ML18044A038

Summary of Public Meeting 02/01/2018 to Discuss Regulatory Improvements for Advanced Reactors

ML18044A038
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Issue date:	02/13/2018
From:	William Reckley NRC/NRO/DSRA/ARPB
To:	John Segala NRC/NRO/DSRA/ARPB
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February 13, 2018 MEMORANDUM TO: John P. Segala, Chief Advanced Reactor and Policy Branch Division of Safety Systems, Risk Assessment and Advanced Reactors Office of New Reactors FROM: William D. Reckley, Senior Project Manager /RA/

Advanced Reactor and Policy Branch Division of Safety Systems, Risk Assessment and Advanced Reactors Office of New Reactors

SUMMARY

OF FEBRUARY 1, 2018, PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS REGULATORY IMPROVEMENTS FOR ADVANCED REACTORS On February 1, 2018, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held a Category 2 public meeting with stakeholders, Department of Energy (DOE), national laboratories, and Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), to discuss ongoing initiatives within the industry and NRC related to the development and licensing of non-light water reactors (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML18024A695). Enclosure, contains a list of meeting attendees and participants who joined via webinar. The slides and meeting handouts are available in (ADAMS Accession No. ML18036A897).

The staff provided a summary of Commission paper SECY-18-0011, Advanced Reactor Program Status (ADAMS Accession No. ML17334B217). The completed and ongoing activities were described in the context of the NRCs Vision and Strategy document Safely Achieving Effective and Efficient Non-LWR Mission Readiness (ADAMS Accession No. ML16356A670) and the related Implementation Action Plans (ADAMS Accession No. ML17165A069).

The staff provided a presentation and supported discussions related to NRCs process for performing environmental reviews. The staff emphasized the usefulness of pre-application interactions and potential differences in environmental reviews for advanced reactor designs in comparison to large light water reactors. Stakeholders were encouraged to review guidance documents such as Draft Regulatory Guide DG-4026, Preparation of Environmental Reports for Nuclear Power Stations (ADAMS Accession No. ML16116A068), Interim Staff Guidance (ISG)

CONTACT: William D. Reckley, NRO/DSRA 301-415-7490

J. Segala 2 COL/ESP-ISG-026, Environmental Issues Associated with New Reactors (ADAMS Accession No. ML13347A915) and COL/ESP-ISG-027, Specific Environmental Guidance for Light Water Small Modular Reactor Reviews (ADAMS Accession No. ML14100A153). The staff summarized and supported a discussion related to comments and questions (ADAMS Accession No. ML18024A595) on the Licensing Modernization Project (LMP) draft white paper Risk-Informed and Performance-Based Evaluation of Defense-in-Depth Adequacy (ADAMS Accession No. ML17354B174). No major issues were identified during the discussions.

Mr. Mike Tschiltz, representing NEI, provided a presentation and supported a discussion on the letter and enclosure submitted by NEI, Nuclear Innovation Alliance, and Nuclear Infrastructure Council to the Chairman regarding a streamlined and predictable licensing pathway (ADAMS Accession No. ML18024A742). Key areas identified in the letter include adjusting the level of detail in licensing applications commensurate with safety; risk informing advanced reactor requirements (e.g., emergency planning and security regulations); clearly defining options for staged applications and approvals; and simplifying processes for changes made during construction. Some of these topics are addressed by activities within the non-LWR implementation action plans and will be discussed during future stakeholder meetings. Some of the topics are being addressed primarily within ongoing NRC-industry interactions related to large LWRs or LWR small modular reactors (SMRs). The staff and industry organizations agreed to coordinate activities between the various working groups.

The staff summarized a revised draft white paper on functional containment performance criteria (ADAMS Accession No. ML18031A721). The white paper was prepared to solicit feedback from stakeholders and support the staffs efforts to prepare a Commission paper in early 2018. The staffs discussion of next steps included upcoming meetings with the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards and support from technology working groups in preparing examples of how the proposed approach might work for non-LWR designs such as a modular high-temperature gas-cooled reactor and a molten salt reactor.

