ML042460645
| ML042460645 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Boiling Water Reactor Owners Group |
| Issue date: | 09/02/2004 |
| From: | Bo Pham NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD4 |
| To: | Stephen Dembek NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD4 |
| pham b m, nrr dlpm lpdiv-2, 301-415-8450 | |
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| TAC MC0931 | |
| Download: ML042460645 (5) | |
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September 2, 2004 MEMORANDUM TO: Stephen Dembek, Chief, Section 2 Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM:
Bo Pham, Project Manager, Section 2
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Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF MEETING HELD ON AUGUST 18, 2004, WITH THE BOILING WATER REACTORS OWNERS GROUP (BWROG) TO DISCUSS EXTENDED POWER UPRATES (EPUs) (TAC NO. MC0931)
On August 18, 2004, the BWROG met with the NRC staff to provide updates on industrys efforts related to BWR EPUs. The BWROG and NRC last met on this topic on March 4, 2004, during the senior management meeting between the BWROG and the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
The meeting began with a slide presentation from the BWROG, which provided a summary of the background on the topic, in particular, the staffs concern for the safe and reliable operation of BWRs at EPU conditions. The BWROG EPU Committee briefed the staff on its objectives, current efforts to assess trends and analyses with steam dryers, and results of the EPU survey that was conducted among 13 BWR plants currently operating at EPU conditions. A copy of the slide presentation is available in ADAMS (Accession No. ML042360440).
During the presentation, the staff expressed the following concerns in its questions to the BWROG:
Significant uncertainties in GE Nuclear Energy's static and dynamic analytical evaluations of steam dryers to reasonably simulate EPU conditions.
The BWROGs plans to issue EPU guidance that is more proactive than current effort.
Impact of current efforts regarding EPU, steam dryers, and flow-induced vibration on amendment requests and license renewals.
The BWROG could not verify that pipe wall-thinning rates have not increased unexpectedly under EPU conditions.
Additional means to monitor flow-induced vibration within boiling water reactor vessels.
S. Dembek At the meetings conclusion, the NRC staff thanked the BWROG for its participation. The next meeting on this topic, scheduled for August 31, 2004, will be between senior management from the NRC and the BWROG. An attendance list is provided in the attachment.
Project No. 691
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Meeting Attendees cc w/att: See next page
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ATTENDEES MEETING WITH THE BOILING WATER REACTORS OWNERS GROUP (BWROG)
AUGUST 18, 2004 BWROG J. Tuttle J. Conen S. Eldridge R. Cutsinge B. Hobbs T. Green G. Ohlemacher P. Simpson G. Paptzun D. McHugh M. Grantham A. Roderick R. Pistolas K. Putnam E. Hartwig J. Oddo J. Hosler G. Stramback C. Nichols NRC B. Pham H. Berkow D. Terao T. Scarbrough R. Caruso J. Walker A. Howe D. Skay B. Elliott L. Rossbach G. Thomas C. Wu K. Manoly OTHER A. Wyche D. Raleigh M. Knapik D. Lochbaum J. Humphries
BWR Owners Group Project No. 691 cc:
Mr. Joseph E. Conen Vice Chairman, BWR Owners Group DTE Energy - Fermi 2 200 TAC 6400 N. Dixie Highway Newport, MI 48166 Mr. J. A. Gray, Jr.
Regulatory Response Group Chairman BWR Owners Group Entergy Nuclear Northeast 440 Hamilton Avenue Mail Stop 12C White Plains, NY 10601-5029 Mr. H. Lewis Sumner Executive Chairman, BWROG Southern Nuclear Company 40 Inverness Center Parkway P.O. Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35242 Mr. William Holston Manager, Engineering Services 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 3901 Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, NC 28402 Mr. Thomas A. Green GE Nuclear Energy M/C 782 175 Curtner Avenue San Jose, CA 95125 Mr. James Meister Executive Vice Chairman, BWROG Exelon Cornerstone II at Cantera 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Mr. William A. Eaton ENTERGY P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286 Mr. Aloysius Wrape General Manager, Perform Mail Code GENPL4 Two North Ninth Street Allentown, PA 18101 Mr. Richard Libra DTE Energy Fermi 2 M/C 280 OBA 6400 North Dixie Highway Newport, MI 48166 Mr. James F. Klapproth GE Nuclear Energy M/C A-16 3901 Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, NC 28402