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NRR E-mail Capture - Draft Slides for June 7, 2023, Advanced Reactor Stakeholder Meeting Topic Related to Arcap and Ticap Guidance Documents
ML23139A079
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Issue date: 05/18/2023
From: Joseph Sebrosky
NRC/NRR/DANU
To: Chisholm B
Nuclear Energy Institute, Southern Company Services
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Joseph Sebrosky Sent:

Thursday, May 18, 2023 4:29 PM To:

'Chisholm, Brandon M.'; Cyril Draffin; HOLTZMAN, Benjamin Cc:

NICHOL, Marcus; Mohamed Shams; John Segala; Christopher P. Chwasz; Ian Jung; 'Tom King'; Jim C. Kinsey Jr; William Reckley; Steven Nesbit; Thomas Hicks; Jeremy Bowen; AUSTGEN, Kati; Steven Lynch; Jonathan Greives (He/Him);

Amy Cubbage; Michael Orenak; Robert Roche-Rivera; Christopher Cauffman

Subject:

Draft Slides for June 7, 2023, advanced reactor stakeholder meeting topic related to ARCAP and TICAP guidance documents Attachments:

NRC ARCAP_TICAP_Guidance_changes public meeting 5-18 clean.pdf Brandon Chisholm Southern Company Services Ben Holtzman Program Advisor, New Reactors and Advanced Technology Nuclear Energy Institute Cyril Draffin Senior Fellow, Advanced Nuclear United States Nuclear Industry Council Mr. Chisholm, Mr. Holtzman, and Mr. Draffin, The purpose of this email is to provide you with the attached draft slides for the June 7, 2023, advanced reactor stakeholder public meeting for the topic related to advanced reactor content of application project (ARCAP) and technology inclusive content of application project (TICAP) guidance documents. The ARCAP interim staff guidance documents and the TICAP draft guide are publicly available and can be accessed by the links provided in the table below. The attached slides provide a high-level overview of the content of the guidance documents and the changes that have been made to the documents since they were last issued as draft white paper versions. The slide package will be updated prior to the June 7, 2023, public meeting to include the appropriate links to the Federal Register Notices requesting comments on the documents that should be issued by the time of the public meeting.

This email will be captured in ADAMS and the email will be made publicly available so that interested stakeholders will have access to the information.

If you have questions regarding the attached documents please contact me or Mike Orenak.

Sincerely, Joe Sebrosky Senior Project Manager Advanced Reactor Policy Branch Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 301-415-1132 Document ADAMS link ARCAP roadmap ISG https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML22048B546 ARCAP Chapter 2 - site information https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML22048B541 ARCAP Chapter 9 - normal effluents https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML22048B543 ARCAP Chapter 10 - occupational dose https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML22048B544 ARCAP Chapter 11 - organization and human systems interactions https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML22048B542 ARCAP Chapter 12 - post-construction inspections, tests, and analysis program https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML22048B545 ARCAP ISI/IST https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML22048B549 ARCAP technical specifications https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML22048B548 ARCAP fire protection for operations https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML22048B547 TICAP DG https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML22076A003

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Draft Slides for June 7, 2023, advanced reactor stakeholder meeting topic related to ARCAP and TICAP guidance documents Sent Date:

5/18/2023 4:29:15 PM Received Date:

5/18/2023 4:29:00 PM From:

Joseph Sebrosky Created By:

Joseph.Sebrosky@nrc.gov Recipients:

"NICHOL, Marcus" <mrn@nei.org>

Tracking Status: None "Mohamed Shams" <Mohamed.Shams@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "John Segala" <John.Segala@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Christopher P. Chwasz" <Christopher.Chwasz@inl.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Ian Jung" <Ian.Jung@nrc.gov>

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"'Tom King'" <thomasking2993@gmail.com>

Tracking Status: None "Jim C. Kinsey Jr" <jim.kinsey@inl.gov>

Tracking Status: None "William Reckley" <William.Reckley@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Steven Nesbit" <steve.nesbit@lmnt-consulting.com>

Tracking Status: None "Thomas Hicks" <hickste@earthlink.net>

Tracking Status: None "Jeremy Bowen" <Jeremy.Bowen@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "AUSTGEN, Kati" <kra@nei.org>

