ML22250A672

Summary of May 24, 2022, Meeting with the National Organization of Test, Research, and Training Reactors

ML22250A672
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Issue date:	09/23/2022
From:	Cindy Montgomery NRC/NRR/DANU/UNPL
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National Organization of Test, Research, and Training Reactors

SUMMARY

OF MAY 24, 2022, MEETING WITH THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF TEST, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING REACTORS On May 24, 2022, an observation public meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff and representatives of the National Organization of Test, Research, and Training Reactors (TRTR) via teleconference. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss rulemaking, licensing, oversight, and upcoming meetings related to the TRTR community. The meeting notice and agenda, dated May 19, 2022, are available in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at ML22139A173. A list of attendees is provided as an enclosure. The following is a description of the topics covered by the NRC staff and the TRTR community.

Caroline Carusone, Deputy Director of the Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities provided opening remarks. The NRC staff discussed the timing of the fiscal year 2023 call for operator examination(s) requests, reinforced the need for licensees to provide detail in their requests for examination(s), and stressed the need for a timely response to this fiscal year 2023 call to support schedule development.

The NRC staff discussed the progress of the revision of NUREG-1478, "Non-Power Reactor Operator Licensing Examiner Standards." The NRC staff informed the TRTR that the draft revision of NUREG-1478 is under review and the opportunity for public comment is forthcoming.

A public meeting is being planned. Comments received will be incorporated into the concurrence process.

Regarding the status of operator license certificates, the NRC staff expressed their understanding about TRTRs concern and are working to issue license certificates in a timely manner. The NRC staff is seeking to understand the impact of the delay of rulemaking from TRTR. The NRC staff is also working to upload into ADAMS the operator examinations reports.

The NRC staff addressed TRTRs request for the status of non-power production and utilization facility license renewal rulemaking and indicated that the new NRC Commissioners will need to review the rulemaking. Regarding TRTR operational trends, both NRC staff and TRTR are looking for trends and will share identified trends. The NRC staff requested that TRTR provide feedback on the use of the new Regulatory Guide 2.8, Guidance for Implementation of 10 CFR 50.59, Changes, Tests and Experiments. The NRC staff requested a status update from TRTR at a later date on the digital instrumentation and control addendum that TRTR is planning.

September 23, 2022 Meetings relevant to the interests of the TRTR community:

October 11-14, 2022, TRTR Annual Conference, will be hosted by the Pennsylvania State University at Toftrees, State College, PA. Potential topics for NRC day were requested

The next 2022 TRTR quarterly meeting with NRC is scheduled for Tuesday, November 15, 2022 Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-3398, or Cindy.Montgomery@nrc.gov.

Cindy K. Montgomery, Project Manager Non-Power Production and Utilization Facility Licensing Branch Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/enclosure: See next page Signed by Montgomery, Cynthia on 09/23/22

Research and Test Reactor Licensees Dr. Michael Nastasi, Department Head Texas A&M University Nuclear Engineering Department 3133 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-313 Austin, TX 78756-3189 Mr. Ethan Taber, Reactor Manager Missouri University of Science and Technology Nuclear Reactor Facility 250 West 13th Street Rolla, MO 65409-0630 Dr. Siaka Yusuf, Facility Director Dow TRIGA Research Reactor The Dow Chemical Company Building 1602 Midland, MI 48674 Mr. Andrew Kauffman, Associate Director Ohio State University Nuclear Reactor Laboratory 1298 Kinnear Road Columbus, OH 43212-1154 Mr. Carlos Martinez, Site Manager GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Vallecitos Nuclear Center 6705 Vallecitos Road Sunol, CA 94586 Dr. Steven R. Reese, Director Oregon State University 100 Radiation Center Corvallis, OR 97331-5903 Dr. Marylou Dunik-Gougar Reactor Administrator Idaho State University Professor of Nuclear Engineering 921 S. 8th Avenue, MS 8065 Pocatello, ID 83209-8060 Dr. Kenan Unlu, Director Radiation Science and Engineering Center Breazeale Nuclear Reactor Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802-2301 Dr. Alan Cebula Nuclear Reactor Facility Manager Kansas State University 112 Ward Hall Manhattan, KS 66506-5204 Dr. Thomas H. Newton, Deputy Director National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST Center for Neutron Research U.S. Department of Commerce 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 6101 Gaithersburg, MD 20899-6101 Mr. Jerry Newhouse, Director Reed College Reed Research Reactor 3203 Southeast Woodstock Boulevard Portland, OR 97202-8199 Dr. Seungjin Kim, Reactor Director Purdue University The School of Nuclear Engineering 516 Northwestern Avenue West Lafayette, IN 47906

