Several KCI staff personnel have served the utility industry in Plant Operations and Safety areas over many years. We understand the importance of having a detailed understanding and familiarity with current and past NRC regulatory requirements and practices. We incorporate the knowledge of individual license bases and maintain close interaction with our clients on a broad range of technical issues. Through our regulatory feedback program, KCI evaluates and provides comments, where appropriate, on NRC proposed rules, regulatory guides, and other regulatory documents.
- Technical Licensing Positions
- Independent Safety Design Review – Nuclear Safety-Related Design Documents
- Maintaining FSAR Record of Changes
- Maintaining Changes and List of Materials to Fire Hazard Analysis
- Supporting Evaluations Under 10CFR60.55(a) and 10CFR21
- Supporting Evaluations of Safety Issues Identified in NRC Generic Letters or IE Bulletins and Information Notices, including Utility Originated Changes
- 10CFR50.59 Evaluations
- FSAR Updates per 10CFR50.71(e)
- Environmental Qualification per 10CFR50.49, IE Bulletin 79-01 through 01B Regulatory Guides 1.89 and 1.79, and DOR Guidelines
- Supporting Material Substitution Programs and Industry Activities
- Fire Protection Studies Relative to 10CFR50.48 and Appendix R Backfits
- TMI Lessons Learned Implementation Evaluations
- Power Uprate
- Steam Generator Replacement Support
- Containment Purge
- 10CFR21 Evaluations (Modifications)
- Developing Responses to IE Bulletins and Generic Letters and Review of IE Information Notices
- Plant Technical Specifications Reviews
- Emergency Preparedness Support
- Owner Initiated Utility Assessment Support
- Twenty-Four Month Operating Cycle Support
