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Summary - Meeting with Duke Energy on December 11, 2001, Spent Fuel Pool Boraflex Update, MB3570 and MB3571
ML013600458
Person / Time
Site: McGuire  Duke Energy icon.png
Issue date: 01/09/2002
From: Martin R
NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD2
To:
Martin, R E, NRR/DLPM, 301-415-1493
References
TAC MB3570, TAC MB3571
Download: ML013600458 (5)


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January 9, 2002 LICENSEE: Duke Energy Corporation FACILITY: McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2

SUBJECT:

SUMMARY

- MEETING WITH DUKE ENERGY ON SPENT FUEL POOL BORAFLEX UPDATE (TAC NOS. MB3570 AND MB3571)

Representatives of Duke Energy Corporation (DEC), met with members of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff at NRC Headquarters on December 11, 2001, in Rockville, Maryland. DEC requested this meeting to provide an update on the McGuire spent fuel pool (SFP) boraflex issue and to outline their plans for the future submittal of a license amendment application dealing with the issue. A list of attendees is provided in Attachment 1.

An amendment to the McGuire Technical Specifications (TS) was issued on November 27, 2000, to allow credit for soluble boron in the SFP criticality analyses. The analyses account for a credit for the degraded spent fuel rack Boraflex neutron absorber panels. The McGuire SFP consists of two fuel pools with a two-region design. Region one is designed for storage of new and recently discharged fuel. Region 2 is designed for long-term storage of burned fuel assemblies. Based on allowance for partial Boraflex credit, the regions are further divided into Alpha and Bravo sub-regions. Alpha areas of Region 1 take credit for 25% of the Boraflex and Alpha areas of Region 2 take credit for 50% of the Boraflex. Bravo areas of Regions 1 and 2 take no credit for Boraflex and result in severe storage restrictions for affected and surrounding cells. Further details of Dukes presentation are provided in Attachment 2.

Duke described its overall plan for management of SFP storage capacity and indicated that part of its near-term plan is to request a TS amendment to change the threshold for Alpha to Bravo from 50% to 40% Boraflex credit. This would extend the critical need date to the end of 2005.

It would result in more restrictive storage requirement for Alpha cells but would reduce the number of Bravo cells. Duke indicated that this TS amendment request would be identical in all other aspects to the application that was approved by NRC on November 27, 2000. Duke indicated that it planned to submit this TS amendment in March 2002 and requested the NRC staffs views regarding whether it could be acted on by December 2002.

The NRC staff identified a need for information on Dukes use of the RACKLIFE and BADGER programs. This informational need is similar to that identified for other licensees but is specific to Dukes use for the McGuire plant. See, for example, the request for additional information from the NRC staff to Entergy Nuclear Operations, for the Indian Point Unit 2 plant dated November 30, 2001. The staff suggested that one beneficial approach to this issue could be for Duke to prepare a presentation on this issue and meet with the staff again early in 2002.

Subject to the resolution of these additional information needs for RACKLIFE and BADGER, the staff indicated that it is likely that the staff could reach a finding on an application submitted in March 2002 by December 2002, which is Dukes indicated date of need for a finding.

/RA/

Robert E. Martin, Senior Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate II Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-369 and 50-370 Attachments: 1. Attendance List

2. Duke Presentation cc w/atts: See next page

January 9, 2002 Subject to the resolution of these additional information needs for RACKLIFE and BADGER, the staff indicated that it is likely that the staff could reach a finding on an application submitted in March 2002 by December 2002, which is Dukes indicated date of need for a finding.

/RA/

Robert E. Martin, Senior Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate II Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-369 and 50-370 Attachments: 1. Attendance List

2. Duke Presentation cc w/atts: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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DATE 1/9/02 1/7/02 1/9/02 1/4/02 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

ATTENDEES LIST DECEMBER 11, 2001 MEETING WITH DUKE ENERGY NAME ORGANIZATION Bob Matin NRC/NRR/DLPM Francis Akstulewicz NRC/SRXB Brian Thomas NRC/SPLB Steven Jones NRC/SPLB Jimmy Glenn Duke/McG Engineering David Jones Duke/SFP Management Keith Waldrop Duke/SFP Management Marcus Nichol Duke/SFP Management Norman Simms Duke/McG Reg Compliance Craig Harbuck NRC/RTSB Tony Attard NRC/SRXB Yuri Orechwa NRC/SRXB Sarah Colpo NRC/SRXB Robert Taylor NRC/SRXB Girija Shukla NRC/DLPM Jack Donahew NRC/PD IV-2 Attachment 1

McGuire Nuclear Station cc:

Ms. Lisa F. Vaughn Ms. Karen E. Long Legal Department (PBO5E) Assistant Attorney General Duke Energy Corporation North Carolina Department of 422 South Church Street Justice Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 P. O. Box 629 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 County Manager of Mecklenburg County Mr. C. Jeffrey Thomas 720 East Fourth Street Manager - Nuclear Regulatory Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Licensing Duke Energy Corporation Michael T. Cash 526 South Church Street Regulatory Compliance Manager Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 Duke Energy Corporation McGuire Nuclear Site Elaine Wathen, Lead REP Planner 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Division of Emergency Management Huntersville, North Carolina 28078 116 West Jones Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27603-1335 Anne Cottingham, Esquire Winston and Strawn Mr. Richard M. Fry, Director 1400 L Street, NW. Division of Radiation Protection Washington, DC 20005 North Carolina Department of Environment, Health and Natural Senior Resident Inspector Resources c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 3825 Barrett Drive 12700 Hagers Ferry Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-7721 Huntersville, North Carolina 28078 Mr. T. Richard Puryear Dr. John M. Barry Owners Group (NCEMC)

Mecklenburg County Duke Energy Corporation Department of Environmental 4800 Concord Road Protection York, South Carolina 29745 700 N. Tryon Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Mr. Peter R. Harden, IV VP-Customer Relations and Sales Westinshouse Electric Company 6000 Fairview Road 12th Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28210