ML031980013

Misc Report ,Stars, 6/10-11/2003 Licensing Workshop Held in Overland Park, Kansas with Strategic Teaming and Resource Sharing-Integrated Regulatory Affairs Group for Licensees of Callaway, Comanche Peak, Diablo Canyon, Palo Verde, So Texas

ML031980013
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Site:	Palo Verde, Wolf Creek, Diablo Canyon, Callaway, South Texas, Comanche Peak
Issue date:	07/18/2003
From:	Donohew J NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD4
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Donohew J N, NRR/DLPM,415-1307
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July 17, 2003 LICENSEE: Union Electric Company TXU Energy Pacific Gas and Electric Company Arizona Public Service Company STP Nuclear Operating Company Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation FACILITIES: Callaway Plant Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station Diablo Canyon Power Plant Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station South Texas Project Electric Generating Station Wolf Creek Generating Station

SUBJECT:

LICENSING WORKSHOP HELD ON JUNE 10 AND 11, 2003, IN OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS, WITH THE STRATEGIC TEAMING AND RESOURCE SHARING - INTEGRATED REGULATORY AFFAIRS GROUP FOR THE LICENSEES OF CALLAWAY, COMANCHE PEAK, DIABLO CANYON, PALO VERDE, SOUTH TEXAS, AND WOLF CREEK Representatives from the NRC and from the six licensees listed above that comprise the Strategic Teaming and Resource Sharing - Integrated Regulatory Affairs Group (STARS-IRAG) participated in a licensing workshop on June 10 and 11, 2003, in Overland Park, Kansas. The workshop was held at the request of the STARS-IRAG. The IRAG is a group within STARS which was formed to interact with the staff on common regulatory issues for the above facilities.

The goal of STARS-IRAG is to reduce the overall costs of licensing actions to the licensees and to the staff by developing common licensing action requests and positions. The notice for the workshop was issued on June 2, 2003. is the list of attendees. Attachment 2 is the handout provided by the NRC staff. is the handout from the licensees (including the agenda for the workshop). The handouts were the agenda for the workshop and the slides for the presentations made by the NRC staff and the licensees at the workshop. There was no discussion of any current licensing actions under staff review for any of the above facilities.

The agenda for the workshop is at the beginning of Attachment 3. The purpose of the workshop was to have the licensees and the NRC staff discuss the following licensing topics to help each other understand the others perspective:

 NRC Work Controls

 Managing Schedules to Support Plant Activities

 NRC Fees

 Quality of Licensing Actions Submittals

 Quality and Role of NRC Safety Evaluations

 NRC Task Interface Agreements

 NRC Bulletin 2002-01 Request for Additional Information

 Safety Conscious Work Environment

 Informal Communications Between NRC and Licensees

 Submittals Associated with Security Issues

 Making Changes to Orders

 Perry Decision

 10 CFR 50.59 Revised Rule The discussion was in terms of the slides for the above topics in Attachment 2 (NRC slides) and (licensees slides).

There were seven issues identified during the workshop that the NRC and licensees staffs agreed to pursue as follow-up items. Each issue is discussed below:

1. Follow-up on the NRC Request for Additional Information (RAI) Process: The licensees stated that they wanted to better understand the RAI process followed at the NRC on the approval of information to be requested from licensees. The licensees asked if it is appropriate for the reviewer and the PM, or a higher level within NRC, to approve information being requested. As part of this action, the licensees asked what the effect is of whether the RAI was documented in an e-mail to the licensee, or formally requested in a letter to the licensee. This was assigned to the NRC.

2. Legal Status of Licensees E-mail Restriction Footer: The NRC staff pointed out that e-mails from licensees to the NRC may have an automatic footer that provides a statement similar to the following: "The information contained in this message may be privileged and/or confidential and protected from disclosure. Note that any views or opinions presented in this message are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of [the licensee]." The NRC staff stated that this causes problems with docketing information and with other activities the NRC is required to perform when information is received from licensees. The NRC staff requested that these footers not be attached to e-mails that are providing information from the licensee to the NRC. Also, the NRC staff stated that e-mails should not be used to send proprietary or confidential information on licensing actions to the NRC. This was assigned to the STARS.

