ML24281A081

Summary of September 5, 2024, Public Meeting with Nuclear Energy Institute to Discuss Potential Improvements in Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff Guidance for Power Uprate Reviews

ML24281A081
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Issue date:	10/09/2024
From:	Michael Mahoney NRC/NRR/DORL/LPL4
To:	Jennivine Rankin NRC/NRR/DORL/LPL4
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ML24281A080	List: ML24281A081
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EPID L-2024-PPM-0004
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October 9, 2024

MEMORANDUM TO: Jennie K. Rankin, Chief Licensing Projects Branch 4 Division of Operating Reactors Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

FROM: Michael Mahoney, Project Manager /RA/

Plant Licensing Branch 4 Division of Operating Reactors Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

SUMMARY

OF SEPTEMBER 5, 2024, PUBLIC MEETING WITH NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS IN NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STAFF GUIDANCE FOR POWER UPRATE REVIEWS (EPID L-2024-PPM-0004)

On September 5, 2024, a public meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and representatives of Nuclea r Energy Institute (NEI) virtually. The purpose of the meeting was for the NRC and NEI to discuss potential improvements in NRC staff guidance for power uprate reviews. The meeting notice and agenda, dated August 8, 2024, are available in the NRCs Agencywide Documents A ccess and Management System (ADAMS) at Accession No. ML24249A147. A list of attendees is provided in the enclosure.

NEI presented (ML24249A115) on the following topics:

ADVANCE Act - Opportunities to Enable Change.

Updating Power Uprate Guidance (Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) Office Instructions LIC-109 and LIC-500 regarding acceptance review procedures and the topical report process, respectively).

Examples of Power Uprate Combined License Applications.

Improving Efficiency Through the use of License Conditions.

Equipment Environmental Qualification (EQ) and Implementing Higher Burnup and Increase Enrichment.

The discussion focused on examples of bundled and linked amendments so that NRC staff can understand and identify what kind of bundled/linked amendments to expect and the best approach to review these types of applicat ions. The NRC staff and NEI came to a common understanding of licensees plans of bundling and/or linking planned license amendments requests, such as an extended power uprate (EPU) combined with application of Maximum Extended Load Line Limit Plus (MELLLA+) and a power uprate combined with a fuel transition.

Additionally, it was agreed that these plans should be discussed in pre-application public meetings and discussions would be documented in public meeting summaries.

NRC staff stated that they are in the process of considering the amount of margin that is included in EQ-related radiological calculations as well as reviewing current assumptions that are commonly used in EQ analyses. Staff is open to public discussions in early 2025 to provide insights into the staffs work and obtain feedback from stakeholders.

The NRC staff stated that they are open to future engagements with NEI (and industry) in areas where efficiencies may be gained such as bundled/linked amendment, expanded use of license conditions and leveraging the recently NRC-approved topical report on data validation and reconciliation for measurement uncertainty recaptures and other topical reports.

No regulatory decisions were made during the meeting. No public meeting feedback or feedback forms were received.

There was one comment from a member of the public.

Edwin Lyman of the Union of Concern Scientists asked about if members of the public would get another opportunity to review a license conditi on after it is implemented. NRC staff responded that if a license condition is included as part of a license amendment, there is no other public involvement to review after implementation of the license condition.

Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-3867 or michael.mahoney@nrc.gov

Enclosure:

List of Attendees

LIST OF ATTENDEES

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024, PUBLIC MEETING WITH NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE DISCUSS POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS IN NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STAFF GUIDANCE FOR POWER UPRATE REVIEWS

Name Organization Micheal Mahoney U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Andrea Kock NRC Michael Franovich NRC Aida Rivera-Varona NRC Tania Martinez Navedo NRC Vic Cusumano NRC Meena Khanna NRC Victor Hall NRC Jennie Rankin NRC Gerond George NRC Alex Javorik NRC Angelo Stubbs NRC Annie Ramirez NRC Brian Lee NRC Chris Hoxie NRC Dave Garmon NRC David Nold NRC Don Marksberry NRC Gokul Vasudevamurthy NRC Hanry Wagage NRC Hipo Gonzalez NRC James Kim NRC John Bozga NRC Jorge Hernandez NRC Joshua Kaizer NRC Kaihwa Hsu NRC Kamal Manoly NRC Kevin Hsueh NRC Kimberly Green NRC Kimberly Webber NRC Lucieann Vechioli Feliciano NRC Milton Valentin NRC Sean Meighan NRC Shawn Marshall NRC Shawn Williams NRC Steve Bajorek NRC Todd Hilsmeier NRC Tony Nakanishi NRC Tony Sierra NRC Zach Turner NRC Zhe Yuan NRC Al Csontos Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)

Enclosure

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Larry Lee Jensen Hughes Mario Gomez Fernandez Duke Energy Micheal Blom Duke Energy Natalie McIntosh Constellation Nuclear Patrick Simpson Constellation Nuclear (Contractor)

Paul Sims Southern Company Razeen Basunia Constellation Nuclear Ron Benham Star Alliance Roy Linthicum Constellation Nuclear Raymond Wang Lightbridge Corporation Samuel Lafountain Southern Company James Smith Westinghouse Thomas Kindred Southern Company Tara Matheny Duke Energy William Gassmann Constellation Nuclear Stephen Franzone Southern Company Scott Stanchfield -

Charlotte Geiger Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG)

Jason Jennings PSEG Mike Wiwel PSEG Mike Grochowski PSEG Joy Jiang -

Bill Kopchick PSEG Peter Gohdes -

Jeff Sharkey -

Shane Jurek -

Stephen Dolley S&P Global Edwin Lyman Union of Concerned Scientists

SUMMARY

OF SEPTEMBER 5, 2024, PUBLIC MEETING WITH NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS IN NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STAFF GUIDANCE FOR POWER UPRATE REVIEWS (EPID L-2024-PPM-0004) DATED OCTOBER 9, 2024

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ADAMS Accession Nos.:

ML24281A080 (Package)

ML24281A081 (Meeting Summary)

ML24249A147 (Meeting Notice)

OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPL4/PM NRR/DORL/LPL4/LA NRR/DORL/LPL4/BC NRR/DORL/LPL4/PM NAME MMahoney PBlechman (SRohrer for) JRankin MMahoney DATE 10/04/2024 10/07/2024 10/08/2024 10/09/2024 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY