ML23017A188
| ML23017A188 | |
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| Issue date: | 03/14/2023 |
| From: | Van Wert C Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Download: ML23017A188 (5) | |
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Readiness for Licensing of Advanced Reactor Fuels, Engagement, and Recent Licensing Activities Christopher Van Wert Senior Technical Advisor for Reactor Fuel, Division of Safety Systems, NRR
Light-Water Reactor (LWR) Fuel:
- Consists of uranium oxide fuel pellets enriched up to 5 weight percent uranium-235, within an array of zirconium-based cladding.
Advanced Reactor Fuel:
- Fuel for use in an advanced nuclear reactor or a research and test reactor, including fuel with a low uranium enrichment level of not greater than 20 percent.
What Is Advanced Reactor Fuel?
Development of Guidance:
NUREG-2246, Fuel Qualification for Advanced Reactors NUREG/CR-7299, Fuel Qualification for Molten Salt Reactors Generic TRISO Topical Report Development of Tools:
Updated Fuel Analysis under Steady-state and Transients (FAST)
Code Readiness for Review
Engagement and Collaboration Domestic:
Observe Industry/DOE Workshops National Laboratory Code Development International:
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) Joint Position Paper on TRISO Fuel Qualification Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
Report, Regulatory Perspectives on Nuclear Fuel Qualification for Advanced Reactors
Recent Licensing ActivitiesTRISO Fuel
Website:
https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/advanced/rulemaking-and-guidance/fuel-qualification.html https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/advanced.html
References:
NUREG-2246: Fuel Qualification for Advanced Reactors, March 2022, Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML22063A131 NUREG/CR-7299, Fuel Qualification for Molten Salt Reactors, December 2022, ML22339A161 EPRI-AR-1(NP)-A, Uranium Oxycarbide (UCO) TRISO Coated Particle Fuel Performance, December 2020, ML20336A052 CNSC Memorandum of Cooperation, Interim Summary Joint Report Concerning TRISO Fuel Qualification, February 2022, ML22030A000 CNSC Memorandum of Cooperation, Interim Joint Report #2 Concerning TRISO Fuel Qualification, May 2022, ML22101A297 NEA/CNRA/R(2020)1, Regulatory Perspectives on Nuclear Fuel Qualification for Advanced Reactors (DRAFT), Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities, December 2020, ML22018A099 Additional Information