1. ASME/ANS Joint Committee on Nuclear Risk Management (JCNRM) Presented to Nuclear Energy Standards Coordination Collaborative (NESCC) November 2014, Washington DC C.R. (Rick) Grantom P.E. Co-Vice Chair BNCS, JCNRM Co-Chair

2. Presentation Outline Introduction
ASME/ANS Risk Management Role & Governance
ASME Board on Nuclear Codes & Standards
ANS Standards Board
Nuclear Risk Management Coordinating Committee
JCNRM Overview
Main Committee
Subcommittees
Working Groups
Project Teams
JCNRM Strategic Plan
JCNRM Products
Risk Informed Applications
Communication & Contact Paths
Opportunities to Participate

3. INTRODUCTION

4. ASME/ANS RISK MANAGEMENT ROLE & GOVERNANCE

5. Current ASME / ANS / NRMCC Organization
Standards
Board
ASME
BNCS
NRMCC
NRC, DOE, NEI, EPRI
Owners Groups, IEEE,
ASME, ANS
ASME/ANS
JCNRM

6. BNCS Organization

7. ASME Organization Chart for Nuclear Codes and Standards Development
Board of Governors
Council on
Codes and
Standards
Council on
Engineering
Council on
Public
Affairs
Council on
Members
Affairs
Council on
Education
Board of Nuclear Codes & Standards
Committees
Board of
Performance
Test Codes
Board of
Safety Codes
and Standards
Board of
Pressure Technology Codes & Standards
NQA
O&M
QME
Over 3,000
volunteers
participate
in this
process
CNF
CONAGT
JCNRM
BPV
Section III
Section XI

8. ANS Standards Board Organization

9. The ANS Standards Committee
Risk-Informed & Performance-Based Principles Policy Committee
Standards Board
(Top-level committee)
Large
Light
Water
Reactor
Consensus
Committee
Research
and
Advanced
Reactors
Consensus
Committee
Non-
Reactor
Nuclear
Facilities
Consensus
Committee
Safety &
Radiological
Analyses
Consensus
Committee
Joint
Committee
on Nuclear
Risk
Management
Consensus
Nuclear
Criticality
Safety
Consensus
Committee
Environmental
and Siting
Consensus
Committee
Fuel,
Waste, and
Decommissioning
Consensus
Committee
Subcommittees
Working Groups

10. Nuclear Risk Management Coordinating Committee
MEMBERS
ASME, ANS, IEEE, Owners Groups, EPRI, NEI, DOE, and NRC
Committee can also include interested standards developing organizations, such as ASTM, NFPA, and AISC
PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES
Coordinate codes and standards activities related to risk management for current and new nuclear power plants, nuclear facilities, and the transportation and storage of nuclear material
Ensure that codes and standards associated with risk management, and their underlying principles, are consistent and compatible
CURRENT ACTIONS
Facilitates coordinating activities between ASME, ANS, and IEEE on risk- informed initiatives
Acts on inputs from industry and regulating organizations relative to the use of risk methods in codes and standards

11. JCNRM Overview

12. JCNRM CHARTER
To develop, revise and maintain standards and guides on probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) and related risk management techniques supporting risk- informed and performance-based applications for nuclear facilities.

13. JCNRM SCOPE
The development of standards and guidance that establish risk criteria and methods for PRA, risk assessment, and risk management for nuclear facilities.
Review of standards as requested by other American Nuclear Society (ANS) and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) standards committees, and other standards development organizations on related topics to identify inconsistency, lack of integration of risk concepts and duplication, as appropriate.

14. JCNRM Overview National consensus committee
~70 volunteers working in all JCNRM organizational areas
All nuclear sectors interest areas represented
Member rosters can be found on JCNRM web page

15. JCNRM BACKGROUND RA-S Chronology
ASME
RA-S-2002
ASME/ANS RA-S1-2008
ASME/ANS
RA-Sa-2009
RA-Sb-2013

16. JCNRM Products

17. Current JCNRM Products
Level 1/LERF PRA (Internal Events & external hazards): RA-Sb-2013
Advanced Non-LWR PRA Standard (Published 2013), RA-S-1.4 (Trial Use)
In process
New Edition, RA-S
Level 2 PRA (Containment Response & Radiological Release), RA-S-1.2 (Trial Use)
Level 3 PRA (Consequences), RA-S-1.3 (Trial Use)
Low Power and Shutdown PRA (LPSD)
Advanced LWR PRA 17

18. JCNRM Organizational Chart
Joint Committee on
Nuclear Rick
Management [JCNRM] (Consensus Group)
JCNRM
Executive
Committee
Subcommittee Standards Development
(SC-SD)
Subcommittee Standards Maintenance
(SC-SM)
Subcommittee on Risk Applications
(SCoRA)
JCNRM Working Groups
JCNRM Project Teams 18

19. Subcommittee Standards Development
Chair/Vice Chair
Barry Sloane (ERIN Engineering), Chair
Dennis Henneke (GE Hitachi), Vice Chair
Working Groups (“Writing Groups”)
Advanced LWR PRA Standard (Jim Chapman, lead)
Low Power/Shutdown PRA Standard (Don Wakefield, lead)
Level 2 PRA Standard (Ed Burns, lead); currently being balloted for trial use
Level 3 PRA Standard (Keith Woodard, lead)
Non-LWR PRA Standard (Karl Fleming, lead); currently in Trial Use phase
Project Teams
Spent Fuel Pool PRA Needs Assessment; work is completed
Primary focus 2014 – 2016
Issuance of LP/SD PRA Standard for Trial Use
Issuance of Advanced LWR PRA Standard for Trial Use
Issuance of L2 PRA Standard Trial Use
Issuance of L3 PRA Standard for Trial Use
Evolution of Trial Use Process, interaction with Trial Use Standard users
Eventual Issuance of Trial Use standards as ANSI Standards

