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NRC Hybrid Workshop (1 of 3) - Update to RG 1.183, Revision 1, "Alternative Radiological Source Terms for Evaluating Design Basis Accidents at Nuclear Power Reactors" Meeting Identifier: 20231392 Date of Meeting: January 9, 2024 Location: Hybrid (NRC Headquarters, Rockville, MD and via Microsoft Teams)
NRC Hybrid Workshop (1 of 3) - Update to RG 1.183, Revision 1, "Alternative Radiological Source Terms for Evaluating Design Basis Accidents at Nuclear Power Reactors"
Type of Meeting: Comment Gathering Public Meeting Purpose of Meeting: This was the first of 3 workshops the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is hosting in early 2024 to discuss a revision to RG 1.183, Revision 1 (https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2308/ML23082A305.pdf). These workshops will provide opportunities for NRC staff and stakeholders to discuss updates to extend the applicability of the guidance to higher burnup and increased enrichment fuel applications, in support of the NRCs Increased Enrichment Rulemaking (https://www.regulations.gov/document/NRC-2020-0034-0005), and to consider other feedback that is relevant to the guidance. The workshops allow for the NRCs external stakeholders to participate in the regulatory process through a comment gathering format as described in the NRCs policy statement on public meetings at 86 FR 14964. The staff will collect comments and input through note-taking and will consider this information while drafting updates to guidance.
 
Meeting Identifier: 20231392
 
Date of Meeting: January 9, 2024
 
Location: Hybrid (NRC Headquarters, Rockville, MD and via Microsoft Team s)
 
Type of Meeting: Comment Gathering Public Meeting
 
Purpose of Meeting: This was the first of 3 workshops the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is hosting in early 2024 to discuss a revision to RG 1.183, Revision 1 (https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2308/ML23082A305.pdf ). These workshops will provide opportunities for NRC staff and stakeholders to discuss updates to extend the applicability of the guidance to higher burnup and increased enrichment fuel applica tions, in support of the NRCs Increased Enrichment Rulemaking ( https://www.regulations.gov/document/NRC-2020-0034-0005), and to consider other feedback that is relevant to the guida nce. The workshops allow for the NRCs external stakeholders to participate in the regulatory process through a comment gathering format as described in the NRCs policy statement on public meetings at 86 FR 14964. The staff will collect comments and input through note-t aking and will consider this information while drafting updates to guidance.
 
Related Documents:
Related Documents:
* ML23346A110 - High Burnup Fuel Source Term Accident Analysis Boiling-Water Reactor Follow-On Calculations, November 16, 2023 (Presentation by NRC Staff to ACRS Subcommittee on Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials)
* ML23346A110 - High Burnup Fuel Source Term Accident Analysis Boiling-Water Reactor Follow-On Calculations, November 16, 2023 (Presentation by NRC Staff to ACRS Subcommittee on Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials)
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* ML24008A044 - NEI - Slides for NRC Workshop 1 on Revision to RG 1.183 R1 - Final -
* ML24008A044 - NEI - Slides for NRC Workshop 1 on Revision to RG 1.183 R1 - Final -
ML24008A044
ML24008A044
* ML24008A156 - 01/09/2024 NRC Hybrid Workshop (1 of 3) - Update to RG 1.183, Revision 1, "Alternative Radiological Source Terms for Evaluating Design Basis Accidents at Nuclear Power Reactors" 1
* ML24008A156 - 01/09/2024 NRC Hybrid Workshop (1 of 3) - Update to RG 1.183, Revision 1, "Alternative Radiological Source Terms for Evaluating Design Basis Accidents at Nuclear Power Reactors"
ADAMS Accession No. ML24029A017


Summary:
1 ADAMS Accession No. ML24029A017 Summary:
On January 9, 2024, the NRC staff held a workshop, formally known as a comment gathering public meeting, to discuss the revision of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.183, Revision 1, Alternative Radiological Source Terms for Evaluating Design Basis Accidents at Nuclear Power Reactors, Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at Accession No. ML23082A305. This workshop included presentations by the NRC staff and representatives from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).The meeting provided an opportunity for NRC staff to discuss updates to extend the applicability of RG 1.183 to higher burnup and increased enrichment fuel applications, in support of the NRCs Increased Enrichment Rulemaking (https://regulations.gov under docket NRC-2020-0034), and to consider other feedback that is relevant to the guidance contained in the RG. The meeting notice is available at ADAMS Accession No. ML24008A156.
 
