ML020940042
| ML020940042 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Prairie Island  |
| Issue date: | 04/04/2002 |
| From: | Kim T NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD3 |
| To: | |
| References | |
| 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
SUBJECT:
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 Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge 2300 N Street, N. W.
Washington, DC 20037 Site Licensing Manager Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 1717 Wakonade Drive East Welch, MN 55089 Adonis A. Neblett Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General 455 Minnesota Street Suite 900 St. Paul, MN 55101-2127 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 Tribal Council Prairie Island Indian Community ATTN: Environmental Department 5636 Sturgeon Lake Road Welch, MN 55089 Mr. Roy A. Anderson Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 Nuclear Asset Manager Xcel Energy, Inc.
414 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55401 March 2002
ENCLOSURE 1 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)