This panel focused on the NRC proposed revisions to the Branch Technical Position (BTP) on Concentration Averaging and Encapsulation. The proposed revisions are the first major revisions to the BTP in over 20 years and is the first step toward a performance-based risk-informed rule. Items specifically addressed included blending, factor of 10 and concentration averaging over encapsulation media.
 

Panelists included: James Kennedy, US NRC; Lisa Edwards, EPRI; Tom Kalinowski, D.W. James Consulting, LLC; and C. Clint Miller, Pacific Gas & Electric (USA).