On January 9, 2024, the NRC staff held a workshop, formally kno wn as a comment gathering public meeting, to discuss the revision of Regulatory Guide (RG ) 1.183, Revision 1, Alternative Radiological Source Terms for Evaluating Design Basis Accidents at Nuclear Power Reactors, Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at Ac cession No.
ML23082A305. This workshop includ ed presentations by the NRC staff and representatives from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), the Nuclear Energy Ins titute (NEI) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).The meeting provided an opportu nity for NRC staff to discuss updates to extend the applicability of RG 1.183 to higher burnu p and increased enrichment fuel applications, in support of the NRCs Increased Enrichment Rule making (https://regulations.gov under docket NRC-2020-0034), and to consider other feedback t hat is relevant to the guidance contained in the RG. The meeting notice is available at ADAMS A ccession No. ML24008A156.
The NRC, SNL and industry meeting slides are available at ADAMS Accession Nos.
The NRC, SNL and industry meeting slides are available at ADAMS Accession Nos.
ML24005A107 and ML24008A044, respectively.
ML24005A107 and ML24008A044, respectively.
Michael X. Franovich, Director of the Division of Risk Assessment in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), made opening remarks. Following the opening remarks, as required by the Commissions Policy Statement on Public Meetings (86 FR 14964), the staff described methods that stakeholders can use to provide input and feedback to the NRC and the staff clarified that comments regarding the NRCs Increased Enrichment Rulemaking should be submitted through the https://regulations.gov website under docket ID NRC-2020-0034.
The first presentation given by NRC staff provided an overview of the plan to update RG 1.183 and a review of the purposes of RGs, how they are maintained and the process the staff follows for updating RGs. In discussing the background of RGs, the staff stated that RGs are used to assist stakeholders in understanding and complying with NRC rules and regulations and that they conserve licensee and NRC resources by simplifying the licensing process by describing methods the staff has predetermined to be acceptable to meeting regulations. Thus, RGs relieve applicants and licensees of the burden of demonstrating that approved methods satisfy applicable NRC requirements. The process to update RGs is described in Management Directive 6.6, Regulatory Guides, ADAMS Accession No. ML22010A233, and includes significant internal staff effort in developing new guidance and attendant technical bases; external interactions, including public comment periods; and, if necessary, briefings to the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS). During this presentation, the staff reviewed the process to withdraw a RG in cases when the guidance in a RG has been relocated to another document, or if the staff concludes that the guidance in a RG is no longer an acceptable means of complying with applicable requirements.
The staff then listed three main reasons for updating RG 1.183, Revision 1: (1) to provide guidance that is applicable for fuel burnups greater than 68 GWd/MTU; (2) to develop guidance to implement certain Increased Enrichment Rulemaking decisions, as necessary; and (3) to consider other improvements to the guidance, in particular ones that optimize conservatisms in methods approved by the staff. The staff completed the first presentation by reviewing the current project schedule, which includes a total of five public meetings from January 2024 through April 2024, and a briefing to the ACRS in the fall of 2024. The project plan aims toward submitting the Draft Guide (DG) to the Commission in December 2024, in conjunction with the Increased Enrichment Rulemaking SECY forwarding the proposed rule for Commission vote.
The second presentation was provided by SNL. This presentation reviewed the content in Sandia Report No. 2023-01313, High Burnup Fuel Source Term Accident Sequence Analysis.
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In summary, SNL found that increased burnup or extended enrichment does not significantly impact the source term, but that the most significant change in the source term comes from improvement in the modeling of best practices (e.g., from the SOARCA, post-Fukushima studies) and supported by experimental observations (e.g., PHEBUS). These studies suggest a greater prevalence of low-pressure scenarios that can lead to higher radiological releases to containment during the in-vessel phase. Lastly, SNL highlighted that for boiling water reactors, retention in the suppression pool can have a significant effect on the containment source term.
Michael X. Franovich, Director of the Division of Risk Assessme nt in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), made opening remarks. Following the o pening remarks, as required by the Commissions Policy Statement on Public Meetings (86 FR 14964), the staff described methods that stakeholders can use to provide input and feedback to the NRC and the staff clarified that comments regarding the NRCs Increased Enrichmen t Rulemaking should be submitted through the https://regulations.gov website under docket ID NRC-2020-0034.
This presentation was abridged from a more detailed presentation that was provided to the ACRS on November 16, 2023. The ACRS meeting transcript is available at ADAMS Accession No. ML23352A393.
 