3. Current Guidance on Sensitive Unclassified Homeland Security Information (SUSHI):

The licensees requested that there be guidance provided to the licensees on the identification and handling of SUSHI. The NRC staff stated that it understood that a Regulatory Information Summary involving SUSHI will be issued in the near future by the NRC. This was assigned to the NRC.

4. Spent Fuel Project Office (SFPO) Use of Office Instructions: During discussions, it was noted by the licensees that SFPO does not use the same type of office instructions used by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR). It was suggested by the licensees that the SFPOs use of guidance similar to the NRR office instructions, which are well known, would help the licensees understand what is expected of them. This was assigned to the NRC.

5. Design Basis Threat (DBT) Order More Restrictive than Interim Compensatory Measures (ICMs) in Security Plan Orders: The licensees stated that there are conflicts introduced by the security orders in that the language of the later DBT Order may be more restrictive than the earlier ICM Order. The licensees explained that they believed that this restricts their ability to implement the DBT Order without NRC providing some sort of relief from the ICM Order. This was assigned to the NRC.

6. Relaxation of Security Plan Orders per 10 CFR 50.54(p): The licensees suggested that changes should be able to be made to these Orders under 10 CFR 50.54(p)(2), in that the regulation allows for security plans to be changed without prior Commission approval if the changes do not reduce the effectiveness of the plan. Therefore, it appears that regulations provide a mechanism for the licensees to revise their security plans rather than to request a change to the Order. The NRC staff stated that the licensees would have to implement the Security Order and then may make a change that does not reduce the effectiveness of the security plan. It was also pointed out that a relaxation of a Security Order would not meet 10 CFR 50.54(p)(2). The licensees requested further clarification on the possible use of 10 CFR 50.54(p) to revise security plan requirements imposed through a Security Order. This was assigned to the NRC.

7. NRC Concerns on Implementation of Revised 10 CFR 50.59 Rule: STARS-IRAG stated that it thought the NRC staff had concerns about how licensees had implemented and were using the revised 10 CFR 50.59 rule. It is believed that a concern had been expressed by the NRC staff about the appropriateness of implementation of 10 CFR 50.59 in the discussions in February-March 2003 on the Palo Verde 50.59 modifications of its spent fuel pool crane to handle spent fuel to be transported to the site Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation. The STARS-IRAG requested that if such concerns existed that they be discussed with the licensees. This was assigned to both the NRC and the STARS.

The NRC and licensees completed their presentations and the workshop was closed.

/RA/

Jack Donohew, Senior Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-275, 50-323, 50-445, 50-446, 50-482, 50-483, 50-498, 50-499, 50-528, 50-529, and 50-530 Attachments: 1. List of Meeting Attendees

2. NRC Handout (ADAMS Accession No. ML031680606) 3 Licensees Handout (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML031680606 and ML031680621) cc w/atts: See next page

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Package No.: ML031980030 NRC Handout No.: ML031680606 NRR-106 Licensees Handout No.: ML031680621 NRR-106 ADAMS Accession No.: ML031980013

• See previous concurrence NRR-106 OFFICE PDIV-2/PM PDIV-2/LA PDIV-1/SC PDIV-2/SC NAME JDonohew EPeyton* RGramm* SDembek DATE 7/16/2003 07/14/2003 07/15/2003 7/16/03 DOCUMENT NAME: G:\PDIV-2\Stars\Summary06-10-03-workshop.stars.wpd LIST OF ATTENDEES AT WORKSHOP OF JUNE 10-11, 2003 STRATEGIC TEAMING AND RESOURCE SHARING - INTEGRATED REGULATORY AFFAIRS GROUP JUNE 10, 2003 NAME LICENSEE AFFILIATION P. Bell A-UE S. Bauer APS H. Berkow NRC/NRR/PDIV S. Dembek NRC/NRR/PDIV-2 J. Donohew NRC/NRR/PDIV-2 D. Duvigneaud NRC/NRR/PDIV-2 R. Gramm NRC/NRR/PDIV-1 D. Gregoire APS T. Grozan PG&E S. Head STPNOC B. Holderness A-UE D. Hooper STARS D. Jaffe NRC/NRR/PDIV-1 S. Ketelsen PG&E R. Kidwell TXU R. Luckett STARS F. Madden TXU G. Michael APS K. Moles WCNOC J. Morris STP W. Muilenburg WCNOC K. Petersen WCNOC M. Riggs TXU K. Schrader PG&E J. Seawright TXU D. Shafer A-UE C. Sibley WCNOC R. Slough TXU R. Stroud APS M. Thadani NRC/NRR/PDIV-1 D. Walker A-UE S. Wideman WCNOC D. Woodlan STARS B. Yates A-UE L. Yokum WCNOC S. Steen KDHE 1

