ML25045A089
| ML25045A089 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 02/18/2025 |
| From: | Duane Hardesty NRC/NRR/DANU/UNPL |
| To: | Holly Cruz NRC/NRR/DANU/UNPL |
| Hardesty D | |
| References | |
| EPID L-2023-NFG-0002 NEI 23-03 | |
| Download: ML25045A089 (2) | |
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MEMORANDUM TO:
Holly D. Cruz, Branch Chief Non-Power Production and Utilization Facility Licensing Branch Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM:
Duane A. Hardesty, Senior Project Manager Non-Power Production and Utilization Facility Licensing Branch Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF FEBRUARY 13, 2025, PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS SECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF TEST, RESEARCH AND TRAINING REACTORS, INC. PROPOSED NEI 23-03 GUIDANCE ON THE 50.59 PROCESS FOR DIGITAL APPLICATIONS (EPID: L-2023-NFG-0002)
On February 13, 2024, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML25041A221), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff held a public meeting with the National Organization of Test, Research, and Training Reactors (TRTR) staff to continue to discuss endorsement of Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) 23-03, Guidance on the 50.59 Process for Digital Applications. A list of attendees is provided as an enclosure to this memorandum.
The TRTR representatives asked for more time to evaluate the NRCs previous comments for Section 4.3.1, including Example 4-15 and 4-16. Participants agreed to defer that discussion to a future meeting. During this meeting, NRC and TRTR representatives instead discussed the recent NRC staff comments on Section 4.3.2 of NEI 23-03. This discussion included the significant comments in which the NRC staff suggested expanding the narrative associating the criteria of 10 CFR 50.59(c)(2)(ii) on the likelihood of occurrence of a malfunction and (vi) on the possibility for a malfunction of an SSC important to safety with a different result. The discussion included the importance of the facility safety analysis report in identifying those design functions important to safety. Representatives scheduled the next meeting for March 4, 2025, to continue review of NRC comments in Section 4.3.1 and 4.3.2. There were no members of the public present in the meeting.
Enclosure:
As stated CONTACT: Duane A. Hardesty NRR/DANU 301-415-3724 February 18, 2025 Signed by Hardesty, Duane on 02/18/25
ML25045A089 NRC-001 OFFICE NRR/DANU/UNPL/PM NRR/DANU/UNPL/BC NRR/DANU/UNPL/PM NAME DHardesty HCruz DHardesty DATE 2/14/2025 2/18/2025 2/18/2025
Enclosure MEETING WITH NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR TEST, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING REACTORS February 13, 2025, 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
LIST OF ATTENDEES NAME ORGANIZATION David Beaulieu U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Norbert Carte U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Duane Hardesty U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Andrew Miller U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Jared Nadel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Frances Pimentel Nuclear Energy Institute Jeffrey Geuther Pennsylvania State University Steven Richard Reese Oregon State University Andrew Smolinski Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute Ryan Marcum I&C Operative Mary Miller Dominion Energy