Advanced Reactors and New Reactors Topics Briefing Commission Meeting February 6, 2020 1
Opening Remarks Margaret Doane Executive Director for Operations
Vision and Direction for Regulatory Reviews of New and Advanced Reactors Robert Taylor Deputy Office Director for New Reactors
UNIFIED NRR We Make SAFE Use of Nuclear Technology POSSIBLE ADVANCED REACTORS RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS NEW REACTORS SUBSEQUENT LICENSE RENEWAL MEDICAL ISOTOPES OPERATING REACTORS 4
SAFE, TIMELY, AND EFFECTIVE LICENSING & OVERSIGHT OF VOGTLE 3&4 Closing ITAAC Resolving Photos Courtesy of Southern Nuclear Operating Company License Amendment Overseeing Vogtle Construction Requests 5
SUSTAINING SMALL MODULAR REACTOR (SMR) PROGRESS ON THE HORIZON Rulemaking Design Certification on Schedule Standard Design Phase 6 Combined License Phase 5 Approval Phase 4 HITACHI BWRX-300 SMR Phase 3 Construction Phase 2 Permit Phase 1 6
ADVANCED REACTORS STAKEHOLDERS NEIMA NEICA PUBLIC 7
ENABLING the SUCCESS SAFE Use of Execution New NUCLEAR Technologies Execution Commitment EXECUTION PREPARATION COMMITMENT 8
Michael King, Director Vogtle Project Office Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Photo Courtesy of Southern Nuclear Operating Company 9
Leveraging technology and innovation to ensure safe oversight of Vogtle project Photos Courtesy of Southern Nuclear Operating Company ITAAC CLOSURE 10
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Modern Risk-Informed Licensing for Faster Decision-Making 250 60 50 200 Number of LARs 40 150 Days 30 100 20 50 10 0 0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Fiscal Year 12
All Vogtle UINs Are Accepted Enabling Efficient ICN Reviews 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 JUN JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT 2019 2020 2021 13 UNIT 3 ICNs UNIT 4 ICNs UINs
Continuously Adapting Inspection to Incorporate Lessons Learned from First Part 52 Construction 14
Initiatives to Modernize Advanced Reactor Licensing John Segala Chief, Advanced Reactor Policy Branch
Executing the Vision 16 16
Facilitating Innovation with an Integrated Safety Approach Functional Containment Fuel Performance Emergency Holistically Preparedness Considering Consequences & SSC Safety Margins Classification & Event Siting Selection Environmental Insurance 17
Developing a Modern Risk-Informed Framework Licensing NEI-18-04 SECY-19-0117 Modernization Project (LMP) DG-1353 6 LMP Pilots 18
Risk-Informing the Content of Applications Application Advanced Safety Classification Reactor Design Safety-Related SSCs Non-Safety-Related SSCs With Special Treatment Non-Safety-Related BDBE SSCs LMP 19
Cooperating Internationally Memorandum of Working Group on the Cooperation Safety of Advanced with Canada Reactors (WGSAR) Sharing Regulatory Experience Advancing Risk-Informed and Performance-Based Licensing Approaches 20
Implementing NEIMA Provisions • Issued Reports to Congress Nuclear Energy - Staged Licensing Process - Risk-Informed Guidance Innovation and Modernization Act • Developing Guidance within Existing (NEIMA ) Framework - Source Term - Event Selection - Containment Performance - Emergency Preparedness • Developing a Technology-Inclusive, Risk-Informed and Performance- Based Regulatory Framework - 10 CFR Part 53 21
Readiness to Review Non-LWR Applications Ben Beasley, Chief Advanced Reactor Licensing Branch
Readiness: Staff Preparations Guidance for industry Guidance for NRC Staff Training for NRC Staff 23
Readiness: New Approaches • Pre-application interaction: – White paper, audit No SER – Topical report, Preliminary Safety Write SER Information Document • Integrated approach to reasonable assurance of adequate protection • Environmental reviews 24
Readiness: Project Team 25
Potential Applicants Micro Liquid Metal Cooled Fast High-Temperature Gas- Molten Salt Reactors Reactors Reactors Cooled Reactors (MSR) (LMFR) (HTGR) Westinghouse GE-H PRISM (VTR) X-energy Kairos Liquid Salt Cooled Others Framatome TerraPower StarCore ARC Transportable Sodium-Cooled TRISO Fuel Oklo Terrestrial Others Westinghouse General Atomics TerraPower Stationary Columbia Basin Elysium Hydromine Thorcon Muons Lead-Cooled Flibe Alpha Tech Liquid Salt Fueled Developers that have submitted a RIS response 26
Current and Anticipated Work 27
Oklo Review Status Photo Courtesy of Oklo, Inc Oklo Aurora Powerhouse 28
Acronyms • AOO – anticipated operational occurrence • BDBE – beyond design basis event • CFR – Code of Federal Regulations • COL – combined license • DBA – design basis accident • DBE – design basis event • DG – draft guide • GE-H – GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy • HTGR – high-temperature gas-cooled reactor 29
Acronyms • ICN – ITAAC closure notification • ITAAC – inspections, tests, analyses, and acceptance criteria • LAR – license amendment request • MSR – molten salt reactor • NEICA – Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act • NEIMA – Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act • NRR – Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation • LMP – licensing modernization project 30
Acronyms • LMFR – liquid metal cooled fast reactor • LWR – light-water reactor • NEI – Nuclear Energy Institute • NRC – U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission • QA – quality assurance • PISD – preliminary safety information document • RIS – regulatory issue summary • SER – safety evaluation report • SMR – small modular reactor 31
Acronyms • SSC – systems, structures and components • TRISO – tristructural-isotropic • UAMPS – Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems • UIN – uncompleted ITAAC notification • VPO – Vogtle Project Office • VRG – Vogtle Readiness Group • VTR – versatile test reactor • WGSAR – Working Group on the Safety of Advanced Reactors 32
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