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New Reactors: Licensing Basis and Configuration Mgmt Challenges

New Reactors: Licensing Basis and Configuration Mgmt Challenges. June 22, 2010 David B. Matthews Director Division of New Reactor Licensing Office of New Reactors. Completion Times for the Current Fleet. Avg = 5.6 yrs. Avg = 11.1 yrs. 2. 10 CFR Part 52 Licensing Processes.

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New Reactors: Licensing Basis and Configuration Mgmt Challenges

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  1. New Reactors: Licensing Basis and Configuration MgmtChallenges June 22, 2010 David B. Matthews Director Division of New Reactor Licensing Office of New Reactors

  2. Completion Times for the Current Fleet Avg = 5.6 yrs Avg = 11.1 yrs 2

  3. 10 CFR Part 52 Licensing Processes • Licensing Processes in 10 CFR Part 52: • Subpart A: Early Site Permit (ESP) • Limited Work Authorization (LWA) under 52.27 and 50.10 • Subpart B: Design Certification (DC) • Subpart C: Combined License (COL) • Provide a predictable licensing process • Resolve safety and environmental issues before authorizing construction • Provide for timely & meaningful public participation • Encourage standardization of nuclear plant designs • Provide regulatory stability to nuclear plant licensees

  4. Pre-Construction Construction Verification Early Site Permit LWA Combined License Review, Hearing, and Decision Verification of Regulations with ITAAC Reactor Operation Decision Optional Pre-Application Review Standard Design Certification Part 52 - Fitting the Pieces Together • Licensing decisions finalized before major construction begins • Inspections w/ITAAC (Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria) to verify construction • Limited work may be authorized before COL issuance

  5. Early Site Permits • Allows Early Resolution of Siting Issues and “Banking” of a Site for 10 – 20 Years • Review Areas Include: • Site safety • Environmental impact • Emergency preparedness • An applicant for an ESP may concurrently apply for a LWA under 52.27 and 50.10

  6. Design Certifications • Allows an applicant to obtain approval of a standard nuclear plant design • Essentially complete design • Final design information • Site design parameters • Interface requirements • Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC)

  7. Combined License Applications • Combined construction permit and operating license for a nuclear power plant • May reference an early site permit, a standard design certification, both, or neither • Objective is to resolve all safety & environmental issues before authorizing construction • Prior to fuel load, must verify the facility has been constructed in accordance with the certified design • The combined license process in Part 52 is fundamental for providing regulatory stability for companies building nuclear power plants

  8. Completed New Reactor Actions • 4 Early Site Permits Approved • Clinton, North Anna, Grand Gulf, and Vogtle • 4 Designs Certified • Westinghouse AP600 and AP1000 • GE Advanced Boiling Water Reactor • C-E System 80+ • 1 Limited Work Authorization (LWA)

  9. New Reactor Applications Under Review • 13 Combined License Applications • 18 received, 4 suspended, 1 converted to an ESP application • One includes a 2nd request for a Limited Work Authorization (Vogtle) • 3 Design Certification (DC) Applications • General Electric Economic and Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) • AREVA U.S. EPR • Mitsubishi U.S. Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor (US APWR) • 1 Amended DC Application • Westinghouse AP1000 Certification Amendment • 1 DC Rule Amendment • 2 ESP Applications

  10. One Issue/One Review/One Decision DC Review Rulemaking Hearings* Reference COL (RCOL) Hearings* Subsequent COL 1 (SCOL) Hearings* Subsequent COL 2 (SCOL) Hearings* Subsequent COL 3 (SCOL) *The process for a COL includes an opportunity for a contested hearing by the ASLB and also a mandatory hearing that is uncontested before the Commission.

  11. Licensing Basis Maintenance Combined License (COL) NRO/NRC “getting ready” for potential COL issuance Issued a Generic COL (SECY-00-0092, dated April 20, 2000) Preparing update to the Generic COL (SECY in 2010 w/generic license conditions) ISG-11: Licensing Basis Freeze Point

  12. Potential Post-COL Licensing Actions • Combined License process allows for a range of post-COL licensing actions • Post-COL License Amendments for: • Proposed changes to License (i.e., technical specification changes to include as-built or as-procured information during construction) • Proposed changes to Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC) Design Certifications (DCs) and COLs • changes to DC ITAAC also require an exemption under 52.63(b)(1) - Proposed changes to FSAR or Tier 2 that exceed the threshold in the 50.59 or 50.59-like change process

  13. Post-COL Change Processes • Changes to and departures from Tier 1 information • Generic changes to Tier 1 information (DCR - VIII.A.1) • Departures from Tier 1 require exemptions (DCR – VIII.A.4) • Changes to and departures from Tier 2 information • Generic changes to Tier 2 information (DCR - VIII.B.1) • Departures from Tier 2 information (DCR, VIII.B.5 – 50.59-like) • Departures from Tier 2* material require prior NRC approval via a license amendment • i.e., new nuclear fuel designs

  14. Conclusions • Regulatory processes are in place to handle the expected licensing actions in the near future. • NRC is working to address the known workload in FY 2011 and beyond. • Early communication with the NRC is important to post-COL licensing actions planning and scheduling for FY 2012 and beyond.

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