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Summary of Public Meeting with X-Energy, Llc., to Discuss Approach for Graphite Qualification for the XE-100 High Temperature Gas Reactor
ML23319A359
Person / Time
Site: 99902071
Issue date: 01/04/2024
From: Hernandez J
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To: Michael Wentzel
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
EPID L-2018-LRM-0076
Download: ML23319A359 (1)


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January 04, 2024 MEMORANDUM TO:

Michael Wentzel, Chief Advanced Reactor Licensing Branch 2 Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-power Production and Utilization Facilities Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM:

Jorge Hernandez, Project Manager

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Advanced Reactor Licensing Branch 2 Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-power Production and Utilization Facilities Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

SUBJECT:

SUMMARY

OF THE OCTOBER 12, 2023, PUBLIC MEETING WITH X ENERGY, LLC. (X-ENERGY), APPROACH FOR GRAPHITE QUALIFICATION FOR THE XE-100 HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS REACTOR (EPID NO. L-2018-LRM-0076)

Meeting Information:

Applicant: X ENERGY, LLC. (X-energy)

Docket/Project No.(s): 99902071 Public Meeting Notice Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)

Accession No.: ML23285A003 Applicant Presentation Slides ADAMS Accession No.: ML23271A256 Meeting Attendees: See the enclosure for a list of meeting attendees.

CONTACT:

Jorge Hernandez, NRR/DANU 301-287-9096

Background:

By letter dated July 31, 2023 (ML23212B211), X-energy transmitted a regulatory engagement plan focused on material qualification of graphite and other graphite-related matters, along with the proposed schedule for the meetings.

Prior to this meeting, the following meetings have been held, in accordance with the aforementioned regulatory engagement plan:

August 24, 2023 (ML23271A128): partially closed meeting to discuss scope of graphite qualification and methodologies that will be included in the Preliminary Safety Analysis Report (construction permit) for the Xe-100 reactor at the Dow Chemical Company facility in Long Mott, TX and referenced technical reports and the information that is planned to be provided in the Final Safety Analysis Report at the operating license application stage.

October 5, 2023 (ML23319A239): partially closed meeting to discuss X-energys modelling approach for the stress analysis of irradiated graphite components.

The meeting summaries are collected in ADAMS Package No. ML23271A128, Meeting Summary - X-energy Graphite Qualification Engagement Meetings Series (2023/2024).

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).

This meeting was the third meeting included in X-energys regulatory engagement plan for graphite components.

X-energys presentation addressed the following topics:

Development of a proprietary software tool to analyze structural behavior of graphite components under irradiated conditions, named Irradiated Graphite Numerical Iterative Solver (IGNIS).

Description of the framework used to develop and evaluate the stress analysis model.

Definition of the structural phenomena that will be evaluated using IGNIS.

Guidance used to develop the framework, model development, verification, and validation.

Description of the interactions between IGNIS and the finite element analysis tool used to evaluate design loads using non-irradiated material properties.

The NRC staff made the following questions/observations (including X-energys responses):

The NRC staff asked if X-energy intended to identify deviations from Regulatory Guide 1.203, Transient and Accident Analysis Methods, (ML053500170) given that it was written for light-water reactors. X-energy indicated that the regulatory guide is used for high-level guidance to develop the models. A decision to identify deviations had not been made.

The NRC staff indicated that X-energy should demonstrate in their approach that the models used support all graphite grades selected. X-energy understood the observation.

The NRC staff made several questions and observations during the closed portion of the meeting related to quality assurance of test data, considerations for oxidation, internal energy, and low-temperature behavior.

No regulatory decisions were made as a result of this meeting.

Project No. 99902071

Enclosure:

List of Meeting Attendees cc: X-energy Xe-100 via GovDelivery

SUBJECT:

SUMMARY

OF THE OCTOBER 12, 2023, PUBLIC MEETING WITH X ENERGY, LLC. (X-ENERGY), APPROACH FOR GRAPHITE QUALIFICATION FOR THE XE-100 HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS REACTOR (EPID NO. L-2018-LRM-0076) DATED: JAN 04, 2024 DISTRIBUTION:

PUBLIC RidsNrrDanuUal1 Resource RidsNrrDanuUal2 Resource RidsNrrDanu Resource AMuniz AChereskin DBeacon GOberson IJung JBass LKingsbury MGordon RIyengar VVoltaggio ADAMS Accession Number: ML23319A359 NRR-001 OFFICE NRR/DANU/UAL2/PM NRR/DANU/UAL2/BC NRR/DANU/UAL2/PM NAME JHernandez MWentzel JHernandez DATE 01 / 04 / 2024 01 / 04 / 2024 01 / 04 / 2024 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Enclosure List of Meeting Attendees For the October 12, 2023 Public Meeting With X Energy, LLC. (X-Energy), Approach for Graphite Qualification for the Xe-100 High Temperature Gas Reactor Open Meeting Name Organization Adrian Muniz U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Alexander Chereskin NRC Dan Beacon NRC Greg Oberson NRC Ian Jung NRC Jorge Hernandez Munoz NRC Joseph Bass NRC Lance Kingsbury NRC Matthew Gordon NRC Michael Wentzel NRC Raj Iyengar NRC Ryann Bass NRC Vince Voltaggio NRC Chong Chen X-energy Doug Kalinousky X-energy Emna Sghaier X-energy FJ van Zanten X-energy Gwennael Beirnaert X-energy Jaime A Cano X-energy James Roll X-energy Jasmine Wang X-energy Jon Facemire X-energy Maggie Staiger X-energy Mark Natale X-energy Michael Saitta X-energy Mo Oghbaei X-energy Sam Baylis X-energy Tim Lucas X-energy Travis Chapman X-energy Zach Burns X-energy Carl Friesen U.S. Department of Energy Jana Bergman Curtiss Wright Sebastian Black Frazer Nash Consultancy Timothy Polich RoPower Dominik Muszynski Member of the Public Closed Meeting Name Organization Adrian Muniz NRC Alexander Chereskin NRC Dan Beacon NRC Greg Oberson NRC Ian Jung NRC

2 Name Organization Jorge Hernandez Munoz NRC Joseph Bass NRC Lance Kingsbury NRC Matthew Gordon NRC Michael Wentzel NRC Raj Iyengar NRC Ryann Bass NRC Vince Voltaggio NRC Friesen, Carl US Department of Energy Chong Chen X-energy Doug Kalinousky X-energy Emna Sghaier X-energy FJ van Zanten X-energy Jaime A Cano X-energy James Roll X-energy Jasmine Wang X-energy Jon Facemire X-energy Maggie Staiger X-energy Mark Joyce X-energy Mark Natale X-energy Mo Oghbaei X-energy Raja Sekhar Tripuraneni X-energy Sam Baylis X-energy Tim Lucas X-energy Travis Chapman X-energy Zach Burns X-energy Gwennael Beirnaert X-energy Michael Saitta X-energy Sebastian Black X-energy