LIST OF ATTENDEES AT WORKSHOP OF JUNE 10-11, 2003 STRATEGIC TEAMING AND RESOURCE SHARING - INTEGRATED REGULATORY AFFAIRS GROUP JUNE 11, 2003 NAME LICENSEE AFFILIATION P. Bell A-UE S. Bauer APS H. Berkow NRC/NRR/PDIV S. Dembek NRC/NRR/PDIV-2 J. Donohew NRC/NRR/PDIV-2 D. Duvigneaud NRC/NRR/PDIV-2 R. Gramm NRC/NRR/PDIV-1 D. Gregoire APS T. Grozan PG&E S. Head STPNOC B. Holderness A-UE D. Hooper STARS D. Jaffe NRC/NRR/PDIV-1 S. Ketelsen PG&E R. Kidwell TXU R. Luckett STARS F. Madden TXU K. Moles WCNOC J. Morris STP K. Petersen WCNOC M. Riggs TXU K. Schrader PG&E J. Seawright TXU D. Shafer A-UE C. Sibley WCNOC R. Slough TXU R. Stroud APS M. Thadani NRC/NRR/PDIV-1 D. Walker A-UE S. Wideman WCNOC D. Woodlan STARS B. Yates A-UE L. Yokum WCNOC 2

Where: NRC = Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRR = Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation PDIV-x = Project Directorate IV- Section x A-UE = Ameren Union Electric Company APS = Arizona Public Service Company PG&E = Pacific Gas and Electric Company STPNOC = STP Nuclear Operating Company TXU = TXU Energy WCNOC = Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Company STARS = Strategic Teaming and Resource Sharing IRAG = Integrated Regulatory Affairs Group STARS/NEI = STARS representative to Nuclear Energy Institute 3

NRC PRESENTATION SLIDES ADAMS Accession NO. ML031680606 ATTACHMENT 2

LICENSEES PRESENTATION SLIDES

1. The licensees slides (ADAMS Accession No. ML031680621). The first seven pages after the title page is the agenda. The remaining pages are the slides.

2. Of the seven pages that comprise the part of the presentations by the licensees on the quality and roles of safety evaluations today, there are four pages which have slides where the text is not legible. The eleven slides on these four pages are also given in a separate file (ADAMS Accession No. ML031830278) where the text is legible.

ATTACHMENT 3

Callaway Plant, Unit 1 cc:

Professional Nuclear Consulting, Inc. Mr. Rick A. Muench 19041 Raines Drive President and Chief Executive Officer Derwood, MD 20855 Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 John ONeill, Esq. Burlington, KA 66839 Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge 2300 N. Street, N.W. Mr. Dan I. Bolef, President Washington, D.C. 20037 Kay Drey, Representative Board of Directors Coalition for the Mr. Mark A. Reidmeyer, Regional Environment Regulatory Affairs Supervisor / 6267 Delmar Boulevard Regulatory Affairs University City, MO 63130 AmerenUE P.O. Box 620 Mr. Lee Fritz, Presiding Commissioner Fulton, MO 65251 Callaway County Court House 10 East Fifth Street U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Fulton, MO 65151 Resident Inspector Office 8201 NRC Road Mr. David E. Shafer Steedman, MO 65077-1302 Superintendent, Licensing Regulatory Affairs Manager, Quality Assurance AmerenUE AmerenUE P.O. Box 66149, MC 470 P.O. Box 620 St. Louis, MO 63166-6149 Fulton, MO 65251 Manager, Regulatory Affairs Manager - Electric Department AmerenUE Missouri Public Service Commission P.O. Box 620 301 W. High Fulton, MO 65251 P.O. Box 360 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Mr. Scott Clardy, Director Section for Environmental Public Health Regional Administrator, Region IV P.O. Box 570 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-4005 Mr. Garry L. Randolph Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Mr. Ronald A. Kucera Union Electric Company Deputy Director for Public Policy P.O. Box 620 Department of Natural Resources Fulton, MO 65251 P.O. Box 176 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102

Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 cc:

NRC Resident Inspector Richard F. Locke, Esq.

