the new reactor program process, progress, and plans (and a peek over the horizon)
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The New Reactor Program Process, Progress, and Plans (And a Peek Over the Horizon). December 2, 2009 David B. Matthews, Director Division of New Reactor Licensing Office of New Reactors. Part 52 - Fitting the Pieces Together. Pre-Construction. Early Site Permit. Construction Verification. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The New Reactor ProgramProcess, Progress, and Plans(And a Peek Over the Horizon)
December 2, 2009
David B. Matthews, Director Division of New Reactor Licensing
Office of New Reactors
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Part 52 - Fitting the Pieces Together
• Licensing decisions finalized before major construction begins• Inspections w/ITAAC to verify construction• Limited work may be authorized before COL issuance
Pre-ConstructionConstruction Verification
Early Site Permit
Standard Design Certification
Combined License Review, Hearing,
and Decision
Verification of Regulations
with ITAAC
ReactorOperationDecision
OptionalPre-Application
Review
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New Reactor Applications Under Review [Aug 2008]
• 11 Combined License Applications– Calvert Cliffs, South Texas, Bellefonte, North Anna, Lee, Harris,
Grand Gulf, Vogtle, Summer, Callaway, and Levy County
• 3 Design Certification (DC) Applications– General Electric Economic and Simplified Boiling Water Reactor
(ESBWR)– AREVA Evolutionary Power Reactor (EPR)– Mitsubishi U.S. Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor (US APWR)
• 1 Amended DC Application– Westinghouse AP1000 Certification Amendment
• 1 Early Site Permit/Limited Work Authorization– Vogtle
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New Reactor Applications [November 2009]
• 18 Combined License Applications
• 3 Design Certification (DC) Applications– General Electric Economic and Simplified
Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR)– AREVA Evolutionary Power Reactor (EPR)– Mitsubishi U.S. Advanced Pressurized
Water Reactor (US APWR)
• 2 Amended DC Applications– Westinghouse AP1000 Certification
Amendment– ABWR Aircraft Impact Amendment (STP)
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Rulemaking
DC Review
COL -3
COL -4
One Issue,One Review,One Position
COL -2Mandatory
Hearing
COL -1 Reference
MandatoryHearing
MandatoryHearing
MandatoryHearing
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Potential DC Activity
• DC Renewal—2 for ABWR (2010)
• New DC (potentially 2012)
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Potential ESP Activity
• Victoria County (2010)
• PSEG (2010)
• Unnamed (2012)
• Unnamed (2013)
• S.O.C.E.P.A. (????)
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Potential COLA Activity
• Restart Nine Mile Point (2010)
• Blue Castle (2010)
• Unnamed COL (2010-2011)
• Unnamed COL (2011-2012)
• Southern COL (2012)
• Unnamed COL (????)
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Deferred/Cancelled COLAs
• River Bend (deferred)
• Grand Gulf (deferred)
• Callaway (cancelled)
• Victoria County (converted to ESP)
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Review Group Labels
• Focus Projects
• Sequenced Projects
• Suspended Projects
• Potential Projects
• Advanced Reactor Projects
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Looking Back…
• Challenges:– Infrastructure – Policies and procedures
• Successes:– Part 52 rulemaking– Limited Work Authorization rulemaking– Updated hearing policy– Interim staff guidance process– Designed Centered Approach
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Contested Hearings• Calvert Cliffs: 2 Contentions Admitted• Bellefonte: 2• North Anna (COL): 1 (pending)• Vogtle (COL): 1 (+2 pending)• Summer/Harris/Lee: none• South Texas: 5 (+2 pending)• Levy County: 3• Comanche Peak: 2 (+1 pending)• Bell Bend: none• Fermi: 4 (+1 pending)
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Lessons Learned
• Simultaneous review of many applications
• Incomplete applications challenge staff’s ability in making safety findings
• Applicants revising submission dates which challenge planning and availability of resources
• Staff and applicants have benefitted from pre-application interactions
• Staff is noticing trend in that COL applications are improving with respect to high quality submittals
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Looking Forward…
• Challenges:– Transition from initial licensing to construction
and beyond– Sequencing of reviews– Possible change in the rulemaking process– Review of design certification renewals– ITAAC verification and closure
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New Construction
• Nuclear plants will be built more rapidly than their predecessors
• Detailed engineering essentially complete by start of construction
• Modular construction techniques will be used• Fabrication of components may begin before
COL issuance• Components and modules will be fabricated in
other countries• Site preparation work will likely be performed
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Post-COL ChallengesOperator licensing
Vendor/module inspection
CIP implementation
Construction Assessment Process
ITAAC/DAC inspection
ITAAC closure process
License amendments
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Concluding Reminders
Project status and schedules can be tracked at www.nrc.gov by clicking on “Nuclear Reactors” and then “New Reactors.”
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Key Terms in Part 52
(a) Early site permit means a Commission approval, issued under subpart A of this
part, for a site or sites for one or more nuclear power facilities.
(b) Standard design certification or design certification means a Commission
approval, issued under subpart B of this part, of a final standard design for a
nuclear power facility. A design so approved may be referred to as a certified
standard design.
(c) Combined license means a combined construction permit and operating license
with conditions for a nuclear power facility issued under subpart C of this part.
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Key Terms in Part 52 (cont.)
(e) Standard design approval or design approval means an NRC staff approval, issued
under subpart E of this part, of a final standard design for an entire nuclear power
facility or a major portion thereof.
(f) Manufacturing license means a license, issued under subpart F of this part,
authorizing the manufacture of nuclear power reactors but not their construction,
installation, or operation at the sites on which the reactors are to be operated.
ITAAC – the inspections, tests, and analyses that the licensee shall perform, and the
acceptance criteria that, if met, are necessary and sufficient to provide reasonable
assurance that the facility has been constructed and will be operated in conformity
with the license, the provisions of the Act, and the Commission’s regulations.