The third presentation was provided by the NRC staff. This presentation reviewed follow-on calculations that the staff has been considering with regards to a pathway-specific source term in boiling water reactors. The staff described how modeling of the main steam lines was refined in these calculations to provide better estimation of the distribution of fission products. The staff presented preliminary source term inventory fractions for the early in-vessel accident phase at a boiling water reactor, broken down by radionuclide chemical grouping (e.g., noble gases, halogens, alkali metals) and release pathway (i.e., suppression pool, containment and steam line). These results indicate that a pathway specific source term may be a reasonable approach to account for the impact of the suppression pool both in containment and the main steam line.
The first presentation given by N RC staff provided an overview of the plan to update RG 1.183 and a review of the purposes of RGs, how they are maintained an d the process the staff follows for updating RGs. In discussing the background of RGs, the staf f stated that RGs are used to assist stakeholders in understanding and complying with NRC rul es and regulations and that they conserve licensee and NRC resources by simplifying the lic ensing process by describing methods the staff has predetermined to be acceptable to meeting regulations. Thus, RGs relieve applicants and licensees of the burden of demonstrating that ap proved methods satisfy applicable NRC requirements. The process to update RGs is descr ibed in Management Directive 6.6, Regulatory Guides, ADAMS Accession No. ML22010 A233, and includes significant internal staff effort in developing new guidance an d attendant technical bases; external interactions, includi ng public comment periods; and, if necessary, briefings to the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS). During this pr esentation, the staff reviewed the process to withdraw a RG in cases when the guidanc e in a RG has been relocated to another document, or if the staff concludes that the guidanc e in a RG is no longer an acceptable means of complying with applicable requirements.
Meeting participants expressed a significant amount of interest in these calculations and several questions on this topic were fielded by NRC staff. NRC staff mentioned that this methodology will be described in a report that will be published in Summer 2024.
 
The last presentation provided the nuclear industrys initial perspective on the effort to update RG 1.183, Revision1 and was organized by NEI; however, remarks were delivered by industry representatives, including members of utilities, EPRI and a consultant. Presenters emphasized that open and transparent dialog is critical to identify and resolve key technical issues that pertain to the RG. Industry representatives recognized that many power reactor licensees will be challenged to implement high burnup and increased enrichment fuels because of source term modeling used in Sandia Report No. 2023-01313. Presenters observed that the SNL report shows that increased burnup and enrichment does not strongly impact in-containment source term and that suppression pool scrubbing is prevalent during boiling water reactor accident progressionsignificantly reducing the non-noble gas activity component of the in-containment source term. Therefore, presenters requested that staff consider establishing methods for crediting suppression pool scrubbing in design basis accident analyses.
The staff then listed three main reasons for updating RG 1.183, Revision 1: (1) to provide guidance that is applicable for fuel burnups greater than 68 GW d/MTU; (2) to develop guidance to implement certain Increased Enrichment Rulemaking decisions, as necessary; and (3) to consider other improvements to the guidance, in particular ones that optimize conservatisms in methods approved by the staff. The staff completed the first pr esentation by reviewing the current project schedule, which includes a total of five public meetings from January 2024 through April 2024, and a briefing to the ACRS in the fall of 2 024. The project plan aims toward submitting the Draft Guide (DG) to the Commission in December 2 024, in conjunction with the Increased Enrichment Rulemaking SECY forwarding the proposed ru le for Commission vote.
Additionally, industry representatives requested that the staff consider how additional safety equipment, such as Station Blackout and Advanced Accident Mitigation (B.5.b) and Flex equipment, as well as updated risk insights can be applied to design basis accident analyses; how other changes (e.g., particulate deposition in main steam lines, statistical approaches to dose calculations and cases where the guidance drives users to assume airborne and water releases that are more than core inventory) can improve realism and facilitate implementation of the guidance in the RG; and if the staff can provide assurance of the continued acceptance of earlier revisions of the RG. Finally, industry representatives provided some insights into research that EPRI may be conducting on behalf of the industry to inform applications of severe accident scenarios.
 
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The second presentation was provided by SNL. This presentation reviewed the content in Sandia Report No. 2023-01313, High Burnup Fuel Source Term Acc ident Sequence Analysis.
 
