ML18268A359
| ML18268A359 | |
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| Issue date: | 09/25/2018 |
| From: | Vietti-Cook A L NRC/SECY |
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- Draft Agenda Title: AGENDA Briefing on Digital Instrumentation and Control (Public Meeting) Purpose: To discuss with the Commission the progress in implementing the regulatory infrastructure for digital and instrumentation control (Dl&C) systems, and industry initiatives in implementing Dl&C Scheduled:
October 25, 2018 9:00 am Duration:
Approx. 3 hours3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br /> Location:
Commissioners' Conference Room, 1 51 Floor OWFN Participants:
External Panel Bill Pitesa, Chief Nuclear Officer, Nuclear Energy Institute Topics:
- Industry perspectives on: o Progress on publishing and implementing guidance for digital l&C upgrades at nuclear power plants o Planned digital l&C capital improvements at nuclear power plants o NRC licensing and oversight of digital l&C o Transformation Team Dl&C recommendations Frank Novak, Senior Systems Engineer, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Instrumentation and Control Group; and Chair of IEEE Nuclear Power Engineering Committee (NPEC) Working Group 6.3 Topics:
- IEEE perspectives on: o Recent digital l&C upgrades at nuclear power plants o NRC licensing of digital l&C o NRC Transformation Team recommendations Clayton Scott, Senior Vice President
-Deputy, Global l&C Business , Framatome Inc. Topic:
- Vendor's perspectives on international practices and standards, commercial grade dedication, and NRC's digital l&C platform approval process Presentation 40 mins.* 8 mins.* 8 mins.* 8 mins.* 1 George Romanski, Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor for Aircraft Computer Software, Federal Aviation Administration 8 mins.* Topics:
- Federal Agency's perspectives on approaches for software reliability in critical safety systems, experience in the aviation industry guidance and standards for digital l&C
- Digital implementation and operational experience Dr. John P. Thomas, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Topic: 8 mins.*
- Subject matter experts views on addressing common cause failure hazards, addressing evolving digital technologies, and perspectives on regulatory acceptance of digital l&C Commission Q & A Break NRC Staff Panel 50 mins. 5mins. 40 mins.* Margaret Doane, Executive Director for Operations Ho Nieh, Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) Eric Benner, Director, Division of Engineering, NRR Michael Waters, Chief, Instrumentation and Control Branch, NRR Rossnyev Alvarado, Digital l&C Engineer, NRR Dinesh Taneja, Sr. Electronics Engineer, NRO Topics:
- Status of Digital l&C Integrated Action Plans (SECY-16-0070) o Digital Upgrades under 10 CFR 50.59: Status of guidance development, implementation and inspection training and lessons-learned in guidance improvements o New Licensing Approaches for Major Digital Systems: Licensing and digital l&C platform approval status and status of guidance development, and future risk-informed approaches and digital l&C categorization o Addressing Digital Common Cause Failure (CCF): Key safety and regulatory issues; NRG and industry guidance development; and graded approaches for evaluating diversity and defense-in-depth o Broader Modernization Activities:
Commercial grade dedication; informing initiatives and CCF research; advanced reactor l&C framework; as well as relevant transformation team recommendations 2
Commission Q & A Discussion
-Wrap-Up Documents:
- Slides due: October 18, 2018 50 mins. 5 mins. 3