Tracking Status: None "Steven Lynch" <Steven.Lynch@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Jonathan Greives (He/Him)" <Jonathan.Greives@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Amy Cubbage" <Amy.Cubbage@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Michael Orenak" <Michael.Orenak@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Robert Roche-Rivera" <Robert.Roche-Rivera@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Christopher Cauffman" <Christopher.Cauffman@nrc.gov>

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"'Chisholm, Brandon M.'" <BMCHISHO@SOUTHERNCO.COM>

Tracking Status: None "Cyril Draffin" <cyril.draffin@usnic.org>

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"HOLTZMAN, Benjamin" <bah@nei.org>

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PH0PR09MB7436.namprd09.prod.outlook.com Files Size Date & Time MESSAGE 2893 5/18/2023 4:29:00 PM NRC ARCAP_TICAP_Guidance_changes public meeting 5-18 clean.pdf 1147919 Options Priority:

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Updates on Advanced Reactor Content of Application Project (ARCAP) Interim Staff Guidance (ISG)

Documents and Technology Inclusive Content of Application Project (TICAP) Draft Guide

Purpose 2

  • Facilitate stakeholder understanding of the ARCAP interim staff guidance (ISG) documents and the TICAP draft regulatory guide (DG) 1404.
  • Provide guidance on how to submit written comments. Comments on the documents will not being taken in todays meeting. Please submit your comments in accordance with the instruction in the Federal Register notices Note: ARCAP = Advanced Reactor Content of Application Project TICAP = Technology Inclusive Content of Application Project

ARCAP/TICAP

Background

3

  • Guidance for developing and reviewing technology-inclusive, risk-informed, and performance-based non-light water (non-LWR) applications

Needed to support expected near-term non-LWR Part 50/52 applications using the licensing modernization project (LMP) process in NEI 18-04, Revision 1

  • The staff intends to revise the guidance per the final Part 53 rulemaking language

TICAP Background 4

  • TICAP scope is governed by the LMP-based process

LMP uses risk-informed, performance-based approach to select licensing basis events, develop structures, systems, and components (SSC) categorization, and ensure that defense-in-depth is considered

  • Industry developed key portions of TICAP guidance See NEI 21-07, Revision 1, Technology Inclusive Guidance for Non-Light Water Reactors Safety Analysis Report Content for Applicants Utilizing NEI 18-04 Methodology, (ADAMS Accession No. ML22060A190)
  • DG 1404 proposes to endorse NEI 21-07, Revision 1, with clarifications and additions.

ARCAP Background 5

  • Broad in nature and intended to cover guidance for non-LWR applications for:

combined licenses

construction permits

operating licenses

design certifications

standard design approvals

manufacturing licenses

  • Encompasses TICAP
  • TICAP is guidance for off-normal reactor states only.

ARCAP encompasses everything needed for a license application.

ARCAP and TICAP - Nexus 6

Outline Safety Analysis Report (SAR) -

Based on TICAP Guidance 1.

General Plant Information, Site Description, and Overview 2.

Methodologies and Analyses and Site Information*

3. Licensing Basis Event (LBE) Analysis
4. Integrated Evaluations
5. Safety Functions, Design Criteria, and SSC Safety Classification 6.

Safety Related SSC Criteria and Capabilities

7. Non-safety related with special treatment SSC Criteria and Capabilities
8. Plant Programs Additional Portions of Application
  • Technical Specifications
  • Technical Requirements Manual
  • Quality Assurance Plan (design)
  • Quality Assurance Plan (construction and operations)
  • Security Plan
  • SNM material control and accounting
  • Radiation Protection Program
  • Inservice inspection/Inservice testing (ISI/IST) Program
  • Environmental Report and Site Redress Plan
  • Financial Qualification and Insurance and Liability
  • Aircraft Impact Assessment
  • Performance Demonstration Requirements
  • Nuclear Waste Policy Act
  • Operational Programs
  • Exemptions, Departures, and Variances )

Audit/inspection of Applicant Records Calculations Analyses P&IDs System Descriptions Design Drawings Design Specs Procurement Specs Probabilistic Risk Assessment

  • SAR Chapter 2 derived from TICAP guidance as supplemented by ARCAP interim staff guidance Chapter 2, Site Information Safety Analysis Report (SAR) structure based on clean sheet approach Additional contents of application may exist only in the SAR, may be in a separate document incorporated into the SAR, or may exist only outside the SAR.