2 ADAMS Accession No. ML24029A017 In summary, SNL found that increased burnup or extended enrichm ent does not significantly impact the source term, but that the most significant change in the source term comes from improvement in the modeling of best practices (e.g., from the S OARCA, post-Fukushima studies) and supported by experimental observations (e.g., PHEB US). These studies suggest a greater prevalence of low-pressure scenarios that can lead to h igher radiological releases to containment during the in-vessel phase. Lastly, SNL highlighted that for boiling water reactors, retention in the suppression pool can have a significant effect on the containment source term.
This presentation was abridged from a more detailed presentatio n that was provided to the ACRS on November 16, 2023. The ACRS meeting transcript is avail able at ADAMS Accession No. ML23352A393.
The third presentation was provided by the NRC staff. This pres entation reviewed follow-on calculations that the staff has been considering with regards t o a pathway-specific source term in boiling water reactors. The staff described how modeling of the main steam lines was refined in these calculations to provide better estimation of the distr ibution of fission products. The staff presented preliminary source term inventory fractions for the e arly in-vessel accident phase at a boiling water reactor, broken down by radionuclide chemical gro uping (e.g., noble gases, halogens, alkali metals) and release pathway (i.e., suppression pool, containment and steam line). These results indicate that a pathway specific source te rm may be a reasonable approach to account for the impact of the suppression pool both in conta inment and the main steam line.
Meeting participants expressed a significant amount of interest in these calculations and several questions on this topic were fiel ded by NRC staff. NRC staff mentioned that this methodology will be described in a report that will be published in Summer 2024.
 
The last presentation provided the nuclear industrys initial p erspective on the effort to update RG 1.183, Revision1 and was or ganized by NEI; however, remarks were delivered by industry representatives, including members of utilities, EPRI and a con sultant. Presenters emphasized that open and transparent dialog is critical to identify and re solve key technical issues that pertain to the RG. Industry representatives recognized that man y power reactor licensees will be challenged to implement high burnup and increased enrichment fuels because of source term modeling used in Sandia Report No. 2023-01313. Presenters observed that the SNL report shows that increased burnup and enrichment does not strongly im pact in-containment source term and that suppression pool scrubbing is prevalent during bo iling water reactor accident progressionsignificantly reducing the non-noble gas activity c omponent of the in-containment source term. Therefore, presenters requested that staff conside r establishing methods for crediting suppression pool scrubbing in design basis accident a nalyses.
 
Additionally, industry representatives requested that the staff consider how additional safety equipment, such as Station Blackout and Advanced Accident Mitig ation (B.5.b) and Flex equipment, as well as updated risk insights can be applied to d esign basis accident analyses; how other changes (e.g., particulate deposition in main steam l ines, statistical approaches to dose calculations and cases where the guidance drives users to assume airborne and water releases that are more than core inventory) can improve realism and facilitate implementation of the guidance in the RG; and if the staff can provide assurance of the continued acceptance of earlier revisions of the RG. Finally, industry representatives provided some insights into research that EPRI may be conducting on behalf of the industry to inform applications of severe accident scenarios.
 
3 ADAMS Accession No. ML24029A017 Michael Franovich, Director of the Division of Risk Assessment in NRR provided closing remarks.


Michael Franovich, Director of the Division of Risk Assessment in NRR provided closing remarks.
No regulatory decisions were made during the meeting.
No regulatory decisions were made during the meeting.
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List of Attendees January 9, 2024, Public Meeting NRC Hybrid Workshop (1 of 3) - Update to RG 1.183, Revision 1, "Alternative Radiological Source Terms for Evaluating Design Basis Accidents at Nuclear Power Reactors" Name                     Affiliation                 Name               Affiliation CA                      Self                       David Kortge       Constellation Birol Aktas             Southern Nuclear           Sam Lafountain     SNC Company Jill Anderson           APS                         Leigh Lloveras     Breakthrough Institute Dever Atwood             BWROG Chair                 Rick Loeffler       Xcel Energy Uriel Bachrach           Westinghouse               Peter Lowry         PNNL Steve Baker             Baker Consulting           David Luxat         Sandia National Services                                       Laboratories Philip Benavides         NRC                         Edwin Lyman         UCS Jana Bergman             CurtissWright/Scientech     Kevin Lynn         NuScale Andrew Bielen           NRC                         Alex Markivich     Dominion Energy Dwayne Blaylock         Enercon Services Inc.       Don Marksberry     NRC Mark Blumberg           NRC                         Richard McCarty     Nuclear Utility Group on Equipment Qualification (NUGEQ)
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Francis Bolger           EPRI                       Dave McIntyre       NRC Butch Bornt             Southern Nuclear           Sean Meighan       NRC Jan Bostelman           Self                       Joseph Messina     NRC Andrew Bowman           Westinghouse Electric       Brian Mount         Dominion Energy Company Eric Bowman             NRC                         Carole Naugle       Framatome Greg Broadbent           Consultant                 Matthew Nudi       EPRI Kristy Bucholtz         NRC                         Donald Palmrose     NRC Scott Burnell           NRC                         John Palsmeier     NuScale Power Justin Byard             Dominion Energy             John Parillo       NRC Shawn Campbell           NRC                         Frances Pimentel   NEI Johnathan Chavers       Southern Company           Doug Pollock       TVA Rob Choromokos           EPRI                       Steven Pope         ISL, Inc.
 
