PMNS20250895, Workshop 2 on Collaboration Between the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for Development of Criticality Safety Benchmarking Data for HALEU Fuel Cycle and Transportation (Dncsh)
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| Issue date: | 07/09/2025 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards |
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July 09, 2025
Title:
Workshop #2 on Collaboration Between the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission for Development of Criticality Safety Benchmarking Data for HALEU Fuel Cycle and Transportation (DNCSH)
August 27, 2025, 01:00 PM to 04:00 PM ET Date(s) and Time(s):
Location:
Webinar Category:
This is an Observation Meeting. This is a meeting in which attendees will have an opportunity to observe the NRC performing its regulatory function or discussing regulatory issues. Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions of the NRC staff or make comments about the issues discussed following the business portion of the meeting; however, the NRC is not actively soliciting comments towards regulatory decisions at this meeting.
Purpose:
The workshop, the second in a series co-hosted by NRC and DOE, will discuss their collaboration initiated by the 2020 Energy Act and funded by the Inflation Reduction Act.
This collaboration aims to develop publicly available data to help the NRC reduce uncertainty in approving commercial-scale facility and transportation operations for the HALEU fuel cycle. Recent executive orders have mandated rapid deployment of advanced nuclear reactors and supporting infrastructure. The project will support industry innovation and reduce uncertainty in assessing HALEU fuel cycle operations. The workshop will review ongoing activities from the first DNCSH call for experiment and analysis work packages (EAWs), identify potential HALEU validation gaps, and collect feedback for the second call for EAWs focused on HALEU fuel cycle facility operations.
Contact:
Drew Barto 301-415-6941 andrew.barto@nrc.gov Don Algama 301-903-3294 don.algama@nuclear.energy.gov NRC Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
Participants:
External National Laboratories Fuel Cycle Licensees and Transportation Package Certificate of Compliance Holders and Users Oak Ridge National Lab Webinar:
URL Meeting Number https://events.gcc.teams.microsoft.
com/event/92e31710-87dc-49ee-a966-8d288983149d@e8d01475-c3b5-436a-a065-5def4c64f52e If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability to participate in this meeting or need meeting materials in another format (e.g. braille, large print), please email Reasonable_Accommodations.Resource@nrc.gov. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis and the agency may choose between which effective accommodations to provide. At least ten (10) days advance notice is recommended in order for a request to be processed and implemented if approved. However, every effort will be made to address any reasonable accommodations requests received with less notice.
If you have difficulty understanding and/or communicating in English, free language assistance or other aids and services may be available, upon request. Please email lepresources@nrc.gov. Determinations on requests will be made on a case-by-case basis. At least ten (10) days advance notice is recommended in order for a request to be processed and implemented if approved. However, every effort will be made to address any reasonable accommodations requests received with less notice.
PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA
Workshop #2 on Collaboration Between the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for Development of Criticality Safety Benchmarking Data for HALEU Fuel Cycle and Transportation (DNCSH)
August 27, 2025, 01:00 PM to 04:00 PM ET Webinar
ADAMS Accession Number: ML25191A097 Office NMSS/DFM/NARAB NMSS/DFM/STLB Name Drew Barto Wanda Wheatley Date 07/08/2025 07/09/2025 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg?do=details&Code=20250895 Link to meeting details:
Commission's Policy Statement on "Enhancing Public Participation in NRC Meetings" 86 FR 14964, March 19, 2021 ADAMS No. ML21050A046 https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/commission/policy/index.html