ML023370546
| ML023370546 | |
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|---|---|
| Site: | Boiling Water Reactor Owners Group |
| Issue date: | 12/20/2002 |
| From: | Wang A NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD4 |
| To: | Ruland W NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD4 |
| Wang A, NRR/DLPM, 415-1445 | |
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| Download: ML023370546 (6) | |
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December 20, 2002 MEMORANDUM TO: William H. Ruland, Director Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM:
Alan Wang, Project Manager, Section 2
/RA/
Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 20, 2002, WITH BOILING WATER REACTOR OWNERS GROUP (BWROG)
REGARDING OPTION 3 - LOSS-OF-COOLANT ACCIDENT-LOSS OF OFFSITE POWER (LOCA-LOOP) REQUIREMENT The NRC participated in a public meeting on November 20, 2002, with the BWROG and other interested stakeholders on potential changes to the LOCA-LOOP requirement in General Design Criterion (GDC) 35. The purposes of the meeting, which was requested by the BWROG, were to: (1) allow the BWROG to share its perspectives with regard to moving forward with rulemaking on changes to the LOCA-LOOP requirement for large LOCAs, as well as share the results of a safety case developed by the BWROG, and (2) enter into a dialogue with the staff regarding its plans for possible rulemaking on the LOCA-LOOP requirement.
The BWROG indicated that they have made a substantial investment in supporting possible changes to the LOCA-LOOP requirement, but needed to see some commitment from the staff before they could justify additional BWROG support for this effort. The staff indicated that work is proceeding on possible changes to the LOCA-LOOP requirement. However, the staff also noted that due to budget constraints, and due to the fact that work on the regulatory coherence effort could result in identification of additional candidates for risk-informing, some prioritization would need to be done with respect to proposed risk-informed initiatives.
The BWROG stated that they wanted a defined path. The staff stated that we felt that there are three possible paths: (1) a rule change, (2) a generic exemption, and (3) a plant-specific amendment request. The staff stated the BWROG needed to define its goals and how they will be justified. One possible method to this would be to develop a framework for a licensing topical report. A general process agreed to by the staff and the BWROG includes: (1) the BWROG will supply a detailed table of contents for a topical report on the large LOCA-LOOP safety case based on a "virtual" pilot plant by January 2003, (2) the staff would review the table of contents and give feedback with regard to types of resources and schedules that the staff could apply, (3) the BWROG would submit the full topical report, and (4) upon NRC review and approval of the topical report, individual licensees could make plant-specific submittals.
William H. Ruland The BWROG requested whether a fee waiver could be possible for the lead plant. The staff stated we would look into that potential. The meeting closed with Jack Gray, Chairman of the BWROG noting that the effort could lead to several potential cost-savings while being risk neutral.
An attendance list is provided in the attachment. The slides used during the meeting are available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML023380639.
Project No. 691
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Meeting Attendees cc w/att: See next page
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BWR Owners Group Project No. 691 cc:
Mr. Kenneth Putnam, Vice Chairman BWR Owners Group Nuclear Management Company Duane Arnold Energy Center 3277 DAEC Rd.
Palo, IA 52324 Mr. James M. Kenny Reactor Response Group Chairman BWR Owners Group PPL Susquehanna, LLC Two North Ninth Street M/C GENA6-1 Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Mr. H. Lewis Sumner Southern Nuclear Company 40 Inverness Center Parkway P.O. Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35242 Mr. Carl D. Terry Vice President, Nuclear Engineering Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Nine Mile Point - Station OPS Building / 2nd Floor P.O. Box 63 Lycoming, NY 13093 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 Exelon 1400 Opus Place, Suite 400 Downers Grove, IL 60515 Mr. William A. Eaton ENTERGY Grand Gulf Nuclear Station P.O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150 Mr. Mark Bezilla PSEG NUCLEAR Hope Creek Generating Station P.O. Box 236 M/C H07 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. James F. Klapproth GE Nuclear Energy M/C 706 175 Curtner Avenue San Jose, CA 95125 Mr. J. A. Gray, Jr., Chairman BWR Owners Group Entergy Nuclear Northeast 440 Hamilton Avenue Mail Stop 12C White Plains, NY 10601-5029
MEETING ATTENDEES MEETING WITH THE BOILING WATER REACTORS OWNERS GROUP (BWROG)
NOVEMBER 20, 2002 BWROG J. Gray, Entergy P. Kokolakis, Entergy T. Browning, NMC B. Tsai, Exelon P. Heck, TVA L. Bugoci, DTE/PSA Supervisor GENERAL ELECTRIC R. Hill R. Wachowiak OTHER N. Chapman, SERCH/Bechtel A. Heyine, NEI J. Gaetner, EPRI D. Raleigh, LIS/Scientech NRC M. Kowal G. Thomas J. Lazevnick S. Dinsmore S. Dembek S. West C. Grimes S. Lee A. Kuritzky A. Wang M. Rubin G. Kelly