ML18054A078

Summary of Public Meeting to Discuss Licensing Modernization Project

ML18054A078
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Issue date:	03/14/2018
From:	William Reckley NRC/NRO/DSRA/ARPB
To:	John Segala NRC/NRO/DSRA/ARPB
Reckley W
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ML18054A073	List: ML18054A075 ML18054A078
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Download: ML18054A078 (4)

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March 14, 2018 MEMORANDUM TO: John P. Segala, Chief Advanced Reactor and Policy Branch Division of Safety Systems, Risk Assessment and Advanced Reactors Office of New Reactors FROM: William D. Reckley, Senior Project Manager /RA/

Advanced Reactor and Policy Branch Division of Safety Systems, Risk Assessment and Advanced Reactors Office of New Reactors

SUMMARY

OF FEBRUARY 14, 2018, PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS LICENSING MODERNIZATION PROJECT On February 14, 2018, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held a Category 2 public meeting with representatives from Southern Company, national laboratories, Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), and other stakeholders to discuss the development of guidance documents supporting licensing advanced reactor designs (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML18029A110). Enclosure, contains a list of meeting attendees and participants who joined via webinar. The slides and meeting handouts are available in ADAMS Accession No. ML18054A075.

Mr. Jason Redd, Southern Nuclear Company, led the discussions on the industrys plans to build from previously submitted white papers to develop an advanced reactor guidance document for NRC review and endorsement. Mr. Redds presentation includes an outline for the guidance document as well as identying several issues to resolve during upcoming meetings. The Licensing Modernization Project plans to prepare a draft and provide it to the NRC staff to support continued discussions. The staff provided a presentation summarizing plans to review the industry guidance document and, if appropriate, prepare a regulatory guide endorsing the industry guidance. Both presentations identified requirements governing the content of applications as being the most likely regulations to be addressed by the guidance.

There was also general agreement that the guidance would consist primarlily of processes to determine the appropriate content and level of detail to be provided based on the safety importance of the subject equipment and programs. The importance of a glossary was also discussed, especially given the differences in terminology for the approaches proposed for advanced reactors in comparison to operating large light-water reactors.

The next meeting is tentatively scheduled for April 5 and 6, 2018.

CONTACT: William D. Reckley, NRO/DSRA 301-415-7490

ML18054A078 (memo), ML18054A075 (slides), ML18054A073 (pkg.) NRO-002 OFFICE NRO/DSRA/ARPB:PM NRO/DSRA/ARPB:BC NAME WReckley JSegala DATE 02/21/2018 3/14/2018 Attendance List - Attended at least part of meeting in person Name Organization Mark Caruso NRC/NRO Amy Cubbage NRC/NRO Diane Jackson NRC/NRO Jan Mazza NRC/NRO Bill Reckley NRC/NRO John Segala NRC/NRO Jim Strnisha NRC/NRO Lucieann Vechioli NRC/NRO Joe Williams NRC/NRO Prasad Kadambi Consultant Jana Bergman Curitss-Wright Ed Wallace GNBC Assoc Jim Kinsey INL Donald Dube Jensen Hughes Kati Austgen NEI Mike Tschiltz NEI Amir Afzali Southern Karl Fleming Southern Jason Redd Southern Enclosure

Attendance List - Webinar Attendees Name Organization Suzanne Dennis NRC/RES Jerald Head GE-H Mark Holbrook INL alex huning X-energy William McTigue AECOM Wayne Moe INL Charles Murray NRC/NSIR Pranab Samanta BNL Eric Schrader NRC/NSIR Nanette Valliere NRC/OCMSB Derek Widmayer NRC/ACRS 2