The above list is for illustration purposes only.

Additional SAR Content -Outside the Scope of TICAP 9.

Control of Routine Plant Radioactive Effluents, Plant Contamination, and Solid Waste

10. Control of Occupational Doses
11. Organization and Human-System Considerations
12. Post-construction Inspection, Testing and Analysis Programs

ARCAP/TICAP

Background

7

  • Ten draft documents were publicly released in 2021 to encourage early stakeholder feedback

Nine ARCAP draft ISGs (released as White Papers)

One TICAP (DG 1404)

Draft Document Subject ADAMS Accession No.

Date Most Recent Version Released Review of Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Advanced Reactor Applications - Roadmap ML21336A702 12/2/21 Chapter 2, Site Information ML21189A031 7/6/21 Chapter 9, Control of Routine Plant Radioactive Effluents, Plant Contamination and Solid Waste ML21189A033 7/6/21 Chapter 10, Control of Occupational Doses ML21189A035 7/6/21 Chapter 11, Organization and Human-System Consideration ML21309A020 11/5/21 Chapter 12, Post Construction Inspection, Testing and Analysis Program ML21294A266 10/21/21 Risk-Informed ISI/IST Programs ML21216A051 8/4/21 Licensing Modernization Project-based Approach for Developing Technical Specifications ML21133A490 5/10/21 Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Fire Protection Program (for Operations)

ML21294A266 10/21/21 Draft Regulatory Guide 1404, Guidance for a Technology Inclusive Content of Application Methodology to Inform the Licensing Basis and Content of Applications for Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Advanced Reactors ML21336A697 12/2/21

Revised ARCAP/TICAP Documents 8

The NRC staff made changes in response to stakeholder feedback and internal review All ten documents were reissued in May of 2023. The 45-day formal public comment period started on May [xx].

ARCAP ISG Title ADAMS Accession No.

Federal Register Notice Regulations.gov Docket ID No.

DANU-ISG-2022-01, Review of Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Advanced Reactor Applications - Roadmap ML22048B546 NRC-2022-0074 DANU-ISG-2022-02, Chapter 2, Site Information ML22048B541 NRC-2022-0075 DANU-ISG-2022-03, Chapter 9, Control of Routine Plant Radioactive Effluents, Plant Contamination and Solid Waste ML22048B543 NRC-2022-0076 DANU-ISG-2022-04, Chapter 10, Control of Occupational Doses ML22048B544 NRC-2022-0077 DANU-ISG-2022-05, Chapter 11, Organization and Human-System Consideration ML22048B542 NRC-2022-0078 DANU-ISG-2022-06, Chapter 12, Post Construction Inspection, Testing and Analysis Program ML22048B545 NRC-2022-0079 DANU-ISG-2022-07, Risk-Informed ISI/IST Programs ML22048B549 NRC-2022-0080 DANU-ISG-2022-08, Licensing Modernization Project-based Approach for Developing Technical Specifications ML22048B548 NRC-2022-0081 DANU-ISG-2022-09, Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Fire Protection Program (for Operations)

ML22048B547 NRC-2022-0082 Draft Regulatory Guide 1404, Guidance for a Technology Inclusive Content of Application Methodology to Inform the Licensing Basis and Content of Applications for Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Advanced Reactors ML22076A003 NRC-2022-0073

Common Changes for all ISGs and DG 1404 9

  • Applicability is now only for non-LWRs.

