< U.S.NRC UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Protecting People and the Environment

Briefing on NRR

Programs, Performance,

and Plans

Jim Dyer, Director

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

March 8, 2007
Acronyms

ABWR

ACRS

ANPR

BWR

CFR

CR

CWP

CY

DOE

EIS

EPR

EPU

FR

FY

GAO

GElS

GL

GSI

I&C

INPO

IT

LLTF

MD

MWe

Advanced Boiling Water Reactor

Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Boiling Water Reactor

Code of Federal Regulations

Continuing Resolution

Centralized Work Planning

Calendar Year

Department of Energy

Environmental Impact Statement

Evolutionary Power Reactor

Extended Power Uprate

Federal, Register

Fiscal Year

Government Accountability Office

Generic Environmental Impact Statement

Generic Letter

Generic Safety Issue

Instrumentation and Control

Institute for Nuclear Power Operations

Information Technology

Lessons Learned Task Force

Management Directive

Megawatt Electric

NEPA

NFPA

NMSS

NRC

NRO

NRR

NSIR

NSPDP

OGC

PRA

PWR

R&R

RAI

RES

RG

RIS

ROP

RTR

SPU

SRM

SRP

SWIP

TVA

National Environmental Policy Act

National Fire Protection Association

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Office of New Reactors

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response

Nuclear Safety Professional Development

Program

Office of General Counsel

Probabilistic Risk Assessment

Pressurized Water Reactor

Roles and Responsibilities

Request for Additional Information

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research

Regulatory Guide

Regulatory Issue Summary

Reactor Oversight Process

Research and Test Reactor

Stretch Power Uprate

Staff Requirements Memorandum

Standard Review Plan

Strategic Workforce Planning

Tennessee Valley Authority

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Agenda

" Overview

* Program Status

" Technical Issues

* Human Capital

0 Summary

Jim Dyer

Bruce Boger

Jack Grobe

Mike Weber

Jim Dyer

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Licensing

" Accomplishments

-1659 licensing actions in FY06

-Timeliness goals largely met

" Challenges

-Alternate Source Term

- Mitigating measures closure

* Projected Commission Issues

- Revised performance metrics

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Reactor License Renewal

* Accomplishments

-Completed 48 reactors, 9 FY06

" Challenges

- Reestablishing schedules

- Generic Environmental Impact

Statement (GELS) update

-Inspections prior to renewal

* Projected Commission Issues - Contested applications

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TVA Activities

* Accomplishments

Browns Ferry renewals

-Browns Ferry I restart review

" Challenges

-Browns Ferry power uprates

-Watts Bar 2 feasibility study

" Projected Commission Issues

-Potential Watts Bar 2 issues

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Rulemaking

" Accomplishments

- Rules - final and proposed

- Rulemaking petitions

" Challenges

-Streamlining the process

• Projected Commission Issues

- Rulemaking reviews

- Process improvements

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Groundwater Protection

* Accomplishments

- Information Notice 2006-13

- Lessons Learned Task Force

(LLTF)

* Challenges

- LLTF recommendations

-Oversight of industry actions

* Projected Commission Issues

- None

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Operating Experience

* Accomplishments

-Established model program

- Influences regulatory functions

" Challenges

-Communications in a changing

organization

-Expanding scope

* Projected Commission Issues

- None

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Research and Test Reactors

* Accomplishments

-Licensing conversions and

renewals

-Security enhancements

*Challenges

-License renewal backlog

-Conversion delays

*Projected Commission Issues

-Streamlined renewal process

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Power Uprate Issues

* Accomplishments

- Five power uprates in FY06

-112 total uprates (4845 MWe)

* Challenges

- Power uprate workload

- Resolution of technical issues

* Projected Commission Issues

-Status update in May

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Material Performance

* Accomplishments

-Steam generator technical

specifications

- Reactor head issues

* Challenges

-Steam generator tube supports

- Dissimilar metal butt welds

* Projected Commission Issues

- None

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Sump Performance

* Accomplishments

- Strainer installation and

material removal

- Plant and vendor audits

* Challenges

-Water management strategies

-Chemical effects and coatings

* Projected Commission Issues

- BWR evaluation

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Digital I&C Issues

" Accomplishments

-Agency steering committee

- Stakeholder interaction

* Challenges

- Developing project plan

-Resolving technical issues

" Projected Commission Issues

-Commission briefing mid-year

- Potential policy issues

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Risk Informed Activities

" Accomplishments

- Regulatory infrastructure

- Technical specifications

" Challenges

- PRA quality initiatives

-10 CFR 50.46a issues

" Projected Commission Issues

- 10 CFR 50.46a

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Fire Protection

" Accomplishments

-Fire barriers

- Operator manual actions

- NFPA 805 guidance

* Challenges

- Spurious actuation issues

- NFPA 805 implementation

" Projected Commission Issues

-Closure on spurious actuations

- Enforcement discretion

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Reorganization

* Accomplishments

-Created Office of New Reactors

*Challenges

-Resume aggressive hiring

-Ensuring technical consistency

*Projected Commission Issues

-Effectiveness review

-Organizational adjustments

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Maximizing Talent

" Accomplishments

-Strategic workforce planning

-Streamlined hiring

- Qualifications program

* Challenges

- Large turnover

-Qualification and training

" Projected Commission Issues

- Continued support

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Continuous Improvement

" Accomplishments

-Two major reorganizations

" Challenges

- Enhancing performance

-Space

" Projected Commission Issues

-Space

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Summary

* Safety is our highest priority

* Reactor Safety Regulation is a

team effort

* NRR will meet our challenges

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