SDO View of MDEP CSWG

Kevin Ennis
Director, ASME Nuclear Codes and Standards

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Views from members of the SDO Convergence
Board:– JSME
– KEA / KEPIC– AFCEN– CSA– ASME

201405-14 & 15 MDEP ConferenceJSME’s Statements on MDEP
Conference at 14-15, May 2014
JSMEMain Committee on Power Generating Facilities CodeMDEP TASK GROUP

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JSME’s Proposal about SDO’s Statements (1)Necessity of Convergence of “RegulatoryRequirements”• SDOs provide Specification Codes and Std’s tomaterialize the performance & safety requirements set
by Regulatory Authorities, and voluntary Code
Convergence activities could not exceed thedifferences of such Regulatory Requirements.
• Then, further promotion of Code Convergence
activities needs convergence of performance & safety
requirements of Regulatory Authorities.

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Stake Holders for B-DBE Field• JSME believes that SDOs should provide Specification
Codes even in B-DBE field, same as in the design basefield, in order to materialize the new safety
requirements established or to be established byRegulatory Authorities.
• Then, JSME is ready and wish to cooperate withRegulatory and other stake holders for development ofnew Codes and Std’s for B-DBE field.

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JSME’s Proposal about SDO’s Statements (3)Promotion of MRA (Mutual Recognition Arrangement)
between SDO’s Codes and Std’s• SDOs could promote MRA in specific area(s) included in
the own Codes and Std’s.
• However MRA of SDO’s whole Codes and Std’s could bedone only by Regulatory Authorities who have the rightto endorse them.
• Then SDOs request Regulatory Authorities to promote
MRA of SDO’s Codes and Std’s with utilizing theachievements of MDEP CSWG.

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JSME’s Proposal about SDO’s Statements (4)Promotion of International R&D Activities forEnhancement of Nuclear Safety• In former days, R&Ds for enhancement of Nuclear
Safety had been conducted by each countries or JV byfew countries.
• However, R&Ds for enhancement of new Nuclear
Safety including B-DBE need larger scale of cooperation
involving many countries.
• Then, JSME proposes Regulatory Authorities of eachcountries to promote R&Ds for enhancement of new
Nuclear Safety as real international projects, and JSME
is ready to join and cooperate.
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JSME’s Proposal for SDO’s Statements (5)Positive Employment of Advanced Technologies• Now, by the rapid progresses of computer hardware
and software, advanced analysis & evaluation
technologies such as elastic-plastic analysis and strain
based design are ready for practical use.
• Then, if accepted by Regulatory Authorities in close
future, SDOs want to introduce such advanced analysis& evaluation technologies into SDO’s nuclear Codesand Std’s.
• Then SDOs request Regulatory Authorities to remove
excessive conservatism in endorsement processes andpromote employment of advanced & evaluation
technologies into the nuclear component design.
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201405-14 & 15 MDEP Conference201405-14 & 15 MDEP ConferenceCSWG – Some thoughts from CanadaMDEP* Is it necessary that the CSWG remain in place?
* The formation of the SDO Convergence Board was anindirect result of the cooperation between the SDO’s
and the regulatory representatives on MDEP CSWG.
* If the CSWG is disbanded, the focus for improvement
will be lost. Codes and Standards have to be acceptedby the regulatory authorities and the communication
bridge necessary to achieve change on a global level will
no longer exist.
201405-14 & 15 MDEP ConferenceCSWG – Some thoughts from CanadaMDEP* Is harmonization achievable?
* The question is really; “Is convergence achievable?”* On the detailed technical level, there appears to be anappetite for making the technical rules between standards
consistent. This would include qualiﬁcation of personnel.
* On a more general level where culture and methodologies
have impact e.g., Quality Assurance, the progress will besigniﬁcantly slower and even at times non---existent.
* For convergence to be faster, agreement between regulatory
bodies would have a signiﬁcant impact; it is doubtful that thisagreement could be reached to level in the near future thatwould allow such a result.
201405-14 & 15 MDEP ConferenceASME View••••SDO Convergence Board provides a link between
the SDO stakeholders and multiple regulatory
authorities on MDEP CSWG
MDEP CSWG Provides the “Reason” for theExistence of the SDO Convergence Board
MDEP CSWG Regularly asks for updates fromthe Convergence Board
MDEP CSWG provides the value added for theSDO stakeholders