A slide within the presentation provided by the LMP was used to support the discussion of the path forward for using the previously provided white papers as a starting point for preparing a consolidated guidance document. This topic will be the subject of a public meeting scheduled for February 14, 2018 (see meeting notice - ADAMS Accession No. ML18029A110).

The meeting ended with a discussion of other topics and future meetings. The staff supported a short discussion of the non-LWR policy table and noted several minor updates and corrections.

The date of the next meeting (tentatively scheduled for March 22, 2018) was discussed and the staff subsequently decided to cancel that meeting such that the next stakeholder meeting is scheduled for May 3, 2018.

Enclosure:

List of attendees

ML18044A046 (pkg.) NRO-002 OFFICE NRO/DSRA/ARPB:PM NRO/DSRA/ARPB:BC NAME WReckley JSegala DATE 02/13/2018 02/13/2018

Attendance List - Attended at least part of meeting in person Name Organization Robert Krsek NRC/COM/JMB Richard Chang NRC/NMSS James Hammelman NRC/NMSS Kevin Coyne NRC/NRO Amy Cubbage NRC/NRO Jack Cushing NRC/NRO Barb Hayes NRC/NRO Imtiaz Madni NRC/NRO Jan Mazza NRC/NRO Nicholas McMurray NRC/NRO John Monninger NRC/NRO Vonna Ordaz NRC/NRO Bill Reckley NRC/NRO John Segala NRC/NRO George Tartal NRC/NRO Chris Van Wert NRC/NRO Lucieann Vechioli NRC/NRO Joe Williams NRC/NRO Marcia Carptentier NRC/OGC Erik Slobe NRC/OGC Robert Weisman NRC/OGC Stanley Gardocki NRC/RES John Nakoski NRC/RES Steve Bajorek NRC/RES Szymon Suchcicki NRC/RES (PAA)

Eryk Turski NRC/RES (PAA)

Laura Kozak NRC/RIII Nathan Hall CNWRA Prasad Kadambi Consultant Jana Bergman Curtiss-Wright Trevor Cook DOE/NE Enclosure

Andrew Sowder EPRI Tom Loomis Exelon Farshid Shahrokhi Framatome Peter Hastings Hastings Group Jim Kinsey INL Hiroki Watanabe JNRA Stephen Burdick Morgan Lewis Kati Austgen NEI Mike Tschiltz NEI Jeff Merrifield Pillsbury/USNIC James Saulsbury PNNL Amir Afzali Southern Co.

Karl Fleming Southern Co.

Jason Redd Southern Co.

Robin Rickman Terrestiral Energy USA David Blee USNIC Alex Huning X-energy Martin van Staden X-energy Attendance List - Webinar Attendees Name Organization Michael Arcaro GE Robert Budnitz LBL Uriel Bachrach Westinghouse Randy Belles ORNL John Bolin GA Scott Bussey NRC/OCHCO Timothy Crook Transatomic Matt Dennis SNL Suzanne Dennis NRC/RES Julie Ezell NRC/OGC Ashley Finan NIA George Flanagan ORNL Stanley Gardocki NRC/RES 2

Joe Gillespie NRC/OGC Kathy Halvey Gibson NRC/RES Nicholas Hansing NRC/NRO Mark Holbrook INL Lane Howard SWRI Oklo Oklo Diane Jackson NRC/NRO Andrea Kock NRC/NMSS Nicole LaHaye PNNL Jun Liao Westinghouse Chris Lui NRC/ACRS Edwin Lyman UCS Bruce McDowell PNNL Olivia Mikula NRC/OGC Wayne Moe INL Glenn Neises Burns & McDonnell JongSeuk PARK KINS Alex Pavlak Mike Poore ONRL Alex Popova Oklo Greg Richardson EPM Inc Mo Shams NRC/NRR Erik Slobe NRC/OGC Edward Wallace GNBC Assoc Wiliam Whitescaver Derek Widmayer NRC/ACRS Dale Wuokko Global Energy Andrew Yeshnik NRC/NRO Thomas Zachariah NEI Staci Wheeler ARTC Madeline Feltus DOE/NE Jerald Head GE Patrick White MIT 3