Paul Clifford           Framatome                   Blake Purnell       NRC Price Collins           Duke Energy                 William Rautzen     NRC Phil Couture             Entergy                     MJ Ross-Lee         NRC Aladar Csontos           NEI                         Michael Salay       NRC Kristopher Cummings NuScale Power                   Baris Sarikaya     Constellation Steven Dolley           S&P Global Platts           Raymond Schneider   Westinghouse Hossein Esmaili         NRC                         Harold Scott       Self 5
January 9, 2024, Public Meeting NRC Hybrid Workshop (1 of 3) - Update to RG 1.183, Revision 1, "Alternative Radiological Source Terms for Evaluati ng Design Basis Accidents at Nuclear Power Reactors"
ADAMS Accession No. ML24029A017
 
Name Affiliation Name Affiliation C A Self David Kortge Constellation Birol Aktas Southern Nuclear Sam Lafountain SNC Company Jill Anderson APS Leigh Lloveras Breakthrough Institute Dever Atwood BWROG Chair Rick Loeffler Xcel Energy Uriel Bachrach Westinghouse Peter Lowry PNNL Steve Baker Baker Consulting David Luxat Sandia National Services Laboratories Philip Benavides NRC Edwin Lyman UCS Jana Bergman CurtissWright/Scientech Kevin Lynn NuScale Andrew Bielen NRC Alex Markivich Dominion Energy Dwayne Blaylock Enercon Services Inc. Don Marksberry NRC Mark Blumberg NRC Richard McCarty Nuclear Utility Group on Equipment Qualification (NUGEQ)
Francis Bolger EPRI Dave McIntyre NRC Butch Bornt Southern Nuclear Sean Meighan NRC Jan Bostelman Self Joseph Messina NRC Andrew Bowman Westinghouse Electric Brian Mount Dominion Energy Company Eric Bowman NRC Carole Naugle Framatome Greg Broadbent Consultant Matthew Nudi EPRI Kristy Bucholtz NRC Donald Palmrose NRC Scott Burnell NRC John Palsmeier NuScale Power Justin Byard Dominion Energy John Parillo NRC Shawn Campbell NRC Frances Pimentel NEI Johnathan Chavers Southern Company Doug Pollock TVA Rob Choromokos EPRI Steven Pope ISL, Inc.
Paul Clifford Framatome Blake Purnell NRC Price Collins Duke Energy William Rautzen NRC Phil Couture Entergy MJ Ross-Lee NRC Aladar Csontos NEI Michael Salay NRC Kristopher Cummings NuScale Power Baris Sarikaya Constellation Steven Dolley S&P Global Platts Raymond Schneider Westinghouse Hossein Esmaili NRC Harold Scott Self
 
5 ADAMS Accession No. ML24029A017 List of Attendees
 
January 9, 2024, Public Meeting NRC Hybrid Workshop (1 of 3) - Update to RG 1.183, Revision 1, "Alternative Radiological Source Terms for Evaluati ng Design Basis Accidents at Nuclear Power Reactors"
 
Name Affiliation Name Affiliation Mike Eudy NRC Melissa Shahzadeh Council of State Governments -
Midwest Fernando Ferrante EPRI Carlos Sisco Winston & Strawn John Fisher Energy Northwest Scott Stanchfield Entergy Michael Franovich NRC Christopher Staum Constellation Shane Gardner GE Hitachi Nuclear James Stavely PSEG Nuclear Steven Garry NRC Charles Stroupe Duke Energy William Gassmann Constellation Christie Taylor Duke Energy Lisa Gerken Framatome Brian Timm Duke Energy Alex Gilbreath SNC Nadejda Todorova Constellation Zachary Gran NRC Christopher Van NRC Wert Paul Guinn NuScale Power Storm NRC Veunephachan Nathaniel Hall STPNOC Kim Webber NRC Michelle Hart NRC Sunil Weerakkody NRC David Hindera GE Hitachi Lewis Wells Constellation Kevin Hsueh NRC Albert Widmer Energy Harbor Harley Hutchins Self Zhe Yuan NRC Caryl Ingram Duke Energy Corp Andrew Zach Senate Randy Jacobs GEH Steve Jones NRC Meena Khanna NRC Tom Kindred SNC Daniel King NRC Audrey Klett NRC Jeffrey Kobelak Westinghouse


List of Attendees January 9, 2024, Public Meeting NRC Hybrid Workshop (1 of 3) - Update to RG 1.183, Revision 1, "Alternative Radiological Source Terms for Evaluating Design Basis Accidents at Nuclear Power Reactors" Name                    Affiliation                Name                Affiliation Mike Eudy                NRC                        Melissa Shahzadeh  Council of State Governments -
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Midwest Fernando Ferrante        EPRI                        Carlos Sisco        Winston & Strawn John Fisher              Energy Northwest            Scott Stanchfield  Entergy Michael Franovich        NRC                        Christopher Staum  Constellation Shane Gardner            GE Hitachi Nuclear          James Stavely      PSEG Nuclear Steven Garry            NRC                        Charles Stroupe    Duke Energy William Gassmann        Constellation              Christie Taylor    Duke Energy Lisa Gerken              Framatome                  Brian Timm          Duke Energy Alex Gilbreath          SNC                        Nadejda Todorova    Constellation Zachary Gran            NRC                        Christopher Van    NRC Wert Paul Guinn              NuScale Power              Storm              NRC Veunephachan Nathaniel Hall          STPNOC                      Kim Webber          NRC Michelle Hart            NRC                        Sunil Weerakkody    NRC David Hindera            GE Hitachi                  Lewis Wells        Constellation Kevin Hsueh              NRC                        Albert Widmer      Energy Harbor Harley Hutchins          Self                        Zhe Yuan            NRC Caryl Ingram            Duke Energy Corp            Andrew Zach        Senate Randy Jacobs            GEH Steve Jones              NRC Meena Khanna            NRC Tom Kindred              SNC Daniel King              NRC Audrey Klett            NRC Jeffrey Kobelak          Westinghouse 6
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Public Meeting Summary

Title:

NRC Hybrid Workshop (1 of 3) - Update to RG 1.183, Revision 1, "Alternative Radiological Source Terms for Evaluating Design Basis Accidents at Nuclear Power Reactors"

Meeting Identifier: 20231392

Date of Meeting: January 9, 2024

Location: Hybrid (NRC Headquarters, Rockville, MD and via Microsoft Team s)

Type of Meeting: Comment Gathering Public Meeting

Purpose of Meeting: This was the first of 3 workshops the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is hosting in early 2024 to discuss a revision to RG 1.183, Revision 1 (https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2308/ML23082A305.pdf ). These workshops will provide opportunities for NRC staff and stakeholders to discuss updates to extend the applicability of the guidance to higher burnup and increased enrichment fuel applica tions, in support of the NRCs Increased Enrichment Rulemaking ( https://www.regulations.gov/document/NRC-2020-0034-0005), and to consider other feedback that is relevant to the guida nce. The workshops allow for the NRCs external stakeholders to participate in the regulatory process through a comment gathering format as described in the NRCs policy statement on public meetings at 86 FR 14964. The staff will collect comments and input through note-t aking and will consider this information while drafting updates to guidance.

Related Documents:

  • ML23346A110 - High Burnup Fuel Source Term Accident Analysis Boiling-Water Reactor Follow-On Calculations, November 16, 2023 (Presentation by NRC Staff to ACRS Subcommittee on Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials)
  • ML23346A111 - High Burnup Fuel Accident Source Terms, November 16, 2023 (Presentation by Sandia National Laboratories to ACRS Subcommittee on Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials)

ML24008A044

  • ML24008A156 - 01/09/2024 NRC Hybrid Workshop (1 of 3) - Update to RG 1.183, Revision 1, "Alternative Radiological Source Terms for Evaluating Design Basis Accidents at Nuclear Power Reactors"

1 ADAMS Accession No. ML24029A017 Summary:

On January 9, 2024, the NRC staff held a workshop, formally kno wn as a comment gathering public meeting, to discuss the revision of Regulatory Guide (RG ) 1.183, Revision 1, Alternative Radiological Source Terms for Evaluating Design Basis Accidents at Nuclear Power Reactors, Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at Ac cession No.

ML23082A305. This workshop includ ed presentations by the NRC staff and representatives from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), the Nuclear Energy Ins titute (NEI) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).The meeting provided an opportu nity for NRC staff to discuss updates to extend the applicability of RG 1.183 to higher burnu p and increased enrichment fuel applications, in support of the NRCs Increased Enrichment Rule making (https://regulations.gov under docket NRC-2020-0034), and to consider other feedback t hat is relevant to the guidance contained in the RG. The meeting notice is available at ADAMS A ccession No. ML24008A156.

The NRC, SNL and industry meeting slides are available at ADAMS Accession Nos.

ML24005A107 and ML24008A044, respectively.

