ML083450020
| ML083450020 | |
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| Site: | 05000083 |
| Issue date: | 12/29/2008 |
| From: | Duane Hardesty Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch |
| To: | Kathryn Brock Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch |
| Hardesty, D NRC/NRR/DPR/PRTA 415-3724 | |
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| TAC M79588 | |
| Download: ML083450020 (28) | |
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December 29, 2008
MEMORANDUM TO: Kathryn Brock, Chief Research and Test Reactors Branch A Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM: Duane A Hardesty, Project Manager /KBrock for/ Research and Test Reactors Branch A Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF NOVEMBER 18, 2008 PUBLIC MEETING BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA TRAINING REACTOR (UFTR) AND NRC STAFF (TAC NO. M79588)
On November 18, 2008, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff met with staff from UFTR and Areva at NRC headquarters.
A public meeting notice was issued on November 7, 2008, and posted on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)'s external (public) web page (ADAMS Accession No.
ML083020097). The meeting summary, attendance list, and UFTR presentation are attached.
ENCLOSURES: 1. UFTR Category 1 Meeting Summary
- 2. UFTR Meeting Attendee list
- 3. UFTR Presentation Docket No.50-083 cc: See next page
CONTACT: Duane Hardesty, NRR/DRP/PRTA 301-415-3724 E-mail: duane.hardesty@nrc.gov
ML083020097). The meeting summary, attendance list, and UFTR presentation are attached.
ENCLOSURES: 1. UFTR Category 1 Meeting Summary
- 2. UFTR Meeting Attendee list
- 3. UFTR Presentation Docket No.50-083 cc: See next page
CONTACT: Duane Hardesty, NRR/DRP/PRTA 301-415-3724 E-mail: duane.hardesty@nrc.gov
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Kemper P. Loeser Package No.: ML083460468 Meeting Summary No.: ML083450020 Meeting Notice No.: ML083020097 ADAMS ACCESSION NO.: ML083450020 TEMPLATE No.: NRC-001 OFFICE PRTA:PM PRTA:LA PRTA:BC NAME DHardesty dh EBarnhill eeb KBrock kmb DATE 12/11/08 12/11/2008 12/29/2008 University of Florida Docket No. 50-83
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Administrator Department of Environmental Regulation Power Plant Siting Section State of Florida 2600 Blair Stone Road Tallahassee, FL 32301 State Planning and Development Clearinghouse Office of Planning and Budgeting Executive Office of the Governor The Capitol Building Tallahassee, FL 32301
William Passetti, Chief Bureau of Radiation Control Department of Health 4052 Bald Cypress Way Tallahassee, FL 32399-1741 Test, Research and Training Reactor Newsletter Director of Nuclear Facilities University of Florida 202 Nuclear Science Building Gainesville, FL 32611-8300 ENCLOSURE 1 LICENSEE: University of Florida FACILITY: University of Florida Training Reactor (UFTR)
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF MEETING BETWEEN UFTR AND NRC STAFF On November 18, 2008, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff met with staff from UFTR and Areva at NRC headquarters, Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. Enclosure 2 is a list of meeting attendees. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss a potential future license amendment request for upgrading the control and instrumentation systems for the UFTR to an Areva digital Instrumentation and Control (I&C) system. This meeting was follow-on to a previous meeting that took place on November 13, 2007 (ML0873610274). The presentation prepared by UFTR (Enclosure 3), was intended to provide an overview of UFTR reactor and safety features of the reactor including introduction to the UFTR existing analog system, proposed design and features for the digital safety system, and discussion of regulatory specifics concerning the proposed amendment, including Diversity and Defense in-Depth (D3), quality, and reliability for the proposed digital I&C system. However, due to time constraints and familiarity of the attendees with the existing desi gn, the pr esentation started on slide 26 and focused on the proposed digital I&C system. Dr. Haghighat, UFTR Interim Director, discussed the recent changes to the UFTR organization personnel structure, and the list of documents the new staff reviewed in anticipation of submitting a license amendment for an upgraded Digital I&C system. The list of documents was a subset of the guidance documents the NRC cited in the 2007 meeting (Accession No.
ML073610274). Dr. Haghighat presented the proposed digital control system design and safety channel configuration, and discussed how the UFTR's staff interpreted the NRC guidance. The remainder of the discussion included a series of questions directed to the NRC staff regarding understanding the NRC guidance documents. This included inter-process communication, risk assessment, reliability, and cyber security. The meeting concluded with a discussion of the schedule for docketing the documents needed for performing the acceptance review. The licensee stated that they will use the process applicable to power reactor digital I&C in their application. NRC staff pointed out that much of the effort being undertaken by UFTR for this amendment was most likely not applicable to a research reactor. The licensee further stated UFTR Meeting Summary that they want to follow the power reactor process because they want to have a system in place similar to what they believe will be in industry in the future. In addition this system and the application process will be used as a teaching tool for students. The university will be using undergraduate and graduate students to conduct much of the work, including software development. The licensee also presented a proposed timeline for safety system design, manufacturing, installation, and testing for the new I&C system. NRC staff cautioned that the presented schedule was very aggressive and that NRC review would most likely take considerable more time than UFTR was estimating. The NRC staff stressed the importance of close communication between the NRC and licensee during development of the licensee's application.
The licensee stated they will keep the NRC staff aware of developments.
Docket No. 50-83
Enclosures:
As stated Contact: Duane Hardesty, NRR/DPR 301-415-3724 ENCLOSURE 2 Information Exchange for Future UFTR Digital I&C Licensing Amendment Date: 11/18/2008 Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00PM Location: T-9F5 NRC Facilitator:
Duane Hardesty Type of meeting: Category 1 - Public Meeting
Agenda Topics ----- 1. Introduction to the University of Florida Training Reactor - exiting analog control system 2. Proposed design and features for the safety system and unique safety features
- 3. Discussion of Diversity and Defense In-depth (D3), Safety, and Reliability Analyses for the digital system 4. Discussion of issues concerning license application for Digital Control Systems Attendees:
Name Email Phone Organization Alexander Adams alexander.adams@nrc.gov (301) 415-1127 NRR/DPR/PRTA Steven Arndt steven.arndt@nrc.gov (301) 415-6502 NRR/ADES/DE Lionel Bates Lionel.bates@areva.com (770) 225-9645 Areva NP, Inc. Kathryn Brock kathryn.brock@nrc.gov (301) 415-2015 NRR/DPR/PRTA Gordon Clefton gac@nei.org (202) 739-8086 Nuclear Energy Institute Paul Loeser paul.loeser@nrc.gov (301) 415-2825 NRR/ADES/DE/EICB Dr. Ali Haghighat haghighat@ufl.edu (352) 392-1401 x-306 UFTR Duane Hardesty duane.hardesty@nrc.gov (301) 415-3724 NRR/DPR/PRTA William Kemper William.kemper@nrc.gov(301) 415-7585 NRR/ADES/DE/EICB Brian Shea bshea@ufl.edu (352) 392-1429 x-319 UFTR Eric Wallace Eric.wallace@areva.com (770) 225-9596 Areva NP, Inc. Steve Wyman Stephen.wyman@nrc.gov (301) 415-3041 NRR/ADES/DE/EICB
ENCLOSURE 3