SCHEDULING·NOTE

Title: STRATEGIC PROGRAMMATIC OVERVIEW OF THE NEW REACTORS BUSINESS LINE (Public Meeting)

Purpose: The purpose of the briefing is to provide the Commission with a discussion of strategic considerations associated with the New Reactor Business Line.

Scheduled:

Duration:

Location:

Participants:

NRC Staff

October 20, 2016 9:30 a.m.

2 hours

Commissioners' Conference Room, 1st fl OWFN

Victor Mccree, Executive Director for Operations Vanna L. Ordaz, Deputy Director, Office of New Reactors Frank Akstulewicz, Director Division of New Reactor Licensing John Monninger, Director, Division of Safety Systems and Risk

Assessment

Laura Dudes, Deputy Regional Administrator for Construction, Region II

Michael Cheak, Director, Division of Construction Inspection & Operational Programs

Topics:

• Large Light Water and Small Modular Reactor Licensing o Goals, challenges, strategies, projections, and trends

• Advanced Reactor Licensing o Goals, challenges, and strategies

• Construction oversight o Goals, challenges, strategies, and transition to operations

• ITAAC o Uncompleted IT AAC Pilot

• Vendor inspections o Goals, challenges, and strategies

• International Cooperation • Project Aim Implementation

Presentation

60 mins.*

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Commission Q & A

Discussion ~ Wrap-Up

*For presentation only and does not include time for Commission Q & A's

30 mins.

5 mins.

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Protecting People and the Environment

New Reactors Business Line Commission Briefing

October 20, 2016 Victor Mccree

Executive Director for Operations

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Protecting People and the Environment

Overview of the New Reactor Program

Vonna Ordaz Deputy Director

Office of New Reactors

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Agenda

• Large Light Water Reactor & Small Modular Reactor Licensing

· • Technical Review Effectiveness

• Construction Oversight

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• Vendor Inspection Program

• Transition to Operations

• Advanced Reactor Regulation

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Effectively Managing Substantial Workload

• Emphasizing more effective, · · . efficient, safety-focused reviews

• Ensuring safe construction

• Incorporating lessons learned and demonstrating efficiencies

• Focusing on qual,ity and accountability

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Enhancing Readiness for Future Work

• Ensuring readiness to review new technologies

• Implementing innovative approaches

• Aligning resources with workload .

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Large Light Water Reactor & Small Modular Reactor

Licensing

Frank Akstulewicz, Director

Division of New Reactor Licensing Office of New Reactors

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Effectively Delivering on the Mission (1/3)

Completed • 32 licensing actions for Vogtle and

V .C. Summer units • Mandatory hearings

for Levy and Lee COL applications

• Safety revievv for the Turkey Point COL application -- .

"An elevated view of the entire Vogtle 3 and 4 construction site." Photo courtesy of Georgia Power Company

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Effectively Delivering on the Mission (2/3)

Issued • ESP to PSEG • COLs for South

Texas Project Units 3 & 4

• Milestone schedule letter to GEH for ABWR DC rene~al application

"South Texas Project Units 3 & 4" Photo courtesy of nuclearstreet.com

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Effectively Delivering on the Mission (3/3)

• Completed the North Anna COL application safety revievv 3 months ahead of schedule

• Employing a staggered Phase 2 revievv of APR-1400 DC application to maintain 42-month revievv schedule

"North Anna Power Station Unit 3" Photo courtesy of Dominion

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Employing Lessons Learned to SMR Licensing Work

• Addressed Regulatory Gap • issues

• Issued readiness assessment for NuScale DC application

• Completed acceptance revievv of Tennessee Valley Authority's tendered ESP application

"NuScale Reactor Diagram" Photo courtesy of NuScale Power, LLC

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Emphasizing Agility Using Resources in FY 2017

• Challenge: Balancing resources in certain skill set areas

• Strategy: Effectively using rotations, details, and resource sharing with NRR

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Preparing for Licensing Work in FY 2017 and Beyond

• Reviewing increased number of licensing actions for the AP1000 design center

• Completing review of current applications

• Preparing for new COL., ESP, and DC applications

• Supporting international activities

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Increasing Effectiveness and Efficiency of Technical

Reviews John Monninger, Director

Division of Safety Systems and Risk Assessment

Office of New Reactors

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Enhancing Execution of our Safety Mission

• Continuing to assess and apply lessons learned

• Standardizing practices and focusing efforts

• Benefiting from risk-informed approaches

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Enhancing Licensing Review · Tools

