ML041960267
| ML041960267 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Millstone, Surry, North Anna  |
| Issue date: | 07/09/2004 |
| From: | Hackett E NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD2 |
| To: | Christian D Virginia Electric & Power Co (VEPCO) |
| Monarque S, NRR/DLPM, 415-1544 | |
| References | |
| TAC MC2700, TAC MC2701, TAC MC2702, TAC MC2703 | |
| Download: ML041960267 (6) | |
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July 9, 2004 Mr. David A. Christian Sr. Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Virginia Electric and Power Company Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Blvd.
Glen Allen, Virginia 23060-6711
SUBJECT:
NORTH ANNA AND SURRY POWER STATIONS, UNITS 1 AND 2, AND MILLSTONE POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 - TOPICAL REPORT DOM-NAF-2, REACTOR CORE THERMAL-HYDRAULICS USING THE VIPRE-D COMPUTER CODE (TAC NOS. MC2700, MC2701, MC2702, AND MC2703)
Dear Mr. Christian:
By letter dated April 15, 2004, Virginia Electric and Power Company and Dominion Nuclear Connecticut (the licensees) submitted Topical Report DOM-NAF-2, Reactor Core Thermal-Hydraulics Using the VIPRE-D Computer Code, for the North Anna and Surry Power Stations, Units 1 and 2, and Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3. You had requested NRC staff approval of Topical Report DOM-NAF-2 in order to use the VIPRE-D thermal-hydraulics computer code to perform steady-state and departure from nucleate boiling (DNB) analyses, to analyze the deterministic and statistical DNB transients contained in the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report, and to develop the reactor core safety limits. You had developed the VIPRE-D code based on the NRC staff-approved VIPRE code. By letter dated May 1, 1986, the NRC staff approved of the VIPRE code as part of Topical Report EPRI NP-2511-CCM, VIPRE-01: A Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis Code for Reactor Cores. The NRC staff approved revision 3 of this topical report on October 30, 1993.
Based on the information provided in this submittal and discussions with your staff during a June 8, 2004, conference call, the NRC staff has determined that this topical report is an incomplete submittal and is therefore unacceptable. During this conference call, the NRC staff presented its reasons for finding this topical report to be incomplete. The NRC staff had found that the user input instructions were not clear, the topical report did not specify what transients will or will not be analyzed by the VIPRE-D code, and the topical report did not contain the adequate benchmarking cases to justify the codes capability to model the phenomena of interest of these transients. Because the VIPRE-D code is a modification of the NRC staff-approved VIPRE code, the NRC staff will need to perform a review of the same supporting analysis as was submitted for the original VIPRE code. Since your submittal did not provide the necessary information, the NRC staffs review cannot be completed. As such, you are requested to provide a superseding submittal that addresses the NRC staffs concerns, as discussed above.
This matter was discussed further in a July 1, 2004, conference call between NRC management (T. Marsh, et al.) and your management (W. Matthews, et al.). Pursuant to this discussion, the NRC staff is receptive to a meeting with your staff to discuss the NRC staffs expectations for the superseding submittal.
The NRC staff has completed its evaluation of this request; therefore, we are closing TAC Nos.
MC2700, MC2701, MC2702, and MC2703.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Edwin Hackett, Director Project Directorate II Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-280, 50-281, 50-336, 50-338, 50-339, and 50-423 cc: See next page This matter was discussed further in a July 1, 2004, conference call between NRC management (T. Marsh, et al.) and your management (W. Matthews, et al.). Pursuant to this discussion, the NRC staff is receptive to a meeting with your staff to discuss the NRC staffs expectations for the superseding submittal.
The NRC staff has completed its evaluation of this request; therefore, we are closing TAC Nos.
MC2700, MC2701, MC2702, and MC2703.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Edwin Hackett, Director Project Directorate II Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-280, 50-281, 50-336, 50-338, 50-339, and 50-423 cc: See next page Distribution PUBLIC SCoffin EDunnington (paper copy)
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Millstone Power Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3 cc:
Lillian M. Cuoco, Esquire Senior Counsel Dominion Resources Services, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Edward L. Wilds, Jr., Ph.D.
Director, Division of Radiation Department of Environmental Protection 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106-5127 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 First Selectmen Town of Waterford 15 Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. W. R. Matthews Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Charles Brinkman, Director Washington Operations Nuclear Services Westinghouse Electric Company 12300 Twinbrook Pkwy, Suite 330 Rockville, MD 20852 Senior Resident Inspector Millstone Power Station c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 513 Niantic, CT 06357 Mr. P. J. Parulis Manager - Nuclear Oversight Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. John Markowicz Co-Chair Nuclear Energy Advisory Council 9 Susan Terrace Waterford, CT 06385 Ms. Nancy Burton 147 Cross Highway Redding Ridge, CT 00870 Mr. G. D. Hicks Director - Nuclear Station Safety and Licensing Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. Evan W. Woollacott Co-Chair Nuclear Energy Advisory Council 128 Terrys Plain Road Simsbury, CT 06070 Mr. William D. Meinert Nuclear Engineer Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company P.O. Box 426 Ludlow, MA 01056 Mr. David W. Dodson Licensing Supervisor Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Roper Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385
Millstone Power Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3 cc:
Mr. S. E. Scace Assistant to the Site Vice President Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. M. J. Wilson Manager - Nuclear Training Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. A. J. Jordan, Jr.
Director - Nuclear Engineering Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. S. P. Sarver Director - Nuclear Station Operations and Maintenance Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. J. Alan Price Site Vice President Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. Chris L. Funderburk Director, Nuclear Licensing and Operations Support Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711
Mr. David A. Christian Virginia Electric and Power Company cc:
Ms. Lillian M. Cuoco, Esq.
Senior Counsel Dominion Resources Services, Inc.
Building 475, 5th Floor Rope Ferry Road Rt. 156 Waterford, Connecticut 06385 Mr. Richard H. Blount, II Site Vice President Surry Power Station Virginia Electric and Power Company 5570 Hog Island Road Surry, Virginia 23883-0315 Senior Resident Inspector Surry Power Station U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 5850 Hog Island Road Surry, Virginia 23883 Chairman Board of Supervisors of Surry County Surry County Courthouse Surry, Virginia 23683 Dr. W. T. Lough Virginia State Corporation Commission Division of Energy Regulation P. O. Box 1197 Richmond, Virginia 23218 Robert B. Strobe, M.D., M.P.H.
State Health Commissioner Office of the Commissioner Virginia Department of Health P.O. Box 2448 Richmond, Virginia 23218 Office of the Attorney General Commonwealth of Virginia 900 East Main Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 Mr. Chris L. Funderburk, Director Nuclear Licensing & Operations Support Innsbrook Technical Center Dominion Resources Services, Inc.
5000 Dominion Blvd.
Glen Allen, Virginia 23060-6711 Mr. Jack M. Davis Site Vice President North Anna Power Station Virginia Electric and Power Company P. O. Box 402 Mineral, Virginia 23117-0402 Mr. C. Lee Lintecum County Administrator Louisa County P.O. Box 160 Louisa, Virginia 23093 Old Dominion Electric Cooperative 4201 Dominion Blvd.
Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 Senior Resident Inspector North Anna Power Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1024 Haley Drive Mineral, Virginia 23117 Mr. William R. Matthews Vice President - Nuclear Operations Virginia Electric and Power Company Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, Virginia 23060-6711