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M230124: Agenda - Overview of Accident Tolerant Fuel Activities
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Issue date: 01/24/2023
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AGENDA

Title:

OVERVIEW OF ACCIDENT TOLERANT FUEL ACTIVITIES (Public Meeting)

Purpose:

To provide the Commission an update on the status of and issues associated with the path to licensing accident tolerant fuel.

Scheduled: January 24, 2023 9:00 a.m.

Duration: Approx. 3 hours3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br /> Location: Commissioners Conference Room, 1st floor OWFN

Participants:

Presentation External Panel 35 mins.*

Bill McCaughey, Director, Office of Advanced Fuel Technologies 7 mins.

Office of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy Topics:

  • Current efforts of the Advanced Fuels Campaign, including high-enrichment and high-burnup activities
  • Near- and long-term accident tolerant fuel (ATF) fuels concepts Bradley (Brad) Adams, Vice President of Technical Compliance, Engineering, 7 mins.

Southern Company, Member, Industry Accident Tolerant Fuel Working Group Topic:

  • Update on the Accident Tolerant Fuel Working Group mission and activities Rich Augi, Light Water Reactor Fuel Product Director, 7 mins.

Global Nuclear Fuel Topic:

  • Perspectives on ATF fuel development and deployment Jeffrey Bradfute, Vice President, Americas Fuel Delivery, 7 mins.

Westinghouse Electric Company Topic:

  • Perspectives on ATF fuel development and deployment, including longer-term ATF concepts

Dr. Edwin Lyman, Director of Nuclear Power Safety, Union of Concerned 7 mins.

Scientists Topic:

  • Perspectives on ATF technologies and the associated regulatory framework Commission Q & A 50 mins.

Break 5 mins.

NRC Staff 35 mins.*

Daniel H. Dorman, Executive Director for Operations Topic:

  • Opening remarks on the NRCs ATF activities Andrea Kock, Deputy Office Director for Engineering, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR)

Topic:

  • Strategic overview of the NRCs ATF activities Kevin Heller, Nuclear Engineer, Division of Safety Systems, NRR Topics:
  • Readiness for licensing ATF
  • Recent NRR licensing activities to support ATF decision-making
  • Collaboration activities on ATF Damaris Marcano, Chief, Containment, Thermal, Chemical and Fire Protection Branch, Division of Fuel Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS)

Topics:

  • Readiness for licensing the enrichment, fabrication, transportation, and storage of ATF
  • Front-end and back-end considerations for ATF
  • Recent NMSS licensing and oversight activities to support ATF decision-making James Corson, Senior Reactor Systems Engineer, Division of Systems Analysis, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Topics:
  • Preparation of confirmatory analysis tools for ATF
  • Collaboration activities on ATF research Alice Chung, Reactor Systems Engineer, Division of Systems Analysis, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Topic:
  • Modernizing and enhancing staff expertise and leveraging tools associated with the regulation of advances in fuel technologies 2

Commission Q & A 50 mins.

Discussion - Wrap-Up 5 mins.

  • For presentation only and does not include time for Commission Q & As 3