ML21266A302

Acceptance for Endorsement of Nuclear Energy Institute 21-06 Guidelines for 10 CFR 50.59 Implementation at Non-Power Production or Utilization Facilities

ML21266A302
Person / Time
Site:	Nuclear Energy Institute
Issue date:	10/12/2021
From:	Mohamed Shams NRC/NRR/DANU/UNPL
To:	Lane H Nuclear Energy Institute
Hardesty D
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EPID L-2020-NFG-0002
Download: ML21266A302 (6)

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October 12, 2021 Ms. Hillary Lane, Director Fuel and Radiation Safety Nuclear Energy Institute 1201 F Street., NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20004

SUBJECT:

ACCEPTANCE FOR ENDORSEMENT OF NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE 21-06: GUIDELINES FOR 10 CFR 50.59 IMPLEMENTATION AT NON-POWER PRODUCTION OR UTILIZATION FACILITIES (EPID: L-2020-NFG-0002)

Dear Ms. Lane:

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received the Nuclear Energy Institutes (NEIs)

August 23, 2021, electronic mail (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML21236A088), requesting endorsement of NEI 21-06, Guidelines for 10 CFR 50.59 Implementation at Non-Power Production or Utilization Facilities (ADAMS Accession No. ML21236A089).

The version of NEI 21-06, dated August 23, 2021, addresses comments previously provided by the NRC staff (ADAMS Accession No. ML21236A203 and ML21236A202). Therefore, the NRC staff has initiated formal NRC endorsement of NEI 21-06 via the NRCs regulatory guide (RG) process. At your request, while considering public awareness of the development, the NRC staff is expediting the endorsement process and has established a six-month schedule that is already underway. The plan is to issue Draft Regulatory Guide-2007 for public comment by the end of October 2021 with tentative issuance of RG 2.8, Revision 0, by April 2022.

Presently, the NRC staff has not noted any exceptions to full endorsement of NEI 21-06, as submitted. Use of the NEI 21-06 guidance during the NRC endorsement process is at the discretion of the Non-Power Production or Utilization Facility licensees. However, such use is at the licensees risk.

Finally, I wish to express my appreciation of the National Organization of Test, Research, and Training Reactors (TRTR) for effective pre-submittal engagements with the NRC staff, which facilitated early resolution of issues and effective development of this guidance. We look forward to similar pre-submittal engagements with TRTR beginning this Fall to develop the supplemental guidance specific to digital equipment.

H. Lane If you have any concerns or questions, please contact Mr. Duane Hardesty, Senior Project Manager, at (301) 415-3724, or via email at Duane.Hardesty@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Signed by Shams, Mohamed on 10/12/21 Mohamed Shams, Director Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Project No. 689 cc: Dr. Ayman Hawari, Director Nuclear Reactor Program North Carolina State University Room 1110 Burlington Laboratory 2500 Stinson Drive Raleigh, NC 27695-7909

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Dr. David M. Slaughter, President Mr. Ethan Taber, Reactor Manager and Reactor Administrator Missouri University of Science Aerotest Operations Inc. and Technology 3455 Fostoria Way Nuclear Reactor Facility San Ramon, CA 94583 250 West 13th Street Rolla, MO 65409-0630 Mr. Paul J. OConnor, Ph.D. Mr. Andrew Kauffman, Associate Director Facility Director Ohio State University Dow Chemical TRIGA Research Reactor Nuclear Reactor Laboratory Dow Chemical Company 1298 Kinnear Road Building 1602 Columbus, OH 43212-1154 Midland, MI 48674 Mr. Matt Feyrer, Site Manager Dr. Steven R. Reese, Director GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Oregon State University Vallecitos Nuclear Center 100 Radiation Center 6705 Vallecitos Road Corvallis, OR 97331-5903 Sunol, CA 94586 Dr. Marylou Dunik-Gougar Dr. Kenan Unlu, Director Reactor Administrator Radiation Science and Engineering Center Idaho State University Breazeale Nuclear Reactor Professor of Nuclear Engineering Pennsylvania State University 921 S. 8th Avenue, MS 8065 University Park, PA 16802-2301 Pocatello, ID 83209-8060 Dr. Alan Cebula Dr. Thomas H. Newton, Deputy Director Nuclear Reactor Facility Manager National Institute of Standards Kansas State University and Technology 112 Ward Hall NIST Center for Neutron Research Manhattan, KS 66506-5204 U.S. Department of Commerce 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 6101 Gaithersburg, MD 20899-6101 Mr. Jerry Newhouse, Director Dr. Seungjin Kim, Reactor Director Reed College Purdue University Reed Research Reactor The School of Nuclear Engineering 3203 Southeast Woodstock Boulevard 516 Northwestern Avenue Portland, OR 97202-8199 West Lafayette, IN 47906 Dr. Wei Ji, Director Dr. Wesley D. Frey, Reactor Director Reactor Critical Facility McClellan Nuclear Research Center Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of California, Davis 110 8th Street 5335 Price Avenue, Building 258 JEC 5040 McClellan, CA 95652-2504 Troy, NY 12180 3590

