ML23249A173

Summary of Meeting to Discuss Fitness for Duty for the Oklo Auroa X Design

ML23249A173
Person / Time
Site:	99902095
Issue date:	09/11/2023
From:	David Williams Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Jessup W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
EPID L-2022-LRM-0042
Download: ML23249A173 (5)

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September 11, 2023 MEMORANDUM TO:

FROM:

SUBJECT:

William Jessup, Chief Advanced Reactor Licensing Branch 1 Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-power Production and Utilization Facilities Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Donna Williams, Senior Project Manager /RA/

Advanced Reactor Licensing Branch 1 Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-power Production and Utilization Facilities Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

SUMMARY

OF THE AUGUST 1, 2023, MEETING TO DISCUSS FITNESS FOR DUTY FOR THE OKLO DESIGN (EPID: L-2022-LRM-0042)

Meeting Information:

Applicant: Oklo, Inc.

Project No.: 99902095 Meeting

Title:

Meeting with Oklo to Discuss Fitness for Duty for their Advanced Reactor Design Meeting Date: August 1, 2023 Meeting Type: Partially Closed Public Meeting Notice Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)

Accession No.: ML23193A986 Applicant Presentation Slides ADAMS Accession No.: ML23249A170 Meeting Summary:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff conducted the meeting in accordance with NRC Management Directive 3.5, Attendance at NRC Staff-Sponsored Meetings (ML21180A271). Highlights from the meeting included the following:

The NRC staff met with Oklo, Inc. (Oklo) to discuss its approach to fitness-for-duty (FFD) for its advanced reactors and provide feedback on the fitness-for-duty program standardized template.

W. Jessup The FFD meeting was part of a broader meeting with Oklo on several technical and programmatic topic related to its ongoing preapplication engagement activities supporting the design.

The staff previously met with Oklo to discuss FFD during a March 2023 meeting on security (ML23171B120). At that meeting, the staff stated that a future meeting on FFD was warranted and provided questions to support a future meeting.

Oklo shared the following goals for the August 1, 2023, meeting:

o Discuss key considerations of Oklos facility and approach to FFD o

Respond to feedback on the FFD program standardized template o

Discuss potential exemptions related to fitness-for-duty As a result of the meeting, the NRC staff developed a better understanding of Oklos approach to FFD, provided feedback, and shared references to guidance documents.

The NRC staff noted that, depending on whether Oklo requests any exemptions to the regulations for FFD, the NRC staffs review of this information in a license application could be quite complex, principally because of the lack of detailed FFD program information available at the meeting and the specific exemptions which Oklo is considering for submittal.

The NRC staff and Oklo concluded that no additional pre-application interactions are currently planned on this topic.

Enclosures:

1. List of Attendees

2. Meeting notes (proprietary)

3. Slides (proprietary)

CONTACT: Donna Williams, NRR/DANU/UAL1 Enclosures 2 and 3 to this letter contain proprietary information. When separated from the enclosures, this letter is DECONTROLLED.

ML23249A167 NRR-106 OFFICE NRR/DANU/UAL1: PM NSIR/DPCP/RSB:BC NRR/DANU/UAL1: BC NAME DWilliams AMarshall WJessup DATE 09/06/2023 09/08/2023 09/11/2023

List of Meeting Attendees Partially Closed Pre-Application Meeting with Oklo, Inc. to Discuss its Approach to Fitness-for-Duty August 1, 2023 Name Organization Donna Williams U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Paul Harris NRC Amanda Marshall NRC Brian Zaleski NRC Alex Siwy NRC Trace Orf Oklo, Inc. (Oklo)

Ross Moore Oklo Brian Kloiber Oklo Alan Smith Oklo Alex Renner Oklo Scott Auerbach Oklo