ML23258A214

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Meeting Summary: Pre-application Meeting on NAC Lwt to Discuss Iron Clad Fuel Rod Revision Request, August 31, 2023
ML23258A214
Person / Time
Site: 07109225
Issue date: 10/02/2023
From: Nishka Devaser
Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch
To: Jacob Zimmerman
Division of Fuel Management
References
CAC 001029, EPID L-2023-LRM-0063
Download: ML23258A214 (5)


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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 MEMORANDUM TO: Jacob I. Zimmerman, Deputy Director Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards FROM:

Nishka Devaser, Project Manager Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

SUBJECT:

SUMMARY

OF AUGUST 31, 2023, MEETING WITH NAC, INTERNATIONAL TO DISCUSS THE UPCOMING SUBMITTAL OF THE APPLICATION FOR THE NAC LWT TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE

Background

On August 31, 2023, a partially closed meeting was held between representatives of NAC, International (NAC or the applicant) and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff) to discuss the upcoming submittal of an application to amend the transportation certificate of compliance (CoC) for the NAC LWT transportation package. The meeting was noticed on August 17, 2023 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System [ADAMS]

Accession No. ML23229A207). The list of meeting attendees is provided in Enclosure 1. The non-proprietary presentation slides are in ADAMS under ML23249A153.

Discussion The meeting discussion followed the meeting agenda, which is provided in Enclosure 2. The NAC presentation is provided in Enclosure 3. NAC provided a high-level description of the purpose of the amendment request. The applicant stated that it is requesting this amendment to its CoC to support shipment of new contents which include iron clad fuel rods and fuel rod segments. The owner of the new contents, Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF), was also in attendance at the meeting. Due to the proprietary nature of the technical details of the additional contents, NAC could not go into more detail during this portion of the meeting.

The staff asked about schedule details and for where this shipment fits into the bigger picture for the accident tolerant fuel program. A representative from GNF responded to the question stating that they, GNF use commercial reactors to test out their materials.

CONTACT: Nishka Devaser, NMSS/DFM 301-415-5196 October 2, 2023 Signed by Devaser, Nishka on 10/02/23

J. Zimmerman 2

Leak test assemblies that GNF has designed are used in commercial reactors. During refueling outage, these leak test assemblies are removed and prepared for shipment to a national lab for post irradiation examination so they can learn how the rods behave in reactor conditions. The GNF representative continued by stating that the schedule is very important and timely and that more details of the schedule can be discussed in the closed portion of the meeting.

After representatives of NAC and NRC completed their discussion for the public portion of the meeting, the meeting was opened to public comments or questions, of which there were none.

Following the public portion of the meeting, the discussion continued but was closed to the public due to the discussion including proprietary changes being proposed in the amendment.

Action Items/Next Steps At the time of the meeting, NAC stated plans to submit the amendment request within a day or two of this meeting.

Docket No. 71-9225 CAC No. 001029 EPID No. L-2023-LRM-0063

Enclosures:

1. Meeting Attendees
2. Agenda

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09/18/23 09/26/23 09/29/23 10/02/23 MEETING ATTENDEES Meeting with NAC International to discuss the upcoming submittal of the application for the NAC LWT Transportation Package August 31, 2023, 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

NRC/NMSS/DFM Shana Helton Nishka Devaser Yoira Diaz Sanabria Daniel Forsyth Eliezer Goldfeiz Loren Howe Bharatkumar Patel NAC Heath Baldner George Carver Jeff England Marc Griswold Ed Ketusky Mike Mcmahon Holger Pfeifer Jimmy Toliuszis GE Vernova Adam Frye Lisa Schichlein Tyler Schweitzer Constellation Nuclear Kire Tubergen SpentFUEL and StoreFUEL UxC, LLC Carlyn Greene MEETING AGENDA Meeting with NAC, International August 31, 2023 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)

Teams Meeting

Purpose:

Meeting with NAC, International (NAC) to discuss the upcoming submittal of the application for the NAC LWT Transportation Package.

Open Portion Agenda:

Welcome, introductions, and meeting objectives

The NAC presentation and discussion

Public questions or comments

Wrap-up and closing remarks

Open Meeting adjourned Closed Portion Agenda:

Closed Portion NAC presentation and discussion

Wrap-up and closing remarks

Meeting adjourned