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Page 1: ISFSI Inspection Program Enhancement Initiative Overview

ISFS

I Ins

pect

ion

Prog

ram

En

hanc

emen

t Ini

tiativ

e O

verv

iew

Jere

my

Tapp

Offi

ce o

f Nuc

lear

Mat

eria

ls S

afet

y an

d Sa

fegu

ards

Div

isio

n of

Fue

l Man

agem

ent

Mar

ch 9

, 202

0

Page 2: ISFSI Inspection Program Enhancement Initiative Overview

Back

grou

nd

•In

tern

al fe

edba

ck to

pro

vide

a m

ore

risk-

info

rmed

inde

pend

ent s

pent

fu

el st

orag

e in

stal

latio

n (IS

FSI)

insp

ectio

n pr

ogra

m

•Th

e N

ucle

ar E

nerg

y In

stitu

te

subm

itted

one

reco

mm

enda

tion

in

thei

r let

ter o

n Re

acto

r Ove

rsig

ht

Proc

ess

enha

ncem

ents

(Sep

tem

ber

19, 2

018)

rega

rdin

g IS

FSI i

nspe

ctio

n

•In

itiat

ed a

pro

activ

e re

view

to

enha

nce

the

ISFS

I ins

pect

ion

prog

ram

in Ju

ne 2

019

Page 3: ISFSI Inspection Program Enhancement Initiative Overview

ISFS

I Enh

ance

men

t W

orki

ng G

roup

A w

orki

ng g

roup

of N

RC re

gion

al

ISFS

I ins

pect

ors a

nd N

RC

Hea

dqua

rter

s sta

ff w

as fo

rmed

to

eval

uate

and

enh

ance

the

NRC

’sex

istin

g IS

FSI i

nspe

ctio

n pr

ogra

m b

y de

velo

ping

a

clea

rer,

mor

eris

k-in

form

ed,

com

preh

ensiv

e, a

nd c

onsis

tent

ap

proa

ch to

ISFS

I ins

pect

ions

acr

oss

the

four

regi

onst

hat f

ocus

es o

n th

ose

area

smos

t im

port

ant t

o sa

fety

•W

orki

ng G

roup

Cha

rter

, Ag

ency

wid

e Do

cum

ents

Ac

cess

and

Man

agem

ent

Syst

em (A

DAM

S) A

cces

sion

No.

ML1

9155

A273

Page 4: ISFSI Inspection Program Enhancement Initiative Overview

ISFS

I Enh

ance

men

t Sco

pe

•O

vers

ight

of I

SFSI

ope

ratio

ns:

–O

nsite

com

pone

nt c

onst

ruct

ion

–Dr

y ru

ns–

Load

ing

–M

onito

ring

•N

ot in

scop

e of

revi

ew:

–Tr

ansp

orta

tion

–Ve

ndor

Insp

ectio

ns–

Agin

g M

anag

emen

t–

Secu

rity

Page 5: ISFSI Inspection Program Enhancement Initiative Overview

Focu

s Are

as o

f ISF

SI P

rogr

am

The

wor

king

gro

up id

entif

ied

five

safe

ty fo

cus

area

s:•

Occ

upat

iona

l dos

e,

•Pu

blic

dos

e/ex

posu

re,

•Fu

el d

amag

e,

•Co

nfin

emen

t/ca

nist

er in

tegr

ity,

and

•Im

pact

to p

lant

ope

ratio

n

Page 6: ISFSI Inspection Program Enhancement Initiative Overview

Area

s Rev

iew

ed fo

r Pot

entia

l En

hanc

emen

t•

Appl

icat

ion

of ri

sk in

sight

s (m

etho

dolo

gy)

