ML25028A176
| ML25028A176 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 05200050, 99902078 |
| Issue date: | 02/19/2025 |
| From: | Rohrman R NRC/NRR/DNRL/NRLB |
| To: | Jardaneh M NRC/NRR/DNRL/NRLB |
| Shared Package | |
| ML25028A175 | List: |
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| Download: ML25028A176 (1) | |
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February 19, 2024 MEMORANDUM TO:
Mahmoud Jardaneh, Chief New Reactor Licensing Branch Division of New and Renewed Licenses Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM:
River J. Rohrman, 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 22, 2025, 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 22, 2025, to discuss topics related to NuScale Power, LLCs (NuScale) US460 Standard Design Approval Application (SDAA) available in the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management Systems (ADAMS) Package Accession No. ML23306A033. 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 status of its review of the NuScale application. The staff also discussed the progress of the ongoing audit for Phase A of the safety review and noted completion of the following SDAA review phases:
Phase A (Advanced Safety Evaluation Report (ASER) without open items) - Chapters 2, 3 (except 3.7, 3.8, and 3.9.2), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 (except 17.4), 18, 19 and LOCA TR.
Phase B (ASER review (technical editing), Management concurrence) - Chapters 2, 3 (except 3.7, 3.8, and 3.9.2), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 (except 17.4), 18, 19, and LOCA TR.
Phase C (ACRS Review of ASER) - Chapters 2, 3 (except 3.7, 3.8, 3.9.2), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 (except 17.4), 18, and LOCA TR.
CONTACT: River J. Rohrman, NRR/DNRL Getachew Tesfaye, NRR/DNRL 301-415-8013
The staff also discussed the status of the High Impact Technical Issues (HITIs) and noted that all the HITIs have been resolved and closed.
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 SDAA. The review of all eight of the LTRs submitted in the pre-application phase are completed. The staff notes that at NuScales request, the review of TR-131981, Methodology for the Determination of the Onset of Density Wave Oscillations is put on hold and no longer tied to the scope of the US460 SDAA. The three remaining LTRs that were submitted at same time as the SDAA are being reviewed concurrently with the SDAAs safety review. The presentation material for the open portion of the meeting can be found in ML25014A012 (nonproprietary).
The closed portion of the meeting was held to discuss proprietary items.
The January 22, 2025, public meeting notice was posted on the NRC public website, and can be found under ML25014A054. 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: ML25028A175 Memo: ML25028A176 Action Items: ML25038A040 (Proprietary)
Slides: ML25014A012 Slides: ML25013A268 (Proprietary)
Meeting Notice: ML25014A054
- via email NRR-106 OFFICE NRR/DNRL/NRLB: PM NRR/DNRL/NLIB: LA NRR/DNRL/NRLB: PM NAME RRohrman SGreen GTesfaye DATE 10/28/2025 01/28/2025 02/05/2025 OFFICE NRR/DNRL/NRLB: BC NAME MJardaneh DATE 02/10/2025
Enclosure U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
SUMMARY
OF THE JANUARY 22, 2025, OBSERVATION PUBLIC MEETING ON THE STATUS OF NUSCALES US460 STANDARD DESIGN APPROVAL APPLICATION LIST OF ATTENDEES January 22, 2025 Name Organization Eric Benner U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Greg Bowman NRC Mahmoud Jardaneh NRC Michele Sampson NRC Getachew Tesfaye NRC Vic Cusumano NRC Tania Martinez Navedo NRC Samuel Lee NRC Meena Khanna NRC Theresa Clark NRC Ricky Vivanco NRC Tommy Hayden NRC Stacy Joseph NRC Alina Schiller NRC River Rohrman NRC Prosanta Chowdhury NRC Rebecca Patton NRC Carrie Fosaaen NuScale Power, LLCs (NuScale)
Mark Shaver NuScale Gary Becker NuScale Tom Griffith NuScale Robert Gamble NuScale J. J. Arthur NuScale Tim Polich RoPower