ML020940042

Prairie Island - NMC - Summary of 3/19/02 Meeting Re the Steam Generator Replacement Program

ML020940042
Person / Time
Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	04/04/2002
From:	Kim T NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD3
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TAC MB4607
Download: ML020940042 (4)

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April 4, 2002 LICENSEE: Nuclear Management Company (NMC), LLC FACILITY: Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1

SUMMARY

OF MARCH 19, 2002, MEETING REGARDING THE STEAM GENERATOR REPLACEMENT PROGRAM (TAC NO. MB4607)

On March 19, 2002, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff met with representatives from NMC (the licensee) at the NRCs headquarters in Rockville, Maryland. The meeting was requested by the licensee to brief the NRC staff on the licensees program to replace the steam generators at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1. Meeting attendees are listed in Enclosure 1.

During the meeting, the licensee provided a program overview including the current condition of Unit 1 steam generators, justification for replacement, project organization, and program milestone schedule. Prairie Island Unit 1 is a two-loop Westinghouse plant which began its commercial operation in October 1972 and received its operating license in March 1973. The licensee stated that there is no safety concern with the current condition of Unit 1 steam generators. The reason(s) for deciding to replace the steam generators include: 1) increasing repair costs; 2) potential need for planned mid-cycle inspections and forced outages;

3) increasing outage time; 4) reduction in plant output; and 5) replacement energy costs. The licensee has selected Framatome-ANP as the replacement steam generator vendor. The licensee stated that Framatome has supplied about 75 replacement steam generators worldwide to date, but the replacement steam generators for Prairie Island Unit 1 will be the first in the US. The licensee plans to replace the steam generators during a planned refueling outage in September 2004. A copy of the licensees handout during the meeting is enclosed (Enclosure 2).

All participants agreed that the meeting was very beneficial and timely in exchanging pertinent information concerning such a major plant modification program. At the conclusion of the meeting, it was agreed in principle that another meeting should be scheduled in Fall 2002 to focus on the fabrication aspect of the replacement steam generators, followed by a meeting in Spring 2003 on licensing and additional fabrication issues, and a meeting in Spring 2004 on pre-installation issues.

/RA/

Tae Kim, Senior Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-282

Enclosures:

1. List of Attendees

2. Licensee Handout cc w/enclosures: See next page

ML020940042 OFFICE PDIII-1/PM PDIII-1/LA PDIII-1/SC NAME TKim RBouling LRaghavan DATE 04/04/02 04/04/02 04/05/02 Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 cc:

J. E. Silberg, Esquire Tribal Council Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge Prairie Island Indian Community 2300 N Street, N. W. ATTN: Environmental Department Washington, DC 20037 5636 Sturgeon Lake Road Welch, MN 55089 Site Licensing Manager Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Mr. Roy A. Anderson Nuclear Management Company, LLC Executive Vice President and 1717 Wakonade Drive East Chief Nuclear Officer Welch, MN 55089 Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Adonis A. Neblett Hudson, WI 54016 Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General Nuclear Asset Manager 455 Minnesota Street Xcel Energy, Inc.

Suite 900 414 Nicollet Mall St. Paul, MN 55101-2127 Minneapolis, MN 55401 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspectors Office 1719 Wakonade Drive East Welch, MN 55089-9642 Regional Administrator, Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Administrator Goodhue County Courthouse Box 408 Red Wing, MN 55066-0408 Commissioner Minnesota Department of Commerce 121 Seventh Place East Suite 200 St. Paul, MN 55101-2145 March 2002

LIST OF ATTENDEES MARCH 19, 2002, MEETING NUCLEAR MANAGEMENT COMPANY, PLC NAME ORGANIZATION W. Reckley NRC/NRR F. Akstulewicz NRC/NRR E. Mckenna NRC/NRR E. Murphy NRC/NRR T. Kim NRC/NRR N. Salto NRC/NRR F. Orr NRC/NRR M. Hart NRC/NRR G. Hatchett NRC/NRR S. Peters NRC/NRR J. Tsao NRC/NRR B. Fu NRC/NRR J. Jacobson NRC/RIII via Video-conference D. Jones NRC/RIII via Video-conference M. Holmberg NRC/RIII via Video-conference K. Albrecht NMC S. Marty NMC O. Nelson NMC R. Pearson NMC G. Eckholt NMC T. Higgins NMC M. Baker Framatome-ANP, Inc. (Lynchburg, VA)

T. Beckham Framatome-ANP, Inc. (Lynchburg, VA)

A. Laux Framatome-ANP (Chalon, France)

Jean-Paul Billoue Framatome-ANP (Paris, France)

M. Ceraldi SGT, Ltd L. Davis SGT, Ltd ENCLOSURE 1