oFr

eque

ncy

of in

spec

tions

oLe

vel o

f effo

rt

•Q

ualif

icat

ion

and

train

ing

Page 7: ISFSI Inspection Program Enhancement Initiative Overview

Met

hodo

logy

•H

olist

ic a

ppro

ach

to d

evel

op a

mor

e ris

k-in

form

ed,

perfo

rman

ce-b

ased

ISFS

I pro

gram

that

take

s int

o ac

coun

t inf

orm

atio

n fro

m—

oPr

obab

ilist

ic m

odel

s

ISFS

I pilo

t pro

babi

listic

risk

ass

essm

ent—

NUR

EG-1

864

M

ater

ials

syst

ems r

isk a

naly

sis—

NUR

EG/C

R-66

42o

Ope

ratin

g ex

perie

nce

oSu

bjec

t mat

ter e

xper

tise

•Ev

alua

ted

all I

SFSI

insp

ectio

n pr

oced

ures

and

rank

ed

the

risk

of e

ach

insp

ectio

n ac

tivity

acco

rdin

g to

the

five

safe

ty fo

cus

area

so

Risk

prio

ritiza

tion

tool

to h

elp

insp

ecto

rs id

entif

y an

d fo

cus

insp

ectio

ns o

n th

e m

ost r

isk-s

igni

fican

t ite

ms

Page 8: ISFSI Inspection Program Enhancement Initiative Overview

Key

Cons

ider

atio

ns

•A

com

preh

ensiv

e an

d ob

ject

ive

revi

ew to

dev

elop

a m

ore

risk

info

rmed

insp

ectio

n pr

ogra

m to

focu

s on

thos

e ar

eas

mos

t im

port

ant t

o sa

fety

•In

crea

se in

insp

ectio

n fo

r risk

-sig

nific

ant a

ctiv

ities

and

de

crea

se in

oth

er a

ctiv

ities

•Gr

eate

r fle

xibili

ty to

per

form

insp

ectio

ns d

urin

g m

ore

risk

signi

fican

t ISF

SI o

pera

tions

•Re

com

men

datio

ns c

onsid

ered

var

ied

stak

ehol

der

fe

edba

ck

Page 9: ISFSI Inspection Program Enhancement Initiative Overview

Insp

ectio

n Fr

eque

ncie

s

•In

form

ed b

y op

erat

ing

expe

rienc

e, su

bjec

t mat

ter e

xper

tise,

an

d ris

k in

sight

s, w

hich

incl

uded

the

fixed

radi

ogra

phic

in

stal

latio

n an

d irr

adia

tor f

acili

ty in

spec

tion

frequ

enci

es–

Prop

osed

Pro

gram

•Ro

utin

e in

spec

tions

–tri

enni

al c

ycle

•Ex

tend

ed lo

adin

g ca

mpa

ign

–qu

arte

rly u

ntil

com

plet

e•

All o

ther

insp

ectio

n fre

quen

cies

-as

nee

ded

–Cu

rrent

Pro

gram

•Ro

utin

e in

spec

tions

–ev

ery

2 ye

ars,

not t

o ex

ceed

3 y

ears

•Al

l oth

er in

spec

tion

frequ

enci

es -

as n

eede

d

Wor

king

Gro

up

Reco

mm

enda

tions

Page 10: ISFSI Inspection Program Enhancement Initiative Overview

Form

al q

ualif

icatio

n an

d tra

inin

g sp

ecifi

c fo

r ISF

SI in

spec

tors

•Ap

plic

able

to re

gion

al o

r res

iden

t ins

pect

ors

•Cr

oss-

qual

ifica

tion

prog

ram

dev

elop

ed fo

r rea

ctor

in

spec

tors

alre

ady

fully

qua

lifie

d as

a re

siden

t or r

egio

nal

engi

neer

ing

insp

ecto

r

•Pa

rtia

l qua

lific

atio

n ta

ble

deve

lope

d fo

r tho

se re

siden

t or

regi

onal

eng

inee

ring

insp

ecto

rs w

ho o

nly

perfo

rm ro

utin

e lo

adin

g in

spec

tions

•N

o re

com

men

datio

n on

who

per

form

s ins

pect

ion

Wor

king

Gro

up

Reco

mm

enda

tions

Page 11: ISFSI Inspection Program Enhancement Initiative Overview

Wor

king

Gro

up R

ecom

men

datio

ns

Insp

ectio

n Ef

fort

•Ro

utin

e in

spec

tions

–Le

vel o

f effo

rt a

sses

sed

by p

erfo

rmin

g lin

e-by

-line

revi

ew o

f hou

rs

need

ed fo

r the

risk

-sig

nific

ant i

nspe

ctio

n ac

tiviti

es•

Wel

ding

, Hea

vy L

oads

, Fue

l Loa

ding

act

iviti

es–

Prop

osed

pro

gram

•96

hou

rs e

very

trie

nnia

l cyc

le fo

r rou

tine

load

ing

insp

ectio

ns

•96

hou

rs e

very

qua

rter

dur

ing

exte

nded

load

ing

cam

paig

n•

24 h

ours

eve

ry tr

ienn

ial c

ycle

(inc

lude

s Aw

ay F

rom

Rea

ctor

ISFS

Is)

