ML25071A385
| ML25071A385 | |
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| Issue date: | 03/10/2025 |
| From: | Gheen A NRC/NRR/DANU/UARP |
| To: | Michael Wentzel Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Download: ML25071A385 (1) | |
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March 10, 2025 MEMORANDUM TO:
Michael Wentzel, Chief Advanced Reactor Policy Branch Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM:
Angelica Gheen, Senior Project Manager /RA/
Advanced Reactor Policy Branch Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF JANUARY 24, 2024, PERIODIC ADVANCED REACTOR STAKEHOLDER PUBLIC MEETING On January 24, 2024, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff held an information meeting with a question-and-answer session with stakeholders to discuss advanced reactor topics including:
Advanced Reactor Integrated Schedule Demonstration Upcoming NRC Workshop on Human Factors Considerations for Remote Operation of Nuclear Facilities Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN)
Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP) Advanced Reactor Safeguards and Security Program The meeting notice is available in the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at Accession No. ML24024A057, and the presentation slides are available under Accession No. ML24024A019. The Enclosure to this summary provides the attendees for the meeting as captured by Microsoft Teams.
For each topic listed above, the NRC staff provided information and allotted time for stakeholder comments and questions. Stakeholders provided feedback on several topics and asked clarifying questions. NRC staff stated that the feedback was appreciated. No follow-up actions were identified.
CONTACT: Angelica Gheen, NRR/DANU 301-415-1178
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The NRC staff provided a brief update on status of advanced reactor licensing activities, including recently completed reviews, stakeholder engagement efforts, and brief statistics on applications/licensing reviews currently in progress at the division.
The NRC staff provided updates of the Advanced Reactor Integrated Schedule of Activities on the NRCs public website at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/advanced/how-were-executing/integrated-review-schedule/isd-dashboard.html. The NRC staff noted that the schedule reflects activities that have recently been completed, updated, or added since the June 7, 2023, advanced reactor stakeholder meeting.
The NRC staff provided an overview of an upcoming workshop entitled NRC Workshop on Human Factors Considerations for Remote Operation of Nuclear Facilities. The hybrid workshop is scheduled for January 31 and February 1, 2024. The stated goals of the workshop are for the NRC to better understand concepts of operations the nuclear industry is considering that may include elements of remote operation, and to gain insights regarding how well-suited NRCs current guidance is for the human factors review of these concepts.
The GAIN Director Christine King gave a presentation on GAINs current goals, approaches, and activities. Chris Lohse, GAIN Innovation and Technology Manager, Holly Powell, GAIN Operations Manager and Jon Grams, GAIN Project Researcher followed up with additional insights into how GAIN is supporting industry by awarding vouchers. Vouchers competitively award access to facilities and staff in the DOE national laboratory complex and are available to businesses that are majority U.S.-owned. Chris Lohse continued the presentation with a discussion on advanced reactor costs and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Annual Technology Baseline, which provides a consistent set of technology cost and performance data for energy analysis. Additionally, Mr. Lohse presented an assessment of the supply chain and associated concerns. The GAIN team followed those presentations with information on how their state level engagement efforts and research into coal transitions.
Dr. Ben Cipiti, the National Technical Director for DOEs Advanced Reactor Safeguards and Security program at Sandia National Laboratory presented on Lessons Learned in Physical Protection, MC&A and Cybersecurity. Dr. Cipiti gave an overview of the Advanced Reactor Safeguards and Security program and how it is addressing the near-term challenges that advanced reactor vendors face.
To see information regarding previously held periodic advanced reactor stakeholder public meetings, please visit the NRCs public website at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/advanced/stakeholder-engagement/meetings.html.
Please direct any inquires to Angelica Gheen at 301-415-1178 or via email at Angelica.Gheen@nrc.gov.
Enclosure:
Attendance List
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SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF JANUARY 24, 2024, PERIODIC ADVANCED REACTOR STAKEHOLDER PUBLIC MEETING DATED: MARCH 10, 2025 DISTRIBUTION:
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Enclosure ATTENDANCE LIST1 Name Organization Angelica Gheen U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
James O'Driscoll NRC Beth Reed NRC Bob Beall NRC Steven Lynch NRC Phil OBryan NRC James Gaslevic NRC Joseph Sebrosky NRC Donna Williams NRC Marty Stutzke NRC Rebecca Ober NRC Amy Cubbage NRC Ondra Dukes NRC Christopher Welch NRC Ossy Font NRC William Kennedy NRC Scott Tonsfeldt NRC Ian Jung NRC Walter Williams NRC Ting-Leung Sham NRC Derek Widmayer NRC Jorge Hernandez Munoz NRC Michelle Vega Rodriguez NRC Suzanne Ani NRC Tammie Rivera NRC Alec Neller NRC Lou Cubellis NRC Carolyn Lauron NRC Jason Lee NRC Stephanie Devlin-Gill NRC Zach Gran NRC Stephanie Morrow NRC Stacy Prasad NRC Amy Beasten NRC Tony Brown NRC Michelle Romano NRC Reuben Siegman NRC Adrian Muniz NRC Tyler Cox NRC Jordan Hoellman NRC Michele Sampson NRC 1 Attendance list based on Microsoft Teams Participant list. This list does not include individuals that connected via phone.
Name Organization Meraj Rahimi NRC Johnny Rogers Public Matt Hendrickson Public Mary H Miller Public Robert W. Youngblood III Public Steve Franzone Public Robert Budnitz Public William Mills Public Jana Bergman Public Rachel Turney Public Mike Montecalvo Public Deborah A Luchsinger Public Farshid Shahrokhi Public Amanda J Spalding Public Christopher P. Chwasz Public Adina K Lafrance Public Ben B. Cipiti Public Stew Yuen Public Brian Kloiber Public Michael Keegan Public Lance Kingsbury Public Chet Austin Sigmon Public Rob Burg Public Michael Scott DeFilippis Public Daniel Warner Public Steven Nesbit Public Keith A. Consani Public Rani Franovich Public Josh Foss Public Andrew Holcomb Public Matthew Hahn Public Martin O'Neill Public RJ Roux Public Kyle Clavier Public Neil Sheehan Public Christine P. King Public Sarah Fields Public Kati Austgen Public Trace Orf Public Eric Thornsbury Public Sue Lesica Public Raymond Burski Public Kurt Harris Public Leigh Lloveras Public Elijah Schussler Public Frank Akstulewicz Public
Name Organization Ann Carpenter Public Brian E Jelke Public Paul Gunter Public Edwin Lyman Public Daniel Nichols Public