• Issued job aids for audits, confirmatory analysis, and requests for additional information - Clarified the purpose of the tools

- Identified best practices and vvhat to avoid

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Implementing Risk-Informed Approaches

• Capitalizing on the Standard Review Plan framework for SM Rs

• Developing the NuScale safety focused revi·ew approach - Integrated consideration of safety­

significance, defense-in-depth, risk insights, and safety margin

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Construction Oversight

Laura Dudes Deputy Regional Administrator,

Construction Region II

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Effectively Meeting Challenges of the Dynamic Construction Environment (1/3)

Placement of the Auxiliary Building Module,

Vogtle Unit 4

Placement of the In-containment refueling water

storage module, VC Summer Unit 2

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Effectively Meeting Challenges of the Dynamic Construction Environment (2/3)

Mechanical Module Receipt Inspection at Vogtle AP1000 Site

Chemical and volume control system pumps

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Effectively Meeting Challenges of the Dynamic Construction Environment (3/3)

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Transition: Construction to Operations

• Organizational plan for the AP1000 transition

• Staff readiness for AP1000 operation - AP1000 reactor operations training - Resource agility during initial

operations - Watts Bar lessons learned

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ITAAC, Vendor Inspection Program, &

Transition to Operations

Michael Cheok, Director Division of Construction Inspection

and Operational Programs Office of New Reactors

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Successfully verifying IT AAC Closure Notifications (ICNs)

• 131 ICNs received, with 111 verified

• ICN submittals will • increase

• Closure notification submittals have been high quality

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Ready for the IT AAC surge

• Issued Reg Guide 1.215 to facilitate quality ICN submittals

• NRC training on ICN verification

• Use of staff

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Implementing Efficient Solutions

• Carried out a successful Uncompleted ITAAC Notification (UIN) pilot project

• Enhanced infrastructure to process UIN reviews

• Achieved greater efficiencies . with periodic, multiple-ICN Federal Register Notices

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Vendor Inspection: Focusing on New Reactor Builds

• Majority of vendor inspections completed in FY2016 focused on ne\N reactor components

• Inspections targeted vendors supplying safety-significant components

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Vendor Inspections are Enhancing Safety

• Maintaining technical focus on AP1000

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. • Closing out safety issues

• Continuing follow­up on AP1000 module fabrication

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Sustained Focus on Vendor Oversight

• Continue our focus on commercial­grade dedication issues

• Continue vendor outreach

• Leveraging international partnerships

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Actively Preparing for Transition to Operations

• Making progress on 21 Readiness Issues

• Developing implementation plan

• Applying enhancements to the Reactor Oversight Process for new reactors

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Protecting People and the Environment

Advanced Reactor Regulation

Vonna Ordaz Deputy Director

Office of New Reactors

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Increasing Emphasis on Advanced Reactors

• Industry engagement with NRC has increased

• Congressional interest remains high

• Staff aggressively working toward readiness for efficient and predictable reviews

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Managing the Challenges to Advanced Reactor Readiness

• Maturity of designs - focusing on • common issues

• Clarity of schedule - effective communication

• Flexibility of regulatory review process - soliciting stakeholder feedback

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Actions Focus on Readiness for Efficient Reviews

NRC Vision and Strategy: d Efficient Safely Achieving Effective an

L. ht Water Reactor Non- 19 Mission Readiness

• NRC Vision and Strategy - Three Pronged

Approach • Technical Readiness • Regulatory Readiness • Communications

Optimization

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Efficient Reviews are Essential to Success

• Developing strategies and Implementation Action Plans

• Technical work on design criteria progressing

• Taking first steps to develop a licensing strategy

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Communication and Coordination are Vital

• Excellent coordination with DOE

• Active communication with vendors and industry organizations

• International collaboration

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Summary

· • Positively impacting safe construction

• Implementing innovative approaches to complete current licensing reviews

1 . ·• Enhancing readiness for new technologies

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Acronyms (1/2) • ABWR - Advanced Boiling Water

Reactor

• COL - combined license

• DOE - Department of Energy

• DC - design certification

• ESP - early site permit

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• ICN- ITAAC closure notification I : .

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Acronyms (2/2) '

• ITAAC - inspections, tests, analyses, and acceptance criteria ·

• LLWR - Large Light Water Reactor

• RAI - request for additional information

• NRR - Office of Nuclear Reactor Regul~tion

• PSEG - PSEG Power, LLC and

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I • SMR - s·mall modular reactor I.