Diablo Canyon Power Plant Pacific Gas & Electric Company c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 7442 P.O. Box 369 San Francisco, CA 94120 Avila Beach, CA 93424 Mr. David H. Oatley, Vice President Mr. Pete Wagner and General Manager Sierra Club California Diablo Canyon Power Plant 2650 Maple Avenue P.O. Box 56 Morro Bay, CA 93442 Avila Beach, CA 93424 Ms. Nancy Culver City Editor San Luis Obispo The Tribune Mothers for Peace 3825 South Higuera Street P.O. Box 164 P.O. Box 112 Pismo Beach, CA 93448 San Luis Obispo, CA 93406-0112 Chairman Mr. Ed Bailey, Radiation Program Director San Luis Obispo County Board of Radiologic Health Branch Supervisors State Department of Health Services Room 370 P.O. Box 942732 (MS 178)

County Government Center Sacramento, CA 94234-7320 San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 Mr. James D. Boyd, Commissioner Mr. Truman Burns California Energy Commission Mr. Robert Kinosian 1516 Ninth Street (MS 31)

California Public Utilities Commission Sacramento, CA 95814 505 Van Ness, Room 4102 San Francisco, CA 94102 Mr. James R. Becker, Vice President Diablo Canyon Operations Diablo Canyon Independent Safety and Station Director Committee Diablo Canyon Power Plant ATTN: Robert R. Wellington, Esq. P.O. Box 3 Legal Counsel Avila Beach, CA 93424 857 Cass Street, Suite D Monterey, CA 93940 Mr. Gregory M. Rueger Senior Vice President, Generation and Regional Administrator, Region IV Chief Nuclear Officer U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Pacific Gas and Electric Company Harris Tower & Pavillion Diablo Canyon Power Plant 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 P.O. Box 3 Arlington, TX 76011-8064 Avila Beach, CA 93424

Palo Verde Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 cc:

Mr. Steve Olea Mr. John Taylor Arizona Corporation Commission Public Service Company of New Mexico 1200 W. Washington Street 2401 Aztec NE, MS Z110 Phoenix, AZ 85007 Albuquerque, NM 87107-4224 Douglas Kent Porter Mr. Jarlath Curran Senior Counsel Southern California Edison Company Southern California Edison Company 5000 Pacific Coast Hwy Bldg DIN Law Department, Generation Resources San Clemente, CA 92672 P.O. Box 800 Rosemead, CA 91770 Mr. Robert Henry Salt River Project Senior Resident Inspector 6504 East Thomas Road U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Scottsdale, AZ 85251 P. O. Box 40 Buckeye, AZ 85326 Terry Bassham, Esq.

General Counsel Regional Administrator, Region IV El Paso Electric Company U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 123 W. Mills Harris Tower & Pavillion El Paso, TX 79901 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-8064 Mr. John Schumann Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Chairman Southern California Public Power Authority Maricopa County Board of Supervisors P.O. Box 51111, Room 1255-C 301 W. Jefferson, 10th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90051-0100 Phoenix, AZ 85003 Brian Almon Mr. Aubrey V. Godwin, Director Public Utility Commission Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency William B. Travis Building 4814 South 40 Street P.O. Box 13326 Phoenix, AZ 85040 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701-3326 Mr. Craig K. Seaman, Director Regulatory Affairs/Nuclear Assurance Mr. Gregg R. Overbeck Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Senior Vice President, Nuclear P.O. Box 52034 Arizona Public Service Company Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034 P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034 Mr. Hector R. Puente Vice President, Power Generation El Paso Electric Company 2702 N. Third Street, Suite 3040 Phoenix, AZ 85004

Wolf Creek Generating Station cc:

