ML24047A118
| ML24047A118 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 05200050, 99902078 |
| Issue date: | 02/27/2024 |
| From: | Vivanco R NRC/NRR/DNRL/NRLB |
| To: | Jardaneh M NRC/NRR/DNRL/NRLB |
| References | |
| Download: ML24047A118 (4) | |
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February 27, 2024 MEMORANDUM TO:
Mahmoud Jardaneh, Chief New Reactor Licensing Branch Division of New and Renewed Licenses Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM:
Ricky A. Vivanco, Project Manager
/RA/
New Reactor Licensing Branch Division of New and Renewed Licenses Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
SUBJECT:
U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
SUMMARY
OF THE JANUARY 30, 2024, OBSERVATION PUBLIC MEETING ON THE STATUS OF NUSCALES US460 STANDARD DESIGN APPROVAL APPLICATION The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held an observation public meeting on January 30, 2024, to discuss topics related to NuScale LLCs (NuScale) US460 Standard Design Approval application (SDAA) available in the NRCs (Agencywide Documents Access and Management Systems (ADAMS) Accession No. ML23304A365). This meeting was part of a periodic NRC and NuScale management engagement to discuss the status of the application, technical topics of interest, project processes and workflows. The meeting consisted of open and closed portions.
During the open portion of the meeting, the NRC staff gave an overview of the current status of the NuScale application. The staff discussed the progress of the ongoing audit for Phase A of the safety review. The staff noted that the Phase A reviews of 5 SDAA chapters have been completed. The staff also discussed the current status of the eight High Impact Technical Issues (HITIs). The main issues associated with two of the eight HITIs have been resolved and these two items have been taken off the HITI list. The status of the identified focus items that are needed to support a reliable schedule development (FISDs) were also discussed.
CONTACT:
Ricky Vivanco Getachew Tesfaye (301) 415-0021 (301) 415-8013
The staff also presented the statuses of the eight Licensing Topical Reports (LTRs) submitted in the pre-application phase and the four LTRs submitted with the SDA application. The review of six of the LTRs submitted in the pre-application phase is completed and the remaining two are ready to present to the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. The four LTRs that were submitted at same time as the SDA application are being reviewed concurrently with the SDA applications safety review. Additionally, NuScale has submitted two generic LTRs and plans to submit two more generic LTRs to support future licensing applications. The presentation material for the open portion of the meeting can be found in ML24024A188 (nonproprietary).
The closed portion of the meeting was held to discuss proprietary items.
The public meeting notice dated January 30, 2024, was posted on the NRC public website, and can be found in ML24025A008. The enclosure to this summary provides a list of the meeting participants.
Docket Nos.: 99902078 and 05200050
Enclosure:
List of Attendees cc w/encl.: NuScale Power, LLC Listserv
Pkg: ML24047A106 Memo: ML24047A118 Action Items: ML24047A117 (Proprietary)
Slides: ML24024A188 (Nonproprietary)
Slides: ML24047A119 (Proprietary)
- via email NRR-106 OFFICE DNRL/NRLB: PM DNRL/NLIB: LA DNRL/NRLB: PM NAME RVivanco SGreen GTesfaye DATE 2/16/24 2/16/24 2/26/24 OFFICE DNRL/NRLB: BC DNRL/NRLB: PM NAME MJardaneh RVivanco DATE 227/2024 2/27/24
U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
SUMMARY
OF THE JANUARY 20, 2024, OBSERVATION PUBLIC MEETING ON THE STATUS OF NUSCALES US460 STANDARD DESIGN APPROVAL APPLICATION LIST OF ATTENDEES January 30, 2024 Name Organization Andrea Kock U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Rob Taylor NRC Mahmoud Jardaneh NRC Getachew Tesfaye NRC Brian Smith NRC Eric Benner NRC Joe Donoghue NRC Tania Martinez Navedo NRC Samuel Lee NRC Michael Franovich NRC Joe Colaccino NRC Carrie Fosaaen NuScale Mark Shaver NuScale Tom Griffith NuScale Robert Gamble NuScale Gary Becker NuScale Melissa Bates U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Brad Brown DOE Tim Polich ROPower Jana Bergman Public