ML22159A212
| ML22159A212 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 06/08/2022 |
| From: | David Aird NRC/NRR/DRO/IRAB |
| To: | Philip Mckenna Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| Aird D | |
| References | |
| Download: ML22159A212 (7) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 June 8, 2022 MEMORANDUM TO:
Philip J. McKenna, Chief Reactor Assessment Branch Division of Reactor Oversight Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM:
David M. Aird, Reactor Operations Engineer /RA Reactor Assessment Branch Division of Reactor Oversight Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF THE REACTOR OVERSIGHT PROCESS BIMONTHLY PUBLIC MEETING HELD ON MAY 26, 2022 On May 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, other senior industry executives, and various external stakeholders to discuss the staffs progress on initiatives related to the ROP. The topics discussed during this teleconference are described below.
NRC Artificial Intelligence Strategic Plan and Roadmap The NRC staff provided an update on the status of the development of the NRC's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategic Plan. The topics included a high-level summary of the AI Strategic Plan, the next steps, and key dates. The NRC staff informed the participants about the upcoming publication draft AI Strategic Plan in the Federal Register for public comment by June 2022. The NRC staff also plans to host an AI public workshop in the summer/fall of 2022 to remain aware of the fast-paced technological adoption of AI in the industry and communicate with external stakeholders about NRC's progress on AI activities.
NEI asked whether the NRC intends to develop regulatory guidance and tools to prepare the staff to assess AI as part of NRC regulatory activities. The NRC staff stated that the agency would need to assess whether any regulatory guidance (e.g., regulatory guides or standard review plan sections) or inspection procedures need to be updated or created to clarify the process and procedure for the licensing and oversight of the use of AI in NRC-regulated activities. The need for revision will be based on the information gathered through the execution of the AI Strategic Plan and engagement with external stakeholders.
CONTACT: David M. Aird, NRR/DRO 301287-0725
Presentation: Increasing NRC Readiness in Artificial Intelligence Decisionmaking - (ADAMS Accession No. ML22143A926) https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML22143A926 Commercial Grade Dedication and Engineering Inspections The NRC staff shared an update on Commercial Grade Dedication (CGD) inspection development. The staff expects the publicly available final draft of the procedure to be available in June 2022. Staff also indicated the willingness to coordinate future public meetings with industry in fall 2022 to further discuss CGD inspection implementation prior to the first inspections. Staff responded to questions from the industry and public and indicated that they plan to utilize the lessons learned from both Environmental Qualification and Power-Operated Valve inspections in development, training and implementation of the CGD inspections; those inspections will be conducted at each operating reactor licensee site; and that Counterfeit, Fraudulent and Suspect Item training will be incorporated into the CGD training those regional inspectors will receive.
Causal Evaluation Methods for Inspection Procedure 95001 Supplemental Inspections Industry representatives requested clarification on terminology used in ROP Inspection Procedure (IP) 95001, Supplemental Inspection Response to Action Matrix Column 2 (Regulatory Response) Inputs and Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 2515, Appendix B, Supplemental Inspection Program. Specifically, industry representatives requested NRC clarification of the terms root cause and corrective action to preclude repetition as defined in IMC 2515, Appendix B and discussed in withdrawn SECY190067, Recommendations for Enhancing the Reactor Oversight Process. The NRC clarified that the definitions provided in IMC 2515, Appendix B were applicable to the IMC and related IPs for inspector use in verifying licensee actions and completing the IP objectives. The NRC acknowledges in IMC 2515, Appendix B that industry terminology may differ and that inspectors should not base inspection conclusions on terminology used by licensees.
Follow-on COVID19 Lesson Learned Working Group Preliminary Recommendations The NRC staff provided a summary of the preliminary conclusions and recommendations developed by the Follow-On Review of the Lessons Learned, Best Practices, and Challenges During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency working group. The NRC discussed the preliminary conclusions and expected completion schedule. Opportunities for comment and questions were provided for all attendees.
Presentation: COVID19 Lessons Learned Working Group Presentation for ROP Public Meeting
- (ML22139A171) https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML22139A171 Status of ROP Enhancement Activities The NRC staff also gave an update of the status of the ROP Enhancement Commission SECY papers schedule (ML22025A132) that were discussed in the January ROP Public Meeting. The Engineering Inspection SECY paper is currently at the Office of the Executive Director for Operations (OEDO) for issuance. The Problem Identification and Resolution (PI&R) SECY paper has begun work and is projected to be issued at the end of July 2022. The 4th Quarter Performance Indicator (PI) Treatment and Greater-Than-Green PI Treatment SECY paper has
begun work and is on schedule for issuance in September 2022. The White/Yellow Findings Definitions revision in IMC 0609 is ready to be issued but will wait until a corresponding change to the Enforcement Policy is sent to the Commission by a SECY paper at the same time. This is projected to occur in about two months. Work on the two Emergency Planning (EP) SECYs has begun (The EP Significance Determination Process (SDP) revision SECY and the EP Siren PI Elimination and the new EP Facility PI SECY) and are on scheduled to be issued in the 4th quarter of calendar year 2022.
