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M230330: Slides/Supporting Presentation Material - M. Goff - Briefing on Nuclear Regulatory Research Program

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Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)

Dr. Michael Goff, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy NRC Briefing on Regulatory Research Collaboration March 30, 2023

DOE and NRC Collaboration are Critical DOE NE Mission To advance nuclear energy science and technology to meet U.S. energy, environmental, and economic needs. NEs research and testing partner is the Idaho National Lab.

DOE NE Priorities 1 2 3 4 Enable continued Enable deployment of Develop advanced Maintain U.S.

operation of existing advanced nuclear nuclear fuel cycles leadership in nuclear U.S. nuclear reactors reactors energy technology 2

DOE-NRC Engagement

• DOE/NRC MOU on Nuclear Energy Innovation (October 2019)

• Accelerate technical and regulatory readiness to enable demonstration of innovative technologies and advanced reactor concepts

• MOU addendum for Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (April 2020)

• MOU addendum on the National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) (Feb 2021)

• Provide NRC access to infrastructure and capabilities to observe and learn about the technologies developed through NRIC

• MOU addendum on Severe Accident Analysis and Source Term (April 2021)

• Addresses technical coordination between DOE and NRC regarding the MELCOR severe accident computer code to perform non-light water reactor source term evaluation

• MOU addendum on Advanced Fuels and Fuel Cycle Applications (July 2022)

• Addresses technical coordination between DOE and NRC on research related to the safety of advanced fuels technologies (light water reactor fuels with enhanced accident tolerance and non-light water reactor fuels) and activities related to the fuel cycle (front-end, in-reactor performance, and back-end) 3

DOE-NRC Engagement on Fuels

• Focused technical exchanges

• International collaborations

• Fuels codes and models

• NRC on core team for INL's joint experimental

• Accident tolerant fuels with ORNL and INL project with NEA's FIDES II

• NRC's advanced reactor fuel qualification pilot

• DOE/NRC MOU for all future joint experimental with INL projects with FIDES II

• Criticality safety bases for high-assay, low-

• DOE third party agreement with NRC on SCIP-4 enriched uranium

• Staff on loan

• NRC management detail to DOE

• INL technical detail to NRC

• Regular, periodic meetings

• Accident tolerant fuel

• High-assay, low-enriched uranium

• Advanced Fuels Campaign Annual Meeting

• Restart used fuel recycling meetings 4

Advanced Reactor Regulatory Development Program Mission: Coordinate with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and industry to address and resolve key regulatory framework issues that directly impact the critical path to advanced reactor demonstration and deployment.

• DOE NE cost-share support of industry-led initiatives to adapt and establish a regulatory framework for advanced reactors

• Technology-Inclusive Content of Applications Project (TICAP) is a risk-informed, performance-based (RIPB) approach to right-size information in a license application to increase efficiency of generating and reviewing an application

• Builds on NRC-endorsed Licensing Modernization Project systematic risk-informed process

• Opportunity for early movers to demonstrate implementation of risk-informed, performance-based approach

• NE R&D activities directly reduce technical and regulatory risks by providing bases for establishment of licensing technical requirements

• Establish technical insights and tools regarding radionuclide transport and release from advanced reactors, including fast reactors, gas-cooled reactors, and molten salt reactors

• Supporting NRC endorsement of codes and standards important for the manufacture of advanced reactor components

• Validation and access to priority material property data to be used in safety codes and models 5

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