ML19176A085

Memorandum to C. Regan Summary of June 6, 2019, Public Meeting with General Electric Hitachi to Discuss Amending the Model No. 2000 Certificate of Compliance to Ship Accident Tolerant Fuel

ML19176A085
Person / Time
Site:	07109228
Issue date:	06/13/2019
From:	William Allen Spent Fuel Licensing Branch
To:	Christopher Regan Division of Spent Fuel Management
Allen W
References
EPID L-2018-LRM-0090
Download: ML19176A085 (5)

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June 13, 2019 MEMORANDUM TO: Christopher M. Regan, Deputy Director Division of Spent Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards FROM: Chris Allen, Project Manager /RA/

Spent Fuel Licensing Branch Division of Spent Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

SUMMARY

OF JUNE 6, 2019 PUBLIC MEETING WITH GENERAL ELECTRIC HITACHI TO DISCUSS AMENDING THE MODEL NO.

2000 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE TO SHIP ACCIDENT TOLERANT FUEL

Background

This was a category 1 public meeting between General Electric Hitachi (GEH), and the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff to discuss amending the Model No. 2000 Certificate of Compliance to ship irradiated accident tolerant fuel. Regulatory commitments were not made at the meeting. The meeting was noticed on May 22, 2019 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML19133A155). The list of meeting attendees is provided in Enclosure 1. The publicly available meeting presentation slides are provided as Enclosure 3.

Meeting Summary On June 6, 2019, NRC staff held a partially closed public meeting with GEH representatives.

The discussion followed the agenda provided in Enclosure 2. After the conclusion of the public portion of the meeting, GEH discussed proposed changes for each chapter of the safety analysis report.

The NRC and GEH extensively discussed the proposed contents (e.g., maximum quantity of material, minimum active fuel height, etc.), and the bases used to develop the fuel parameters presented. The NRC and GEH also discussed in detail the assumptions associated with source term development (e.g., modeling gadolinium-oxide in ORIGEN-ARP) and shielding analyses (e.g., geometry assumptions for dose rate calculations) as well as calculation tools associated with the proposed amendment. In addition, the NRC and GEH discussed the cladding performance under both normal conditions of transport and hypothetical accident conditions.

CONTACT: Chris Allen, NMSS/DSFM 301-415-6877

C. Regan From these discussions, GEH identified several areas requiring further clarification either in the proposed certificate of compliance, the amended safety analysis report or both. In addition, NRC staff identified from these discussions that GEH had incorporated flexibility in identifying the maximum amount of material to be loaded for the transportation package user. Therefore, NRC staff cautioned GEH that approval of the amendment would be based upon the design work performed by GEH and not upon the work to be done by the transportation package user.

Although GEH contended that several safety analysis report chapters would not be affected by the proposed amendment, NRC staff nevertheless encouraged GEH to evaluate the proposed changes for cross cutting issues which could potentially affect these chapters. After discussing submittal timing and a need date for issuance of the amendment, the meeting was adjourned.

Docket No.: 71-9228 EPID No. L-2018-LRM-0090

Enclosures:

1. Meeting Attendees

2. Agenda

3. Meeting Slides

C. Regan 3

SUMMARY

OF JUNE 6, 2019 PUBLIC MEETING WITH GENERAL ELECTRIC HITACHI TO DISCUSS AMENDING THE MODEL NO. 2000 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE TO SHIP ACCIDENT TOLERANT FUEL, DATE: June 13, 2019 DISTRIBUTION:

DSFM r/f NRC attendees Filename: G:\SFST\Allen\Part 71\ATF\Pre-Application Meetings\MeetingSummary.docx ADAMS Package No.: ML19176A087 Memo: ML19176A085 Slides: ML19134A258 OFC: SFM SFM SFM NAME: WAllen SFigueroa JMcKirgan DATE: 6/10/19 6/11/19 6/13/19 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

MEETING ATTENDEES John McKirgan NRC Meraj Rahimi NRC Ricardo Torres NRC Chris Allen NRC Jimmy Chang NRC Drew Barto NRC Ricardo Rodriguez NRC Tae Ahn NRC Antonio Rigato NRC Jimmy Chang NRC Carlos Martinez GEH Christopher Kmiec GEH Scott Pfeffer GEH Don Hartsock GEH Russ Fawcett GNF Eric Kirstein GEH Fran Bolger GEH Fariz Abdul Rahman GEH Dave Hindera GNF Marv Lewis Public Citizen Enclosure 1

AGENDA Meeting between General Electric Hitachi (GEH) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission June 6, 2019 11:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Two White Flint 6-B-2 Open Session (60 minutes)

• Introductions

• Purpose of Meeting

• Summary of Previous GEH and NRC Meetings

• General Overview of the GE2000 Safety Analysis Report Amendment Strategy Closed Session: (Balance of Time)

• Chapter by Chapter Review of Technical Approach

• Proposed GE2000 Certificate of Compliance Mark-ups

• Submittal Strategy and Timing Enclosure 2

Meeting Presentation Slides Enclosure 3