quarters, closing them upon satisfactory completion of the appropriate supplemental inspection. Coupled with this recommendation is a recommendation to revise the treatment of Greater-than-Green Performance Indicators to remain as Action Matrix inputs until licensees satisfactorily meet the objectives of the appropriate supplemental inspection. The staff plans to issue this paper by September 30, 2022.

Finally, the staff is also going to evaluate the baseline inspection procedures for which revised sample sizes were recommended in SECY-19-0067. This evaluation will be an aggregate review of the changes considering additional data gathered since the paper was issued to determine if there was any fatal flaw with the bases for the recommended changes. The changes to the baseline inspection procedures will be communicated to the Commission using a CA Note at least 14 days prior to implementation, in accordance with Management Directive 8.13.

Update on Changes to the Problem Identification & Resolution (P&IR) Inspection The NRC staff discussed recent changes to IP 71152 that became effective January 1, 2022. Additionally, the staff discussed plans for a COMSECY paper in the second quarter of 2022 to provide the Commission with options regarding a biennial or triennial team inspection. The staff plans to make enhancements to the team inspection procedure and any Commission requirements for the next inspection cycle beginning in 2024.

During the meeting, the staff provided the following reference documents as background information for this topic:

Updated Plant Status Manual Chapter: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2128/ML21281A180.pdf Updated PI&R Inspection procedure: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2128/ML21281A181.pdf Comprehensive Review: Package Contents - ML20247J590 (nrc.gov)

A. Masters NRC staff response to NEI White Paper, Proposal to Replace the ANS-PI with an ERFER-PI The NRC staff provided a markup of NEI White Paper (WP), Proposal to Replace the ANS-PI with an ERFER-PI for NEIs review and consideration (ADAMS Accession No. ML22021B190).

The staff highlighted that the WP has potential impact on several other NRC activities, such as efforts to enhance the 10 CFR 50.72 notification process, review and endorsement of a revised emergency action level scheme via NEI 99-01, and consideration of future rulemaking efforts for 10 CFR 50.54(t). The staff is maintaining an awareness of this topic to ensure there is alignment with NRC regulation and guidance activities.

ACTION ITEM: Once NEI has had an opportunity to review the staffs comments on this WP, they will inform the NRC staff of the need to schedule a meeting to discuss the comments. This meeting may take place prior to the next ROP bi-monthly meeting.

NRC Involvement in Light Water Reactor Sustainability Plant Modernization The NRC staff introduced their work in conjunction with the Department of Energy (DOE) Light Water Reactor Sustainability (LWRS) efforts that may impact inspection and oversight (ADAMS Accession No. ML22021B308). An NRR team has been established to monitor this research and provide input.

The staff described the limited support that it is providing to Idaho National Labs (INL) as a part of their Plant Modernization pathway under the LWRS effort currently focused on data automation efforts that could increase efficiency and effectiveness of Problem Identification and Resolution (PI&R) inspection. This support includes providing INL access to an NRC inspection team conducting an annual PI&R inspection at Exelons Limerick Station and facilitating communication between the NRC, INL, DOE, and licensees on ongoing efforts in this area that may affect the NRCs inspection and oversight programs.

Lastly the staff emphasized that this project is funded by DOE and that INL is a DOE contractor.

As such, the NRCs involvement in this project is limited in scope to information gathering, sharing of NRC perspective on ongoing research, and evaluating projects for their potential future impact on inspection, and oversight activities. NRC involvement in LWRS is governed by memorandum of understanding with DOE.

The Next ROP Meeting:

The next ROP bi-monthly meeting is tentatively scheduled for March 23, 2022.

Communicating with the NRC staff At the start of all ROP public meetings, the project manager provides contact information for the public to use to provide their name as a participant in the meeting. This contact information is also provided for submitting questions and comments to the NRC technical staff. Please note that any questions and/or comments pertaining to the ROP project can be sent to Tekia.Govan@nrc.gov. Questions and/or comments will be forward to the appropriate NRC staff. The staff also mentioned the role out of the Contact Us about ROP page on the new ROP website, which can also be used to submit questions and comments regarding the ROP initiative (https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/oversight/contactus.html).

