ML23087A109
| ML23087A109 | |
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|---|---|
| Site: | 07109396 |
| Issue date: | 04/14/2023 |
| From: | Bernie White Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch |
| To: | Waksman J US Dept of Defense (DOD) |
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| Download: ML23087A109 (3) | |
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April 14, 2023 Dr. Jeff Waksman Strategic Capabilities Office U. S. Department of Defense 4755 Meadow Wood Lane Chantilly, VA 20151
SUBJECT:
REVIEW OF RISK ASSESSMENT APPROACH FOR TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE APPROVAL OF A TRANSPORTABLE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT FOR DOMESTIC HIGHWAY SHIPMENT- FIRST REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Dear Dr. Waksman:
By request dated February 20, 2023 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. (ML23066A202), on behalf of the Strategic Capabilities Office within the Department of Defense, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) requested U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) review of PNNLs document titled Development and Application of Risk Assessment Approach for Transportation Package Approval of a Transportable Nuclear Power Plant for Domestic Highway Shipment.
In connection with our review, we need the information identified in the enclosures to this letter.
The additional information requested in Enclosure 1 to this letter should be submitted in the form of revised pages to the PNNL document. Enclosure 2 contains the NRCs observations that an applicant might find useful when using the approach in an application for package approval, which are provided to potential applicants for information purposes only. The NRC does not expect responses to these observations.
Please provide your response to the questions in Enclosure 1 within 2 months from the date of this letter. If no additional information is needed after the staffs review of the response to our request for additional information, the NRC plans to issue a draft endorsement of the risk-assessment approach by the end of September 2023. The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) informed the staff that it would like to review the risk assessment approach.
Based on issuance of a draft endorsement by the end of September 2023, the staff plans to engage the ACRS in the fall of 2023.
J. Waksman Please reference Cost Accounting Code No. 001827, Docket No. 71-9396 and Enterprise Project Identifier (EPID) No. L-2022-NFN-0009 in future correspondence related to this request.
The staff is available to meet to discuss your proposed responses. If you have any questions, I may be contacted at +1 (301) 415-6577 or via email at Bernard.White@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, Signed by White, Bernard on 04/14/23 Bernard H. White IV, Senior Project Manager Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 71-9396 EPID No. L-2022-NFN-0009
Enclosures:
- 1. Request for Additional Information
- 2. Observations cc w/encl:
Steve Schilthelm, BWXT Harold Adkins, PNNL Steve Maheras, PNNL Jeff England, NAC International, Inc.
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