Significance Determination Process Timeliness Review The NRC staff provided an overview of an ongoing review of timeliness associated with potentially greater-than-Green findings in the SDP. The purpose of the review is to identify any common themes or trends associated with findings that exceeded the 255-day metric as defined in IMC 0307, Appendix A. Any recommendations related to changes to the metric or SDP guidance will be produced in a publicly available report by the end of calendar year 2022.
Presentation: Significance Determination Process Timeliness Review - (ML22144A257) https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML22144A257 NEI 99-02 rev. 8 Update Industry representatives indicated that the revision 8 update to NEI 99-02 is in process and will include Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) that have been approved since the last update.
Representatives also indicated that a more efficient process for incorporating approved FAQs is also in process.
Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) 2202 - Diablo Canyon Scram Industry representatives presented FAQ 2202 related to a Diablo Canyon manual trip on October 15, 2021. The guidance needing interpretation was Figure 2, IE04 Unplanned Scrams with Complication - Flowchart, on page 29 of NEI 99-02, Regulatory Assessment Performance Indicator Guideline, Revision 7, specifically Main Feedwater availability and recovery using approved plant procedures during scram response. NRC staff acknowledged receipt of FAQ 2202 and have started the technical review.
During the meeting, industry representatives provided the following as background information for the topic:
FAQ 2202 - Diablo Canyon Scram - (ML22144A144) https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML22144A144 The Next ROP Meeting:
The next ROP bimonthly public meeting is tentatively scheduled for July 27, 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
David.Aird@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).
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 6/8/2022 6/8/2022 6/8/2022
Enclosure LIST OF ATTENDEES REACTOR OVERSIGHT PROCESS BIMONTHLY PUBLIC MEETING May 26, 2022, 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM Name Organization1 Name Organization James Morris PG&E David Aird NRC Steve Catron NextEra Philip McKenna NRC Bob Murrell NextEra Ashley Demeter NRC James Slider NEI Russell Felts NRC Tim Riti NEI Billy Gleaves NRC Robin Ritzman Curtiss-Wright Brian Benney NRC Tony Brown NEI Zachary Hollcraft NRC Larry Nicholson Certrec Valerie Stowell NRC David Gudger Constellation Nuclear Marc Ferdas NRC Stephenie Pyle Entergy Chris Cauffman NRC Nicole Good Stars Alliance David Garmon NRC Rob Burg EPM, Inc.
Kenneth Kolaczyk NRC Melody Rodriguez NEI Mike King NRC James Pak Dominion Energy Tony Nakanishi NRC Tony Zimmerman Duke Energy William Rautzen NRC Martin Murphy Xcel Don Johnson NRC Andrew Mauer NEI Stephen Campbell NRC Harry Balian PSEG Jared Justice NRC Deann Raleigh Unknown Brigit Larsen NRC Andrew Zach EPW Ronald Cureton NRC Wendy Brost STP Avinash Jaigobind NRC Timothy Falkiewicz Unknown Kevin Fay NRC William Evon STP Tom Eck NRC Margaret Offerle Unknown Jeff Bream NRC Desiree Wolfgramm Unknown Serita Sanders NRC Stephen Hess Jensen Hughes Scott Wilson NRC Michael Marks Duke Energy Eugene Guthrie NRC Michael Richardson PG&E Paul Laflamme NRC Suzanne Loyd Constellation David Kern NRC David Hoppe Talen Energy Patricia Vossmar NRC Andrew Miller Unknown Pete Snyder NRC Linda Dewhirst NPPD Madhi Hayes NRC Melisa Krick Unknown Chris Miller NRC Russell Prentice PG&E Ray Kellar NRC Richard Stadtlander Xcel Derek Widmayer NRC Katie Brown Unknown Manuel Crespo NRC Carlos Sisco Winston & Strawn Eugene DiPaolo NRC Ramakrishna Thatipamala PG&E Luis Betancourt NRC 1 Unknown organization indicates that the participants affiliation was not provided by the issuance of this meeting summary.
Name Organization1 Name Organization Edwin Lyman UCS Charles Murray NRC Richard Montgomery PSEG David Nani NRC David Mannai PSEG Roni Fraser NRC Robert Rishel Unknown Ayesha Athar NRC Enrique Melendez Asensio CSN Doug Bollock NRC Jason Kozal NRC Caty Nolan NRC Ekaterina Lenning NRC Catherine Kanatas NRC Steven Shockley NRC Jo Bridge NRC Chris Speer NRC Natasha Greene NRC Jonathan Fiske NRC