for r

outin

e m

onito

ring

insp

ectio

ns

–Cu

rrent

Pro

gram

•13

2 ho

urs e

very

2 y

ears

, not

to e

xcee

d 3

year

s, fo

r rou

tine

load

ing

insp

ectio

ns•

24 h

ours

eve

ry 2

yea

rs, n

ot to

exc

eed

3 ye

ars,

(incl

udes

Away

Fro

m R

eact

or IS

FSIs)

for r

outin

e m

onito

ring

in

spec

tions

Page 12: ISFSI Inspection Program Enhancement Initiative Overview

Wor

king

Gro

up R

ecom

men

datio

ns

Insp

ectio

n Ef

fort

(con

t.)•

Preo

pera

tiona

l and

initi

al lo

adin

g in

spec

tions

–Ba

sed

revi

sed

risk-

info

rmed

insp

ectio

n pr

oced

ures

and

ta

king

acc

ount

act

ual r

esou

rce

expe

nditu

res

–Pr

opos

ed P

rogr

am•P

reop

erat

iona

l ins

pect

ion

(Insp

ectio

n Pr

oced

ure

(IP)

6085

4) –

200

hour

s•R

evie

w o

f 10

CFR

72.2

12 e

valu

atio

ns (I

P 60

856)

–16

0 ho

urs

–Cu

rrent

Pro

gram

•Pre

oper

atio

nal i

nspe

ctio

n (IP

608

54) –

120

hour

s•R

evie

w o

f 10

CFR

72.2

12 e

valu

atio

ns (I

P 60

856)

–12

0 ho

urs

–N

o ch

ange

to IS

FSI c

onst

ruct

ion

insp

ectio

n (IP

60

853)

–12

0 ho

urs

Page 13: ISFSI Inspection Program Enhancement Initiative Overview

Addi

tiona

l Are

as fo

r Co

nsid

erat

ion

•Th

e w

orki

ng g

roup

also

reco

mm

ende

d th

e fo

llow

ing:

–As

sess

and

pro

vide

reco

mm

enda

tions

for

enha

ncem

ent i

n th

e ar

eas o

f ins

pect

ion

read

ines

s for

-•T

rans

port

atio

n of

spen

t nuc

lear

fuel

•Con

solid

ated

Inte

rim S

tora

ge F

acili

ties

–Re

view

pos

sible

effi

cien

cy g

ains

and

ove

rall

impr

ovem

ent r

elat

ed to

the

crea

tion

of a

Cen

ter o

f Ex

pert

ise fo

r ISF

SI o

vers

ight

act

iviti

es–

Deve

lop

a ro

utin

e as

sess

men

t of t

he IS

FSI

in

spec

tion

prog

ram

Page 14: ISFSI Inspection Program Enhancement Initiative Overview

Reco

mm

enda

tion

Deve

lopm

ent

•Iss

ued

a m

emor

andu

m w

ith th

e w

orki

ng g

roup

’s in

itial

as

sess

men

t and

reco

mm

enda

tions

on

Oct

ober

2, 2

019

(ADA

MS

Acce

ssio

n N

o. M

L192

77G8

95)

oIn

clud

es tw

o en

clos

ures

(ADA

MS

Acce

ssio

n N

os.

ML1

9277

G878

and

ML1

9277

G879

) with

reco

mm

enda

tions

•So

licite

d in

tern

al a

nd e

xter

nal f

eedb

ack

on th

e in

itial

re

com

men

datio

nso

Incl

udes

pub

lic m

eetin

gs th

at p

rovi

ded

an o

ppor

tuni

ty fo

r fe

edba

ck fr

om st

akeh

olde

rs in

var

ious

geo

grap

hic

area

s

•Up

date

d th

e w

orki

ng g

roup

’s re

com

men

datio

ns to

in

corp

orat

e fe

edba

ck (A

DAM

S Ac

cess

ion

No.

M

L200

45D8

70)

Page 15: ISFSI Inspection Program Enhancement Initiative Overview

Stat

us a

nd N

ext S

teps

•Th

e N

RC w

ill m

ake

a fin

al d

ecisi

on a

nd is

sue

a ta

skin

g m

emor

andu

m to

the

regi

ons w

ith th

e fin

al

reco

mm

enda

tions

repo

rt

•Pr

ogra

m d

ocum

ents

will

be

upda

ted,

as n

eede

d, b

ased

up

on fi

nal d

ecisi

on–

New

tech

nica

l bas

is do

cum

ent

–Re

visio

ns to

Insp

ectio

n M

anua

l Cha

pter

s an

d in

spec

tion

proc

edur

es

•Im

plem

enta

tion

plan

ned

for s

tart

of c

alen

dar y

ear 2

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