Jay Silberg, Esq. Site Vice President Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation 2300 N Street, NW P.O. Box 411 Washington, D.C. 20037 Burlington, KS 66839 Regional Administrator, Region IV Superintendent Licensing U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 P.O. Box 411 Arlington, TX 76011-7005 Burlington, KS 66839 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspectors Office P.O. Box 311 8201 NRC Road Burlington, KS 66839 Steedman, MO 65077-1032 Chief Engineer, Utilities Division Mr. Rick A. Muench Kansas Corporation Commission President and Chief Executive Officer 1500 SW Arrowhead Road Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation Topeka, KS 66604-4027 P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839 Office of the Governor State of Kansas Topeka, KS 66612 Attorney General 120 S.W. 10th Avenue, 2nd Floor Topeka, KS 66612-1597 County Clerk Coffey County Courthouse 110 South 6th Street Burlington, KS 66839 Vick L. Cooper, Chief Air Operating Permit and Compliance Section Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Air and Radiation 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310 Topeka, KS 66612-1366

Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station cc:

Mr. Brian Almon Senior Resident Inspector Public Utility Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission William B. Travis Building P.O. Box 2159 P.O. Box 13326 Glen Rose, TX 76403-2159 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701-3326 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ms. Susan M. Jablonski 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Office of Permitting, Remediation Arlington, TX 76011 and Registration Texas Commission on Environmental Mr. Roger D. Walker Quality Regulatory Affairs Manager MC-122 TXU Generation Company LP P.O. Box 13087 P.O. Box 1002 Austin, TX 78711-3087 Glen Rose, TX 76043 Terry Parks, Chief Inspector George L. Edgar, Esq. Texas Department of Licensing Morgan Lewis and Regulation 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Boiler Program Washington, DC 20004 P.O. Box 12157 Austin, TX 78711 County Judge P.O. Box 851 Mr. C. Lance Terry Glen Rose, TX 76043 Senior Vice President

& Principal Nuclear Officer Environmental and Natural TXU Energy Resources Policy Director ATTN: Regulatory Affairs Office of the Governor P.O. Box 1002 P.O. Box 12428 Glen Rose, TX 76043 Austin, TX 78711-3189 Mr. Richard A. Ratliff, Chief Bureau of Radiation Control Texas Department of Health 1100 West 49th Street Austin, TX 78756-3189

South Texas, Units 1 & 2 cc:

A. H. Gutterman, Esq.

Mr. Cornelius F. OKeefe Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Senior Resident Inspector 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20004 P.O. Box 910 Bay City, TX 77414 Mr. T. J. Jordan, Vice President Engineering & Technical Services A. Ramirez/C. M. Canady STP Nuclear Operating Company City of Austin P.O. Box 289 Electric Utility Department Wadsworth, TX 77483 721 Barton Springs Road Austin, TX 78704 S. M. Head, Manager, Licensing Nuclear Quality & Licensing Department Mr. L. K. Blaylock STP Nuclear Operating Company Mr. W. C. Gunst P.O. Box 289, Mail Code: N5014 City Public Service Board Wadsworth, TX 77483 P.O. Box 1771 San Antonio, TX 78296 Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Director Mr. C. A. Johnson/A. C. Bakken P.O. Box 12428 AEP Texas Central Company Austin, TX 78711-3189 P.O. Box 289 Mail Code: N5022 Jon C. Wood Wadsworth, TX 77483 Matthews & Branscomb 112 East Pecan, Suite 1100 INPO San Antonio, TX 78205 Records Center 700 Galleria Parkway Arthur C. Tate, Director Atlanta, GA 30339-3064 Division of Compliance & Inspection Bureau of Radiation Control Regional Administrator, Region IV Texas Department of Health U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1100 West 49th Street 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Austin, TX 78756 Arlington, TX 76011 Brian Almon D. G. Tees/R. L. Balcom Public Utility Commission Texas Genco, LP William B. Travis Building P.O. Box 1700 P.O. Box 13326 Houston, TX 77251 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701-3326 Judge, Matagorda County Matagorda County Courthouse 1700 Seventh Street Bay City, TX 77414

South Texas, Units 1 & 2 Susan M. Jablonski Mr. James J. Sheppard Office of Permitting, Remediation President and Chief Executive Officer and Registration STP Nuclear Operating Company Texas Commission on South Texas Project Electric Environmental Quality Generating Station MC-122 P.O. Box 289 P.O. Box 13087 Wadsworth, TX 77483 Austin, TX 78711-3087 Mr. Terry Parks, Chief Inspector Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Boiler Division P.O. Box 12157 Austin, TX 78711 Mr. Ted Enos 4200 South Hulen Suite 630 Ft. Worth, Texas 76109