Quality Assurance National Nuclear Standards C. H. Moseley, Jr. 33 rd National Energy & Environmental Conference August 28, 2006

Outline American Nuclear Standards (ANS 3.2) American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME NQA -1) Path Forward

ANSI/ANS 3.2 Administrative Controls and Quality Assurance for the Operational Phase of Nuclear Power Plants 1972 and 1976 (ANSI 18.7) –Most Utilities’ Commitment –Endorsed by NRC (RG 1.33, Rev 2) in February – Post TMI, NQA -79 References 1988 – First Performance Based Approach 1994 – Clean Up Performance Based –Quality Initiatives Underway at NRC and NEI 1999 – Reaffirmed –Initiatives Stalled

ANSI/ANS 3.2 Administrative Controls and Quality Assurance for the Operational Phase of Nuclear Power Plants 2006 Revision –Committee – 45 nuclear plants represented –Active NRC Participation –Completely reformatted to 18 Criteria of Appendix B –Risk Informed QA (South Texas Project) (10CFR – 11/04) –Upgrade to reflect 10+ years of Operating Experience –Performance Based –Eliminates prescriptive Requirements for Independent Oversight and Audits –Expectation – greater chance of Utility Adoption/NRC Adoption

ANSI/ANS 3.2 Administrative Controls and Quality Assurance for the Operational Phase of Nuclear Power Plants Current Status –ANS Committee Reviews –Public Comment Summer 2005 – All comments resolved except one – Addressing one commenter –2006 Reballoted by ANS Committees –July 31, 2006 ANSI Approval –Technical editing/Publication Process

ANSI/ASME NQA -1 Nuclear Quality Assurance Main Committee –35 Members –Balance of Interest Designers, Owners, Manufacturers, Constructors Regulatory, Labs General Interest –Old Guard/New Guard Subcommittees – Opportunities –Interface and Admin, Program Management –Engineering and Procurement –Assessment and Verification –Applications, Waste Management Design and Construction

ANSI/ASME NQA -1 Nuclear Quality Assurance Early 70’s - ANSI N45.2 and Daughter Standards 1979 – Initial Issuance; Seven Daughter Standards 1983 Revision – Little Change 1983 – Post TMI NRC Endorsement of NQA 1 in 1985 (RG 1.28, Rev 3) 1986 Revision – Little Change, Nuclear Facilities 1989 Revision – Scope expansion 1989 – NQA 3 – Nuclear Waste Management

ANSI/ASME NQA -1 Nuclear Quality Assurance 1994 Revision –Consolidation of NQA 1 and NQA 2 –Nuclear Facility Applications –Part I Basic and Supplements –Part III – Nonmandatory Guidance –Part IV – Matrices and White Papers 1997 Revision - Major – Performance Based Still Sparse Utility Endorsement 2000 Revision –Some utility adoption – Exelon license DOE QA Rule Promulgation in 2001

ANSI/ASME NQA Nuclear Quality Assurance Present – Active engagement to resolve NRC Comments on 2004 Version –June 2005 – 45 NRC Comments Based on 1994 Comparison 25 Resolved for 06 Addenda 10 Accepted by NRC – Balloting by NQA Committee 10 Working Goal – Resolve all comments for 2007 Revision

ANSI/ASME NQA -1 Nuclear Quality Assurance Other Efforts New Generation Task Force –First Meeting in St. Louis this Fall NEI QA Task Group –New Plant COL Process –Every new Plant –NSSS Vendors –AEs –NQA and ANS 3.2 Committees –New Standard Review Plan 17.5

Path Forward Pilot Projects (COL) Evaluate merger –Eliminate duplication –One stop shopping –COL driver –Revenues?