20. Subcommittee Maintenance
Chair Paul Amico/Vice Chairs Andrea Maioli, Gareth Parry
Working Groups: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Parts 5-10
Project Teams: 8 PTs addressing groups of cross cutting issues.
Primary focus 2014 – 2016 is new edition of RA-S. Expect to inherit new standards and WGs beginning in 2016

21. Subcommittee on Risk Applications
Chair Ken Kiper/Vice Chair Stanley Levinson
Project Teams - New PT on interface with BNCS Board Committee Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA) to facilitate and improve implementation
Primary Focus Establish POCs with key stakeholder organizations & national consensus committees with risk initiatives

22. Strategic Plans

23. ASME BNCS Risk Management Strategic Plan
MISSION
Factor risk, as well as performance, into all ASME Nuclear Codes and Standards, as appropriate, to further ensure, on a worldwide basis, that they protect public health and safety and meet the needs of users
ACTION PLAN
Identify and track short-term (1-2 years) and long-term (3+ years) risk-informed initiatives within the Committee on Board Operations and across all BNCS Committees
PRA STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT
Identify needs to enhance or develop PRA Standards to support applications defined in the action plan
UPDATES
Plan is updated and approved at each BNCS meeting (~4 months) and is then placed on the ASME website for public access

24. ANS Standards Board Risk Management Strategic Plan
The American Nuclear Society Standards Board (SB) has established the Risk Informed and Performance Based Principles Policy Committee (RP3C) as a committee that reports directly to the SB.
The RP3C is responsible for the identification and oversight of the development and implementation of the ANS Risk Informed and Performance Based Standards Plan that establishes the approaches, priorities, responsibilities and schedules for implementation of risk informed and performance based principles in American Nuclear Society (ANS) standards.
The RP3C is also responsible for reviewing standards being developed by other standards developing organizations as assigned by the ANS SB on related topics to ensure consistency.

25. JCNRM Action Plan

29. Risk-Informed Applications Support

30. Regulatory Infrastructure
RG endorses PRA Standards
Other supporting RGs for applications are
RG 1.174, Risk Informed Licensing Changes
RG 1.175, Risk Informed Inservice Inspection
RG 1.177, Risk Informed Technical Specifications
RG 1.201, Risk Informed Categorization & Treatment of SSCs
RG 1.205, 50.48(c) Fire Protection, NFPA 805
RG 1.206, 10CFR52, New Plants

31. Use of PRA Results in Regulatory Applications
NRC has adopted a risk-informed approach to use of PRA in regulatory decision-making (Risk Informed Regulation)
The philosophy is discussed, in the context of changes to licensing basis, in RG 1.174
PRA analyses are one, but not the only, input to the decision
NUREG-2150 describes a proposed risk management regulatory framework 31

32. Risk Informed Regulatory Areas
Maintenance Rule (10CFR50.65),
Mitigating Systems Performance Index (MSPI),
Reactor Oversight Program/Significance Determination Process

33. Industry PRA Applications
Risk-Informed Applications used by US NPPs
On-Line Maintenance, Configuration Risk Management, Risk Informed Inservice Inspection (prior to PRA Standard)
10CFR50.69, Risk Significance Categorization
Risk-Informed Technical Specifications
Risk-Managed Tech Specs (Flexible Allowed Outage Times) (RITS 4B)
Surveillance Frequency Control Program (RITS 5B)
NFPA-805 (Risk Informed Fire Protection)
Risk-Informed GSI-191
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34. PRA Standard Utility Interfaces
Utility PRAs use the guidance in the Standard for establishing in part or in whole:
Role of Peer Reviews
Risk-Informed Application Process 34

35. Communication & Contact Paths

36. Communication Venues Owners Group Meetings EPRI meetings
Two JCNRM Meeting weeks per year (February, September)
Monday/Tuesday (WGs, Exec Committee)
Tuesday/Wednesday (Subcommittees)
Thursday (Main Committee)
NRMCC Meetings (two per year)
ASME & ANS
Many telecons at all levels

37. Contact Information
UTILITY REPRESENTATIVES
ASME JCNRM committee website
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Officers
Co-Chairs: C.R. (Rick) Grantom, Bob Budnitz
Vice Chairs: Dennis Henneke, Pamela Nelson
SDO Secretaries
Oliver Martinez (ASME),
Pat Schroeder (ANS), 37

38. Opportunities to Participate
Subcommittees
Working Groups (permanent JCNRM technical groups)
Project Teams (temporary teams chartered to address or resolve a specific short term activity)

39. INSIGHTS
Codes & Standards are the consensus mechanism to develop guidance and requirements for industry use and subsequent regulatory endorsement
Many areas need attention and further development
Opportunities to help ensure that technical requirements ultimately to be imposed on Users are accurate, efficient, and effective
What is contained in C&S typically become requirements (participation is important)
Good opportunity for younger professionals to have a voice in their future

40. QUESTIONS?