Dr. Wei Ji, Director Reactor Critical Facility Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 8th Street JEC 5040 Troy, NY 12180 3590 Dr. Wesley D. Frey, Reactor Director McClellan Nuclear Research Center University of California, Davis 5335 Price Avenue, Building 258 McClellan, CA 95652-2504 Dr. Cameron Goodwin, Director Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center 16 Reactor Road Narragansett, RI 02882-1165 Mr. John Keffer, Reactor Supervisor Nuclear Reactor Facility Department of Chemistry University of California 1102 Natural Sciences 2 Irvine, CA 92697-2025 Andrew Cook, Interim Reactor Facility Director Chief, Reactor Division Radiation Sciences Department Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute 4555 South Palmer Road, Building Bethesda, MD 20889-5648 Dr. Donald Wall, Facility Director University of Florida Training Reactor P.O. Box 116400 Gainesville, FL 32611 Dr. Sean McDeavitt, Director Nuclear Science Center Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station 1095 Nuclear Science Road, MS 3575 College Station, TX 77843-3575 Ms. Amber Johnson, Director Nuclear Reactor and Radiation Facilities University of Maryland Department of Materials Science and Engineering 4418 Stadium Drive, Room 1104 College Park, MD 20742-2115 Jonathan Wallick, Reactor Supervisor U.S. Geological Survey P.O. Box 25046, MS 974 Denver Federal Center Denver, CO 80225 Mr. Leo Bobek, Reactor Supervisor University of Massachusetts Lowell Nuclear Radiation Laboratory One University Avenue Lowell, MA 01854 Dr. Glenn E. Sjoden, Director Utah Nuclear Engineering Program Professor, Energy Solutions Presidential Endowed Chair Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Utah 110 Central Campus Dr., Rm 2000 Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Dr. David J. Robertson, Reactor Facility Director University of Missouri-Columbia Research Reactor Center 1513 Research Park Drive Columbia, MO 65211 Mr. Robert Agasie, Reactor Director Nuclear Reactor Laboratory University of Wisconsin - Madison 1513 University Avenue, Room 1215 Madison, WI 53706-1687 Carl Willis, Chief Reactor Supervisor Nuclear Engineering Department 1 University of New Mexico, MSC-01-1120 Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

Mr. Corey Hines, Director Washington State University Nuclear Radiation Center 50 Roundtop Drive Pullman, WA 99164 1300 Mr. Paul Whaley, Associate Director Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory The University of Texas at Austin 10100 Burnet Road, Building 159 Austin, TX 78758 Mr. John P. Foster, Director of Reactor Operations Nuclear Reactor Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology 138 Albany Street, MS NW12-110 Cambridge, MA 02139 Gregory Piefer, Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer SHINE Technologies, LLC 3400 Innovation Court Janesville, WI 53546 Mrs. Nina Colby Fleming, Ph.D.

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Enclosure LIST OF ATTENDEES MAY 24, 2022, MEETING WITH THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF TEST, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING REACTORS Name Organization Jeffrey Geuther The Pennsylvania State University Thomas Newton National Institute of Standards and Technology Cameron Goodwin Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission Amber Johnson University of Maryland Luke Gilde University of Maryland Johnathan Wallick U.S. Geological Survey Corey Hines Washington State University Ronald Astrino University of Missouri-Columbia Kiratadas Kutikkad Jacqueline Matyas Steven Reese Oregon State University Robert Agasie University of New Mexico David Robertson University of Missouri-Columbia Ryan Marcum Robert Schickler Janet Schlueter Chatzidakis Stylianos Purdue University Ethan Taber Missouri University of Science and Technology Tim Martinson Aaron Eyler U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Amy Beasten U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Cindy Montgomery U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Duane Hardesty Edward Helvenston U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Geoffrey Wertz U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Dan Hoang U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Holly Cruz U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission John Nguyen U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Joshua Borromeo U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Justin Hudson U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Kevin Roche U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Linh Tran U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Travis Tate U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Tuan Le U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Xiaosong Yin U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Zarva Taru U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission