ML21076A098

Category 3 Public Meeting Summary Alignment of Licensing Processes and Lessons Learned from New Reactor Licensing Rulemaking

ML21076A098
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Issue date:	03/19/2021
From:	O'Driscoll J NRC/NMSS/DREFS/RRPB
To:
O'Driscoll, James
References
10 CFR Part 50, 10 CFR Part 52, 20210179, NRC-2009-0196, RIN 3150-AI66
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Public Meeting Summary March 19, 2021

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Alignment of Licensing Processes and Lessons Learned from New Reactor Licensing Rulemaking Meeting Identifier: 20210179 Date of Meeting: March 2, 2021 Location: Slide presentation via Teams and audio via operator-assisted bridge line Type of Meeting: Category 3 Purpose of Meeting:

The purpose of the meeting was to support additional public interaction on the rulemaking described in Regulatory Basis for Public Comment: Alignment of Licensing Processes and Lessons Learned from New Reactor Licensing (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML20149K680) (the regulatory basis) and Alignment of Licensing Processes and Lessons Learned from New Reactor Licensing:

Regulatory Basis; request for comment (86 FR 7513) (the Federal Register notice or FRN).

The staff also provided an update on the status of the rulemaking and addressed developments since the last public meeting.

General Details:

The meeting was noticed on the NRC public website (see meeting notice and agenda listed under References below).

The meeting was scheduled from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. However, the meeting adjourned at 1:40 p.m. after the conclusion of the question-and-answer period.

Approximately 74 people participated in the meeting remotely using a teleconference line. A list of those attendees who identified themselves is provided as an attachment to this meeting summary.

Summary of NRC Presentation:

Ms. Anna Bradford, Director of the Division of New and Renewed Licenses in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, provided opening remarks. The NRC staff then presented an overview of the rulemakings purpose, process, milestones/activities, and next steps (see NRC presentation and meeting transcript listed under References below), followed by discussion regarding the scope of the regulatory basis, the alignment areas and lessons learned addressed therein, and the staffs recommendations with respect to rulemaking and/or guidance on those matters. As part of this discussion, the NRC staff identified the specific requests for comment contained in the FRN published with the regulatory basis.

The NRC staff next related information about the estimates of costs and savings set forth in the regulatory basis and offered members of the public an opportunity to ask questions or provide comments. After the question-and-answer session, the NRC staff summarized the next steps and noted key points in the rulemaking schedule, encouraged attendees to provide feedback on the meeting and submit comments on the regulatory basis, and concluded the meeting.

Public Participation Comments and Questions:

During the discussion of public comments portion of the meeting, comments were offered by industry stakeholder Mr. Michael Tschiltz of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI). Mr. Tschiltz provided comments related to the scope of the rulemaking and indicated that NEI would say more on this topic in the written comments it submits on the regulatory basis. Mr. Tschiltz also communicated that NEI appreciated the work the NRC staff had put into preparing the regulatory basis and that it appeared to contain a number of beneficial changes based on lessons learned.

Action Items/Next Steps:

Members of the public may submit written comments on the regulatory basis through April 14, 2021, via regulations.gov (Docket No. NRC-2009-0196). The NRC staff expects to submit the proposed rule to the Commission for approval in May 2022 and to issue it for public comment later that year.

Attachment:

• List of attendees

References:

• Meeting notice and agenda: ADAMS Accession No. ML21048A067

• NRC presentation: ADAMS Accession No. ML21048A038

• Meeting transcript: ADAMS Accession No. ML21074A306 PARTIAL LIST OF ATTENDEES FOR 3/2/2021 CATEGORY 3 PUBLIC MEETING Name Affiliation Aaron Sanders NRC Adrian Muniz NRC Allen Fetter NRC Anna Bradford NRC Brian Thomas NRC Bruce Musico NRC Carolyn Lauron NRC Carolyn Wolf NRC Cindy Bladey NRC Clinton Ashley NRC David Cullison NRC David Desaulniers NRC Dennis Galvin NRC Donald Palmrose NRC Dong Park NRC Eric Bowman NRC Eric Oesterle NRC Fred Schofer NRC George Wang NRC Helen Chang NRC Howard Benowitz NRC Ilka Berrios NRC Jack Cushing NRC James ODriscoll NRC Jana Bergman NRC Jill Shepherd NRC Joe Colaccino NRC John Honcharik NRC Jonathan Fiske NRC Julie Ezell NRC Malcolm Patterson NRC Marieliz Johnson NRC Martin Stutzke NRC Michael Eudy NRC Niry Simonian NRC Omid Tabatabai-Yazdi NRC Pete Lee NRC Robert Vettori NRC Susan Vrahoretis NRC Theresa Buchanan NRC Attachment

Thomas Fredette NRC Thomas Scarbrough NRC Tim Mossman NRC Tison Campbell NRC Todd Smith NRC Lance Sterling Certec Farshid Shahrokhi Framatome Tammy Morin Holtec International Caroline Egli ICF Christine Mellen ICF Elizabeth Gormsen ICF Ryan K. Lighty Morgan Lewis Marcus Nichol NEI Martin ONeill NEI Mike Tschiltz NEI Glenn Kelly NSM LLC Gary Becker NuScale Power Thomas Bergman NuScale Power Ross Moore Oklo William Freebairn S&P Global Platts Amy Christine Chamberlain Southern Nuclear Company Ryan Donald Henderson Southern Nuclear Company Don Williams Unknown Zachary Harper Westinghouse Paul Loza X-energy Attachment

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