Recommends that light-water reactor applicants wanting to use ARCAP/TICAP guidance engage in pre-application discussions

  • All ISGs provide applicant guidance and NRC staff review guidance in separate sections
  • Removed references that did not have complete NRC staff review Appendices added to several ISGs to list in-development guidance documents that could affect future revision of those ISGs
  • Common ISG sections now contain uniform text and added two short sections to account for the Paperwork Reduction Act

Roadmap ISG Changes 10

  • Removed the definition of advanced reactor
  • Provides a listing of references that are associated with the ARCAP roadmap ISG guidance and includes references from other ISGs and TICAP DG

Purpose is to aid applicants and the NRC staff in the development and review of the application

  • Added guidance regarding Design of Structures, Components, Equipment, and Systems
  • Expanded discussion regarding site evaluation guidance

Roadmap ISG Changes (continued) 11

  • Added guidance regarding principal design criteria (PDC) development for those portions of a design outside the scope of TICAP
  • Revised guidance regarding the Technical Requirements Manual

Roadmap ISG Changes (continued) 12

  • Added guidance regarding Financial Qualification and Insurance and Liability

Including referencing requirements for construction permits

  • Added guidance regarding Aircraft Impact Assessment
  • Added guidance for performance demonstration requirements in accordance with 10 CFR 50.43(e) requirements

Roadmap ISG Changes (continued) 13

  • Added discussion of Nuclear Waste Policy Act contractual requirements
  • Added discussion of operational programs required by regulations

Added a discussion related to material qualification

Roadmap ISG Changes (continued) 14

  • Added Appendix B, Analysis of Applicability of NRC Regulations to Non-Light-Water Power Reactors

Appendix B corrects errors in previous versions and clarifies certain matters.

Noted that aircraft impact assessments are applicable for CPs

Added guidance in footnotes regarding the use of 10 CFR 50.69 and mitigation of beyond-design-basis-events for Part 52

  • Revised construction permit guidance in Appendix C

Many miscellaneous changes

Updated portions of the guidance copied from the final issuance of the LWR construction permit ISG (see: November 14, 2022 LWR CP ISG Federal Register Notice)

  • Added Appendix D, Draft ARCAP guidance documents under development as of May 2023

Chapter 2 ISG Site Information Changes 15

  • Added reference to the Commissions July 13, 2022, SRM on SECY-00-0045 regarding a revision of RG 4.7 incorporating a risk informed assessment of population related issues in determining site suitability
  • Added Section 2.7.1 on volcanic hazards and Section 2.7.2 on a screening approach to identify other external hazards beyond DBHLs
  • Added reference to SRP Section 3.5.1.6, Aircraft Hazards, to Section 2.3.2, review Guidance-Acceptance Criteria

Chapter 9 ISG Routine Effluents Changes 16

  • Clarified the use of an alternative performance monitoring system
  • Clarified the use of exemptions
  • Added guidance and conditions for situations where a design does not generate any normal radioactive effluent releases
  • Added that a summary of the estimated doses to the public should be included in an application.

Chapter 10 ISG Occupational Dose Changes 17

  • Added guidance regarding COL action items

Chapter 11 ISG Organization and Human-System Considerations Changes 18

  • Clarified guidance for applicants wanting approval of a licensed operator staffing plan that does not meet 10 CFR 50.54
  • Clarified guidance regarding situations where control room design details are not complete at the time of a COL application
  • Removed reference to remote operations white paper

Chapter 12 ISG Post-construction Inspection, Testing, and Analysis Program Changes 19

  • Clarified guidance regarding the scope of PITAP and the regulatory basis for post construction inspection requirements
  • Added staff guidance regarding test description content

Technical Specifications (TS)

ISG Changes 20

  • Clarified that design certifications (DCs) should have proposed generic TSs
  • Added that MLs must have final operational information
  • Added that applications referencing a DC or ML should replace bracketed information with site specific information.

Technical Specifications ISG Changes (continued) 21

  • Removed reference to the possible need for exemptions.

In the Federal Register Notice for this ISG, the NRC is requesting comments on whether the correlation between the 10 CFR 50.36 text and the LMP process outputs require the NRC to consider an exemption

  • Revised the Safety Limit definition corresponding to NEI 18-04 output.
  • Added an administrative control for LWR applicants regarding RCS Temperature and Pressure Limits report

Technical Specifications ISG Changes (continued) 22

  • Added staff recommendation that applicants use standard TS NUREGs for TS format
  • Clarified guidance regarding situations where applicants propose to use risk criteria that are different from the NEI 18-04 Frequency-Consequence (F-C) Target
  • Clarified text regarding the guidance for TS "Use and Application" information
  • Added Acceptance Criteria that the requirements of 10 CFR 50.36a are met

ISI/IST ISG Changes 23

  • Added that the NRC staff assumes applicants will design and qualify their equipment to the latest NRC-accepted ASME Codes
  • Clarified guidance on components that perform active safety functions, such as moving fluid or transferring heat without mechanically interacting with the fluid
  • Removed LWR related guidance from the ISG

Scope is now only non-LWRs.