Dr. Cameron Goodwin, Director Dr. George E. Miller, Reactor Supervisor Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center Nuclear Reactor Facility 16 Reactor Road Department of Chemistry Narragansett, RI 02882-1165 University of California 1102 Natural Sciences 2 Irvine, CA 92697-2025 Andrew Cook, Interim Reactor Facility Director Dr. Donald Wall, Facility Director Chief, Reactor Division University of Florida Training Reactor Radiation Sciences Department P.O. Box 116400 Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute Gainesville, FL 32611 4555 South Palmer Road, Building Bethesda, MD 20889-5648 Dr. Sean McDeavitt, Director Ms. Amber Johnson, Director Nuclear Science Center Nuclear Reactor and Radiation Facilities Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station University of Maryland 1095 Nuclear Science Road, MS 3575 Department of Materials Science and Engineering College Station, TX 77843-3575 4418 Stadium Drive, Room 1104 College Park, MD 20742-2115 Jonathan Wallick, Reactor Supervisor Mr. Leo Bobek, Reactor Supervisor U.S. Geological Survey University of Massachusetts Lowell P.O. Box 25046, MS 974 Nuclear Radiation Laboratory Denver Federal Center One University Avenue Denver, CO 80225 Lowell, MA 01854 Dr. Glenn E. Sjoden, Director Dr. David J. Robertson, Reactor Facility Director Utah Nuclear Engineering Program University of Missouri-Columbia Professor, Energy Solutions Presidential Research Reactor Center Endowed Chair 1513 Research Park Drive Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering Columbia, MO 65211 University of Utah 110 Central Campus Dr., Rm 2000 Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Mr. Robert Agasie, Reactor Director Carl Willis, Chief Reactor Supervisor Nuclear Reactor Laboratory Nuclear Engineering Department University of Wisconsin - Madison 1 University of New Mexico, MSC-01-1120 1513 University Avenue, Room 1215 Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 Madison, WI 53706-1687 Mr. Corey Hines, Director Mr. Paul Whaley, Associate Director Washington State University Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory Nuclear Radiation Center The University of Texas at Austin 50 Roundtop Drive 10100 Burnet Road, Building 159 Pullman, WA 99164 1300 Austin, TX 78758

Mr. John P. Foster, Director Gregory Piefer, Ph.D.

of Reactor Operations Chief Executive Officer Nuclear Reactor Laboratory Shine Medical Technologies, LLC Massachusetts Institute of Technology 101 E. Milwaukee Street, Suite 600 138 Albany Street, MS NW12-110 Janesville, WI 53545 Cambridge, MA 02139 Mr. Scott Lassell, Manager Dr. Michael Nastasi, Department Head of Engineering and Operations Texas A&M University Nuclear Reactor Program Nuclear Engineering Department Department of Nuclear Engineering 3133 TAMU North Carolina State University College Station, TX 77843-313 Room 1110 Burlington Laboratory Austin, TX 78756-3189 2500 Stinson Drive Raleigh, NC 27695-7909