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Mollie Johnson - Assistant Deputy Minister, Low Carbon Energy Sector, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

Opening remarks

Mollie JohnsonAssistant Deputy MinisterLow Carbon Energy SectorNatural Resources Canada (NRCan)

SMR Licensing: Sharing Experiences on Regulatory Collaboration

William D. Magwood, IV - Director-General, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency

Remarks from the Nuclear Energy AgencyGlobal challenges of SMR licensing

William D. Magwood, IVDirector-GeneralOECD Nuclear Energy Agency


Greg Rzentkowski - Director of Nuclear Installation Safety Division, International Atomic Energy Agency

Regulation of Small Modular Reactors:Multilateral Cooperation Supported by the IAEA

Dr. G. Rzentkowski, DirectorDivision of Nuclear Installation Safety (NSNI)Department of Nuclear Safety and Security (NS)International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)




Faster, cheaper, better



Large number of innovative designs

New design philosophy and material

New safety systems strategies

Lack of operational experience

Proof of concept

Comprehensive experimental programmes, analyses and

simulations

Regulatory framework

Goal-setting rules and regulation

Increased reliance on risk and performance insights

Innovation and knowledge must be well-balanced

New technologies – New challenges



International collaboration

Regulatory Cooperation Forum Promote collaboration and cooperation

among members to improve coordination of

support for regulatory safety infrastructure

development

Regional Networks for Regulators Strengthen regulatory infrastructure in

member countries and exchange regulatory

knowledge and experiences with other

international and regional networks

Small Modular Reactor Regulators’

Forum Identify, understand and address key

regulatory challenges that may emerge in

future SMR regulatory discussions



Working together

Objectives:

Collaborate on technology development and deployment

Share regulatory experience Discuss common safety issues Capture good practices and methods

Propose changes to national requirements and practices

Provide inputs for consideration of IAEA in future activities

Members: Canada, China, Finland, France, Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, United States

Observers: European Commission, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency

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Areas of collaboration

Phase 1 (2015 - 2017)

Graded Approach

Defence-in-Depth

Emergency Planning Zone

Size

Phase 2 (2018 - 2020)

Design and Safety Analysis

Licensing Issues

Manufacturing, Commissioning

and Operation

Phase 3 (2021 – 2023)

Topics of work to be decided



IAEA activities

Safety and licensing framework

Top-down approach from the

general safety objective to detailed

technical issues

Based on the IAEA Fundamental

Safety Principles and Safety

Standards

Development of new safety requirements for a specific SMR technology is not considered

Applicability of IAEA Safety Standards

Technology neutral

Site and unit-specific safety goals

Siting requirements and overall site-wide risk

Design principles related to defence-in-depth,

safety margins, physical barriers, redundancy

and independence, etc.

Definition of consistent approaches,

methodologies and criteria for emergency

preparedness and response

Technology specific

Evaluation of design requirements for light

water and gas cooled SMRs

Technology neutral framework



Hierarchy of safety goals

IFNEC Webinar on SMRs – Presentation G. Rzentkowski, IAEA

Primary

Safety Goal

Protecting people and

environment from harmful

effects of ionizing radiation

Adequate Safety Protection

IAEA Fundamental Safety Principle

General safety provisions to ensure adequate protection

General Safety Provisions

Proven approaches and good practices to ensure adequate protection

(defense in depth, safety margins, barriers, redundancy and redundancy )

Site-level safety goals (dose limits, total frequency of large early release)

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The highest level of safety goals for application of SMRs

Specific Safety Provisions

Specific unit-level safety provisions for siting, design and operation, including accident conditions,

to ensure that each unit at the site effectively contributes to meeting the higher level safety goals

(deterministic criteria and probabilistic safety goals such as frequency of core damage and large releases)

Technology

neutral

Technology

specific

Society

Site

SMR



Want to learn more?https://www.iaea.org/topics/small-modular-reactors/smr-regulators-forum

Hugh Robertson - Director General, Regulatory Improvement and Major Projects Management, CNSC

CNSC Perspectives on Regulatory Collaboration

Mr. Hugh RobertsonDirector General, Directorate of Regulatory Improvement and Major Projects ManagementCanadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)


Hugh Robertson - Director General, Regulatory Improvement and Major Projects Management, CNSC


Reno Alamsyah – Principal Regulator, Badan Pengawas Tenaga Nuklir (BAPETEN)


Rachna Clavero - Deputy CEO, CANDU Owners Group (COG)

COG SMR Activities

Rachna ClaveroDeputy CEOCANDU Owners Group (COG)




Presentation Outline

• Introduction:

• CANDU and Beyond

• COG’s SMR Activities

• Industry Review of Regulatory Framework

• COG Supporting SMRs:

• Pan-Canadian Roadmap

• Collaboration on Position Papers

• International Collaboration

• Key Messages



CANDU and Beyond

• Opportunity to demonstrate SMR technology in Canada

• COG’s mandate grows to include advanced technologies and SMRs

• Success → Achieving alignment between organizations involved in SMR development

and deployment: academia, research, supply chain, standards, utilities, technology

providers, regulators and government.