ISI/IST ISG Changes (continued) 24

  • Identified that if components are safety significant and unique to a new design, additional examinations/testing may be necessary and sampling may not be sufficient.

Fire Protection (Operations) ISG Changes 25

  • Added that all analyses related to the program should be available for audit

TICAP DG Changes 26

  • Removed affirmative safety case, safety case, and licensing case terminology that comes from NEI 21-07
  • Added additional guidance for site evaluations with respect to external hazards and DBHLs and associated design requirements for SSCs
  • Added guidance on options using LMP based approach to address 10 CFR 50.34(a)(1)(ii)(D) and 52.79(a)(1)(vi) dose criteria (see staff position C.3.c)

Added guidance for the development of PDCs

TICAP DG Changes (continued) 27

  • Added the application must describe the safety features and components that require R&D.

Notes the applicant will conduct an R&D program to resolve any associated safety questions

  • Construction Permit Guidance Changes:

CP guidance moved from an appendix to main document

Added that the CP application should provide the necessary commitments to establish DID adequacy

Added guidance regarding the scope of preliminary safety analysis descriptions in CP applications

TICAP DG Changes (continued) 28 Construction Permit Guidance Changes (continued)

Added that the CP application should include commitments to confirm reliability and capability targets consistent with the PRA for SR [and NSRST] SSCs in the OL application, if not provided in the CP application

In addition, the application should describe any planned testing, validation, and special treatment to be applied to the SSCs to confirm their performance

Staff positions C.3.d (addition), C.3.e (clarification), and C.3.f (clarification) provide construction permit probabilistic risk assessment guidance

TICAP DG Changes (continued) 29

  • Added Appendix A, Draft ARCAP Guidance Documents Under Development as of May 2023, that could affect DG-1404
  • Includes an item related to materials compatibility
  • Potential future addition: List of GSIs that non-LWR applicants should address.

ARCAP/TICAP Title Docket ID DANU-ISG-2022-01, Review of Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Advanced Reactor Applications - Roadmap NRC-2022-0074 DANU-ISG-2022-02, Chapter 2, Site Information NRC-2022-0075 DANU-ISG-2022-03, Chapter 9, Control of Routine Plant Radioactive Effluents, Plant Contamination and Solid Waste NRC-2022-0076 DANU-ISG-2022-04, Chapter 10, Control of Occupational Doses NRC-2022-0077 DANU-ISG-2022-05, Chapter 11, Organization and Human-System Consideration NRC-2022-0078 DANU-ISG-2022-06, Chapter 12, Post Construction Inspection, Testing and Analysis Program NRC-2022-0079 DANU-ISG-2022-07, Risk-Informed ISI/IST Programs NRC-2022-0080 DANU-ISG-2022-08, Licensing Modernization Project-based Approach for Developing Technical Specifications NRC-2022-0081 DANU-ISG-2022-09, Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Fire Protection Program (for Operations)

NRC-2022-0082 Draft Regulatory Guide 1404, Guidance for a Technology Inclusive Content of Application Methodology to Inform the Licensing Basis and Content of Applications for Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Advanced Reactors NRC-2022-0073 30

1. Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for the following Docket IDs. Comments must be received by [date]

Two Ways to Submit Comments

31 Two Ways to Submit Comments (continued) 1.

Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ using Docket IDs (continued)

Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301-415-0624; email: Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov For technical questions, contact: Joseph Sebrosky, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-1132, email:

Joseph.Sebrosky@nrc.gov; or Michael Orenak, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone:

301-415-3229, email: Michael.Orenak@nrc.gov 2.

Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop:

TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.

32 QUESTIONS?

(Note: The NRC is not taking comments on the ISGs or the TICAP DG in this Q&A session)

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