ML24165A257
| ML24165A257 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 99900003 |
| Issue date: | 06/27/2024 |
| From: | Stephen Philpott NRC/NRR/DANU/UAL2 |
| To: | Hayes M NRC/NRR/DNRL/NLIB |
| Gallagher, S., NRR/DNRL, 301-415-1135 | |
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| Download: ML24165A257 (5) | |
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June 27, 2024 MEMORANDUM TO:
Michelle W. Hayes, Chief Licensing and Regulatory Infrastructure Branch Division of New and Renewed Licenses Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM:
Stephen Philpott, Senior Project Manager
/RA/
Advanced Reactor Licensing Branch 2 Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
SUBJECT:
U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
SUMMARY
OF THE FEBRUARY 28, 2024, PARTIALLY CLOSED MEETING WITH GE-HITACHI TO DISCUSS STAFF FEEDBACK AND CLOSEOUT OF THE BWRX-300 SAFETY STRATEGY TOPICAL REPORT READINESS ASSESSMENT The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff held a partially closed meeting with GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC (GEH) on February 28, 2024, to discuss the NRC staffs feedback and completion of its readiness assessment of the GEH draft topical report NEDC-33934P, BWRX-300 Safety Strategy, for the BWRX-300 small modular reactor design.
The purpose of this meeting was for the NRC staff to discuss its final observations regarding the draft topical report (Draft Revision 0) made available for NRC staff viewing in a GEH-controlled Electronic Reading Room.
The NRC staff conducted the readiness assessment in accordance with the NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulations Office Instruction LIC-116, Revision 0, Preapplication Readiness Assessment, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML20104B698) and as outlined in Appendix A, Pre-Application Engagement Guidance, to the NRC Interim Staff Guidance, Review of Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Advanced Reactor ApplicationsRoadmap, (ML23277A139).
CONTACT: Stephen Philpott, NRR/DANU (301) 415-2365
The meeting notice can be found under ML24047A137. This meeting notice was posted on the NRC public website as a partially closed meeting and the slides for the public portion of the meeting are available at ML24163A245.
The NRC staff opened the meeting by giving a brief overview of the background and purpose of the readiness assessment being conducted regarding GEHs proposed draft topical report BWRX-300 Safety Strategy. The NRC staff summarized the previous pre-application engagements regarding the BWRX-300 Safety Strategy which began in June 2022. Details of these prior engagements are noted in the NRC staffs presentation slides. The NRC staff also provided some general feedback from its readiness assessment review which began on July 26, 2023. The NRC staff noted that the purpose of the Readiness Assessment is to identify any significant information gaps or significant technical or regulatory issues that could challenge the acceptance or review of the submittal but reiterated that it is not an acceptance review.
The staff from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) review team attended this meeting as part of a 2019 memorandum of cooperation between the NRC and CNSC (ML19168A017), and a September2022 Charter on Collaboration on GEHs BWRX-300 Design (ML22284A024).
At the conclusion of the open portion of the meeting, the public was invited to make comments or ask questions of the NRC staff. No comments or questions from members of the public were received.
During the closed portion of the meeting, the NRC staff and GEH staff discussed the specific details of the NRC staffs readiness assessment observations. The topics discussed included justification for the use of non-safety-related equipment to mitigate anticipated operational occurrences and the potential need for associated exemptions, application of design-basis accident acceptance criteria within the safety strategy, and safety classification and reliability of functions and related components. GEH staff noted that they intended to make revisions to the topical report to address some of the NRC staffs observations prior to submitting the Licensing Topical Report (LTR) to the NRC for formal review. There were no regulatory decisions made during this meeting. GEH subsequently submitted LTR NEDC-33934P, Revision 0, BWRX-300 Safety Strategy, to the NRC on March 8, 2024 (ML24068A209) and the NRC staff has accepted this LTR for review (ML24096A209).
Project No. 99900003
Enclosures:
- 1. List of Attendees
- 2. Readiness Assessment Observations - Closed Portion (Proprietary) to this letter contains Proprietary information. When separated from Enclosure 2, this letter is DECONTROLLED.
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DATE 6/13/24 6/14/24 6/14/24 6/27/24
U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
SUMMARY
OF THE FEBRUARY 28, 2024, PARTIALLY CLOSED MEETING WITH GE-HITACHI TO DISCUSS STAFF FEEDBACK AND CLOSEOUT OF THE BWRX-300 SAFETY STRATEGY TOPICAL REPORT READINESS ASSESSMENT List of Attendees Angelo Stubbs U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Brian Lee NRC Brian Wittick NRC Chris Van Wert NRC Daniel Silverstein NRC Dinesh Taneja NRC Edward Robinson NRC Elijah Dickson NRC Fanta Sacko NRC Gurjendra Bedi NRC Hiruy Hadgu NRC Jim Shea NRC Jordan Glisan NRC Joseph Ashcraft NRC Joseph Donoghue NRC Michelle Hayes NRC Nicholas Hansing NRC Ryan Nolan NRC Fanta Sacko NRC Samuel Lee NRC Santosh Bhatt NRC Shanlai Lu NRC Shilp Vasavada NRC Stacey Rosenberg NRC Stephanie Garza NRC Stephen Philpott NRC Stewart Bailey NRC Sunil Weerakkody NRC Tania Martinez Navedo NRC Yuken Wong NRC Michelle Catts GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC (GEH)
Michael Cook GEH Christer Dahlgren GEH Thomas Demitrack GEH Alyssa Envall GEH Dennis Henneke GEH David Hinds GEH Randy Jacobs GEH
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Suzanne Karkour GEH Erik Kirstein GEH George Malone GEH Kelli Roberts Banks GEH George Wadkins GEH Terri Walsh GEH Frostie White GEH Chris Nolan Duke Energy James Ashe Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Steven Hilmes TVA Dakota Huddleston TVA Stephen Kimura TVA Veronica Kyles TVA William Ryan TVA Raymond Schiele TVA Owen Scott TVA James Thornton TVA Sanja Simic Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)
Khan Saad Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
Parlatan Yuksel OPG Andrew Brenner SMR, LLC, A Holtec International Company William Robb Stewart Boston Atomics