Michael X. Franovich, Director of the Division of Risk Assessme nt in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), made opening remarks. Following the o pening remarks, as required by the Commissions Policy Statement on Public Meetings (86 FR 14964), the staff described methods that stakeholders can use to provide input and feedback to the NRC and the staff clarified that comments regarding the NRCs Increased Enrichmen t Rulemaking should be submitted through the https://regulations.gov website under docket ID NRC-2020-0034.

The first presentation given by N RC staff provided an overview of the plan to update RG 1.183 and a review of the purposes of RGs, how they are maintained an d the process the staff follows for updating RGs. In discussing the background of RGs, the staf f stated that RGs are used to assist stakeholders in understanding and complying with NRC rul es and regulations and that they conserve licensee and NRC resources by simplifying the lic ensing process by describing methods the staff has predetermined to be acceptable to meeting regulations. Thus, RGs relieve applicants and licensees of the burden of demonstrating that ap proved methods satisfy applicable NRC requirements. The process to update RGs is descr ibed in Management Directive 6.6, Regulatory Guides, ADAMS Accession No. ML22010 A233, and includes significant internal staff effort in developing new guidance an d attendant technical bases; external interactions, includi ng public comment periods; and, if necessary, briefings to the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS). During this pr esentation, the staff reviewed the process to withdraw a RG in cases when the guidanc e in a RG has been relocated to another document, or if the staff concludes that the guidanc e in a RG is no longer an acceptable means of complying with applicable requirements.

The staff then listed three main reasons for updating RG 1.183, Revision 1: (1) to provide guidance that is applicable for fuel burnups greater than 68 GW d/MTU; (2) to develop guidance to implement certain Increased Enrichment Rulemaking decisions, as necessary; and (3) to consider other improvements to the guidance, in particular ones that optimize conservatisms in methods approved by the staff. The staff completed the first pr esentation by reviewing the current project schedule, which includes a total of five public meetings from January 2024 through April 2024, and a briefing to the ACRS in the fall of 2 024. The project plan aims toward submitting the Draft Guide (DG) to the Commission in December 2 024, in conjunction with the Increased Enrichment Rulemaking SECY forwarding the proposed ru le for Commission vote.

The second presentation was provided by SNL. This presentation reviewed the content in Sandia Report No. 2023-01313, High Burnup Fuel Source Term Acc ident Sequence Analysis.

2 ADAMS Accession No. ML24029A017 In summary, SNL found that increased burnup or extended enrichm ent does not significantly impact the source term, but that the most significant change in the source term comes from improvement in the modeling of best practices (e.g., from the S OARCA, post-Fukushima studies) and supported by experimental observations (e.g., PHEB US). These studies suggest a greater prevalence of low-pressure scenarios that can lead to h igher radiological releases to containment during the in-vessel phase. Lastly, SNL highlighted that for boiling water reactors, retention in the suppression pool can have a significant effect on the containment source term.

This presentation was abridged from a more detailed presentatio n that was provided to the ACRS on November 16, 2023. The ACRS meeting transcript is avail able at ADAMS Accession No. ML23352A393.

The third presentation was provided by the NRC staff. This pres entation reviewed follow-on calculations that the staff has been considering with regards t o a pathway-specific source term in boiling water reactors. The staff described how modeling of the main steam lines was refined in these calculations to provide better estimation of the distr ibution of fission products. The staff presented preliminary source term inventory fractions for the e arly in-vessel accident phase at a boiling water reactor, broken down by radionuclide chemical gro uping (e.g., noble gases, halogens, alkali metals) and release pathway (i.e., suppression pool, containment and steam line). These results indicate that a pathway specific source te rm may be a reasonable approach to account for the impact of the suppression pool both in conta inment and the main steam line.

Meeting participants expressed a significant amount of interest in these calculations and several questions on this topic were fiel ded by NRC staff. NRC staff mentioned that this methodology will be described in a report that will be published in Summer 2024.

The last presentation provided the nuclear industrys initial p erspective on the effort to update RG 1.183, Revision1 and was or ganized by NEI; however, remarks were delivered by industry representatives, including members of utilities, EPRI and a con sultant. Presenters emphasized that open and transparent dialog is critical to identify and re solve key technical issues that pertain to the RG. Industry representatives recognized that man y power reactor licensees will be challenged to implement high burnup and increased enrichment fuels because of source term modeling used in Sandia Report No. 2023-01313. Presenters observed that the SNL report shows that increased burnup and enrichment does not strongly im pact in-containment source term and that suppression pool scrubbing is prevalent during bo iling water reactor accident progressionsignificantly reducing the non-noble gas activity c omponent of the in-containment source term. Therefore, presenters requested that staff conside r establishing methods for crediting suppression pool scrubbing in design basis accident a nalyses.