A. Masters Conclusion At the end of the meeting, NRC, and industry management gave closing remarks. The industry representatives expressed appreciation for the open dialogue and willingness of NRC staff to hear industry views. The NRC management stressed the importance of the NRC being focused on providing reasonable assurance of public health and safety when considering changes to the ROP.

The enclosure provides the attendance list for this meeting.

Enclosure:

As stated

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DATE 01/28/2022 02/02/2022 02/03/2022 LIST OF ATTENDEES REACTOR OVERSIGHT PROCESS BI-MONTHLY PUBLIC MEETING January 26, 2022, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM Name Organization1 Name Organization Nicole Good Star Alliance Micheal Smith NRC Nathan Zohner INPO David Garmon NRC David Young NEI Robert Krsek NRC Bob Murrell Unknown Don Johnson NRC Andrew Zach EPW Nicole Fields NRC Tony Zimmerman Duke Energy Todd Keene NRC Robin Ritzman Curtiss-Wright Lisa Regner NRC Steve Catron NextEra Shakur Walker NRC Eugene Kelly Exelon Tekia Govan NRC Christian Williams Exelon Caty Nolan NRC Stephenie Pyle Entergy Christopher Regan NRC Jeffrey Stone Exelon Louise Lund NRC Tim Riti NEI Jeffrey Bream NRC Carlos Sisco Winston and Strawn Anthony Masters NRC Justin Wearn PSEG Mario Fernandez NRC Chris Wiegand PSEG Russel Felts NRC Charlene Chotalal North Anna Power Nicholas Taylor NRC Station Melody Rodriguez Unknown Daniel Merzke NRC Edwin Lyman Union of Concern Jennifer Whitman NRC Scientists Ron Gaston Entergy Charles Murray NRC Deann Raleigh Unknown Avinash Jaigobind NRC Rob Burg EPM David Aird NRC Andrew Mauer NEI Asley Demeter NRC David Gudger Exelon Nuclear Stewart Bailey NRC Ahmad Al Rashdan INL Mike King NRC Jim Slider NEI Nick Melly NRC Russell Thompson TVA Diana Betancourt- NRC Roldan Scott Jeffrey Unknown Alex Garmoe NRC Cheryl Ann Gayheart Southern Company Eric Duncan NRC Ryan Treadway Unknown Tony Nakanishi NRC Robert Page Unknown Justin Hawkins NRC Tony Brown Unknown Hang Vu NRC 1 Unknown organization indicates that the participants affiliation was not provided by the issuance of this meeting summary.

Enclosure

Name Organization Name Organization Jason Jennings PSEG Ronald Cureton NRC Margaret Offerle Unknown Julio Lara NRC Mark Salley Unknown Matthew NRC Humberstone Luke Greene Unknown Philip McKenna NRC Lloyd Generette Unknown Thomas Hipschman NRC William Rautzen Unknown Kenneth Kolaczyk NRC Matthew Euten Unknown Christopher NRC Cauffman Brain Hayes Unknown Billy Gleaves NRC Harry Balian Unknown Manuel Crespo NRC Phil Couture Unknown Mike McCoppin NRC Steve Dolley Unknown Catherine Kanatas NRC James Pak Unknown Bridget Curran NRC Walter Church Unknown David Kern NRC Scott Lappegaard Unknown Kevin Fay NRC Wendy Brost Unknown Paul Laflamme NRC Adam Goodman Unknown Eugene Dipaolo NRC Lawrence Svetlana Unknown Stephen Campbell NRC Mimi King-Patterson Unknown Jared Justice NRC Larry Nicholson Unknown Valerie Stowell NRC Kellen Giraud Unknown Nicole Stridiron NRC Peter Hetesi Unknown Gabe Taylor NRC Stephen Hess Jensen Hughes Johnathan Fiske NRC Marty Murphy Unknown Zachery Hollcraft NRC Serita Sanders NRC Frances Ramirez NRC Eric Schrader NRC Karla Stoedter NRC John Lane NRC Amy Hardin NRC Aaron McCraw NRC Gregory Halnon NRC Ray Azua NRC Shiattin Makor NRC