• Ensure international requirements support the export of technology in an efficient

manner

Underscores the need for a harmonized TEAM CANADA

• Common Team Canada approach to converge on a common set of requirements, and collectively

influence the international community

• In April 2017 the COG SMR Technology Forum is established, followed by the SMR Vendor

Participant Program in 2019

SMR Technology Forum

OPG, BP, NBP, CNLObservers: AECL,

SaskPower, CNA, CSA, CNS, OCNI, UNENE, NRCan

•Approaches to SMR Regulation in Canada•Input to Decision Makers•International Harmonization

CEO SMR ForumOPG, Bruce Power, NB Power,

SaskPowerObserver: CNA

CEO SMR Working Group

OPG, BP, NBP, SaskPower, CNL, CNA

•Market Study •Prioritizing pan-Canadian roadmap recommendations•Economic impact analysis •Partnership models

SMR Vendor Participant Program

•Share Vendor perspectives•Address common challenges•contribute to common technical positions•Ensure a strong network supporting SMR deployment•Assist Vendors to understand operator challenges

CANADA / US Executive Task Force

(CNA / NEI)

Canadian Nuclear Industry SMR

SecretariatOPG, BP, NBP,

SaskPower, CNL, Cameco, CNA, COG

•Tracking recommendations from roadmap•Interfacing with stakeholders•Inputting to Action Plan

NOTE: Blue boxes are COG groups and grey boxes are partner groups that interface closely



COG SMR Activities



Industry Review of Regulatory Framework

• Industry has reviewed existing framework including

regulatory documents and regulations to identify where

existing requirements can be applied and where further

guidance is required

Figure courtesy of http://nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/acts-and-regulations/regulatory-framework/index.cfm

• Performed a cursory review of the standards under the

Canadian Standards Association

• Continue to review and benchmark against other guidance:

• IAEA SMR Regulator’s Forum

• Nuclear Energy Institute White Papers

• Office of Nuclear Regulation White papers

• Work performed under US NRC-CNSC agreement and joint review



Pan-Canadian SMR Roadmap

Roadmap conclusions: no major impediments to the future licensing of SMRs • Areas identified requiring additional discussion with the CNSC and other

regulatory bodies and have the potential to pose unnecessary requirements on SMR operators,

• Nuclear liability, staff training, accident management (analysis) and emergency preparedness requirements, security requirements for Class I nuclear facilities.

CNA with support from COG has Launched Canadian Nuclear Industry SMR Secretariat to track recommendations and input

into Canada’s Action Plan

• Key enabler: November 2018 SMR Roadmap released with 53

recommendations to enable development and deployment in Canada

https://smrroadmap.ca

• Report presents key findings on barriers and challenges to the deployment of

SMRs under current regulatory regime

https://smrroadmap.ca/



• COG SMR Security Task Team - Industry task team established with experts from

existing CANDU community

• COG Nuclear Liability Task Team – kickoff April 2020

• COG Joint Project: Intelligent Customer Principles and Best Practices as they apply to

SMRs

Collaboration on Position Papers

Review existing guidance

• Nuclear security regulations

• White papers from NEI and ONR

• Dose consequence requirements in REGDOC 2.4.1 for safety analysis

Draft set of principles

• Industry team drafted a first set of principles

Industry and stakeholder review

• Reviewed by the SMR vendors and technology developers

• Shared with the regulator

Issue the paper

• Issued a revision to submit to the regulator



• International harmonization of regulator requirements can be an enabler to SMR fleet deployment economics

• Risks to consider:

• Taking the most limiting requirements from each country

• Introducing delays or changes to the process mid-stream

• COG & World Nuclear Association (WNA)

• Discussion paper drafted on the Lessons Learned from International Harmonization of Transport Regulations (Fall 2019)

• November 2019, the CNSC convened a meeting with international regulators with the objective to discuss how to

achieve a framework for harmonization.

• Follow-up meeting of international regulators, COG, and WNA planned for March 2020 in the U.S.; postponed to later

date (TBC).

• US-CAN Executive Task Force – discussions in areas of common interest, for example advanced

manufacturing

• EPRI-COG Joint Webinar – planned for September 2020 to identify positive models for harmonization,

challenges, and potential key areas to collaborate

International Collaboration



• Harmonization requires collaboration not only between regulators, but also

between industry players (vendors, supply chain, operators).

• Although regulators have the responsibility to develop regulations, industry has an

obligation to provide to regulators its perspectives to inform regulatory decisions.

• Collaboration is hard work and does not happen organically. Organizations such

as NEA, IAEA, WNA and COG have a key role to play in facilitating collaboration

between their respective stakeholders. And they have to learn to collaborate

amongst each other.

Key Messages



Discussion

Excellence

through

Collaboration

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