Additionally, industry representatives requested that the staff consider how additional safety equipment, such as Station Blackout and Advanced Accident Mitig ation (B.5.b) and Flex equipment, as well as updated risk insights can be applied to d esign basis accident analyses; how other changes (e.g., particulate deposition in main steam l ines, statistical approaches to dose calculations and cases where the guidance drives users to assume airborne and water releases that are more than core inventory) can improve realism and facilitate implementation of the guidance in the RG; and if the staff can provide assurance of the continued acceptance of earlier revisions of the RG. Finally, industry representatives provided some insights into research that EPRI may be conducting on behalf of the industry to inform applications of severe accident scenarios.

3 ADAMS Accession No. ML24029A017 Michael Franovich, Director of the Division of Risk Assessment in NRR provided closing remarks.

No regulatory decisions were made during the meeting.

4 ADAMS Accession No. ML24029A017 List of Attendees

January 9, 2024, Public Meeting NRC Hybrid Workshop (1 of 3) - Update to RG 1.183, Revision 1, "Alternative Radiological Source Terms for Evaluati ng Design Basis Accidents at Nuclear Power Reactors"

Name Affiliation Name Affiliation C A Self David Kortge Constellation Birol Aktas Southern Nuclear Sam Lafountain SNC Company Jill Anderson APS Leigh Lloveras Breakthrough Institute Dever Atwood BWROG Chair Rick Loeffler Xcel Energy Uriel Bachrach Westinghouse Peter Lowry PNNL Steve Baker Baker Consulting David Luxat Sandia National Services Laboratories Philip Benavides NRC Edwin Lyman UCS Jana Bergman CurtissWright/Scientech Kevin Lynn NuScale Andrew Bielen NRC Alex Markivich Dominion Energy Dwayne Blaylock Enercon Services Inc. Don Marksberry NRC Mark Blumberg NRC Richard McCarty Nuclear Utility Group on Equipment Qualification (NUGEQ)

Francis Bolger EPRI Dave McIntyre NRC Butch Bornt Southern Nuclear Sean Meighan NRC Jan Bostelman Self Joseph Messina NRC Andrew Bowman Westinghouse Electric Brian Mount Dominion Energy Company Eric Bowman NRC Carole Naugle Framatome Greg Broadbent Consultant Matthew Nudi EPRI Kristy Bucholtz NRC Donald Palmrose NRC Scott Burnell NRC John Palsmeier NuScale Power Justin Byard Dominion Energy John Parillo NRC Shawn Campbell NRC Frances Pimentel NEI Johnathan Chavers Southern Company Doug Pollock TVA Rob Choromokos EPRI Steven Pope ISL, Inc.

Paul Clifford Framatome Blake Purnell NRC Price Collins Duke Energy William Rautzen NRC Phil Couture Entergy MJ Ross-Lee NRC Aladar Csontos NEI Michael Salay NRC Kristopher Cummings NuScale Power Baris Sarikaya Constellation Steven Dolley S&P Global Platts Raymond Schneider Westinghouse Hossein Esmaili NRC Harold Scott Self

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January 9, 2024, Public Meeting NRC Hybrid Workshop (1 of 3) - Update to RG 1.183, Revision 1, "Alternative Radiological Source Terms for Evaluati ng Design Basis Accidents at Nuclear Power Reactors"

Name Affiliation Name Affiliation Mike Eudy NRC Melissa Shahzadeh Council of State Governments -

Midwest Fernando Ferrante EPRI Carlos Sisco Winston & Strawn John Fisher Energy Northwest Scott Stanchfield Entergy Michael Franovich NRC Christopher Staum Constellation Shane Gardner GE Hitachi Nuclear James Stavely PSEG Nuclear Steven Garry NRC Charles Stroupe Duke Energy William Gassmann Constellation Christie Taylor Duke Energy Lisa Gerken Framatome Brian Timm Duke Energy Alex Gilbreath SNC Nadejda Todorova Constellation Zachary Gran NRC Christopher Van NRC Wert Paul Guinn NuScale Power Storm NRC Veunephachan Nathaniel Hall STPNOC Kim Webber NRC Michelle Hart NRC Sunil Weerakkody NRC David Hindera GE Hitachi Lewis Wells Constellation Kevin Hsueh NRC Albert Widmer Energy Harbor Harley Hutchins Self Zhe Yuan NRC Caryl Ingram Duke Energy Corp Andrew Zach Senate Randy Jacobs GEH Steve Jones NRC Meena Khanna NRC Tom Kindred SNC Daniel King NRC Audrey Klett NRC Jeffrey Kobelak Westinghouse

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