ML012330163
| ML012330163 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Boiling Water Reactor Owners Group |
| Issue date: | 08/20/2001 |
| From: | Pulsifer R NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD1 |
| To: | Richards S NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD4 |
| Pulsifer R M, NRR/DLPM, 415-3016 | |
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| Download: ML012330163 (5) | |
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August 20, 2001 MEMORANDUM TO: Stuart A. Richards, Director Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM:
Robert M. Pulsifer, Project Manager, Section 2
/RA/
Project Directorate I
/RA/
Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF MEETING WITH THE BOILING WATER REACTOR OWNERS GROUP On August 13, 2001, members of the staff met with the Boiling Water Reactor Owners Group (BWROG) to discuss the BWROG topical report (TR) NEDO-33003, "Regulatory Relaxation for the H2/O2 Monitors and Combustible Gas Control System," dated June 22, 2001 (ADAMS accession number ML011900211.) A list of attendees and their affiliations is provided as. A copy of the handouts provided by the BWROG for their presentation can be found in ADAMS under accession number ML012260070.
In their presentation, the BWROG discussed the applicable regulations, estimated cost savings per plant if equipment is downgraded from safety to non-safety-related, and the benefits of using commercial grade equipment. Existing monitors using newer technologies can be maintained easier and are more reliable, however the newer designs are typically not qualified for safety-related use. The BWROG employed deterministic calculations to determine the need and benefit of combustible gas control systems (CGCS) using maximum power levels and the smallest containment volume. The BWROG also stated that the H2/O2 monitors and the CGCS is not needed for realistic design basis accidents.
Their conclusions were to eliminate the requirements for O2 monitors for Mark III containments.
They also stated that the H2/O2 monitors should be downgraded to non-safety-related because they are only needed for severe accidents and that commercial grade equipment is acceptable.
The H2 and O2 analyzers should be removed from the post accident monitoring standard technical specification (TS) requirements. The BWROG also concludes that the CGCS safety classification should be removed and that for Mark III containments the CGCS requirements should be eliminated.
Because this topical report addresses the removal of limiting conditions for operation (LCO) from the TSs, the staff requested that the BWROG address Section 50.36 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations as to why it is okay to delete these LCOs from the TS. The BWROG asked whether it should be addressed in this TR or be requested later. The staff has
S. A. Richards since told the BWROG that it was the BWROGs decision on where it is addressed as long as it is discussed and justified.
Project No. 691
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Meeting Attendees cc w/attachment: See next page
S. A. Richards since told the BWROG that it was the BWROGs decision on where it is addressed as long as it is discussed and justified.
Project No. 691
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Meeting Attendees cc w/attachment: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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MEETING NOTICES: ML012130048, ML012200470 PACKAGE: ML012330231 ACCESSION NO.: ML012330163 OFFICE PDIV-2/PM PDIV-2/LA PDIV-2/SC NAME RPulsifer:am EPeyton SDembek DATE 8/20/01 8/17/01 8/20/01 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
BWR Owners Group Project No. 691 cc:
Mr. James M. Kenny, Chairman BWR Owners Group PPL, Inc.
M/C GENA6-1 Two North Ninth Street Allentown, PA 18101 Mr. H. Lewis Sumner Southern Nuclear Company 40 Inverness Center Parkway PO Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35242 Mr. Carl D. Terry Vice President, Nuclear Engineering Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Nine Mile Point - Station OPS Bldg/2nd Floor PO Box 63 Lycoming, NY 13093 Mr. George T. Jones PP& L, Inc.
MC A6-1 Two North Ninth Street Allentown, PA 18101 Mr. John Kelly New York Power Authority 14th Floor Mail Stop 14K Centroplex Building 123 Main Street White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. Thomas G. Hurst GE Nuclear Energy M/C 782 175 Curtner Avenue San Jose, CA 95125 Mr. Thomas A. Green GE Nuclear Energy M/C 782 175 Curtner Avenue San Jose, CA 95125 Mr. William H. Bolke COMED 1400 Opus Place, Suite 400 Downers Grove, IL 60515 Mr. J. A. Gray, Jr. Vice Chairman BWR Owners Group New York Power Authority 123 Main Street White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. James W. Langenbach PECO Energy 965 Chesterbrook Blvd MC 62C-3 Wayne, PA 19087 Mr. James F. Klapproth GE Nuclear Energy M/C 706 175 Curtner Avenue San Jose, CA 95125
MEETING WITH BOILING WATER REACTOR OWNERS GROUP AUGUST 13, 2001 ATTENDANCE LIST NRC R. Pulsifer S. Dembek B. Marcus J. Pulsipher D. Cullison A. Markley K. Parczewski C. Tinkley P. Milligan P. Prassinos G. Hubbard M. Rubin Z/S Scitech D. Raleigh BWROG J. Grimm J. Kenny T. Green