ML050240435
| ML050240435 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 02/01/2005 |
| From: | Fields M NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD4 |
| To: | Gramm R NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD4 |
| Fields M B ,NRR/DLPM,415-3062 | |
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| Download: ML050240435 (4) | |
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February 1, 2005 MEMORANDUM TO:
Robert A. Gramm, Chief, Section 2 Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM:
Mel Fields, Senior Project Manager, Section 2/RA/
Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF MEETING HELD ON DECEMBER 9, 2004, WITH THE PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION LICENSEE RE: DRY CASK STORAGE AND FUEL ISSUES On December 9, 2004, Arizona Public Service Company (APS), the licensee for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, met with the staff at the NRC offices in Rockville, Maryland. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss issues related to dry cask storage of spent fuel and fuel issues such as fuel performance, lead test assembly programs, and future control element assembly modifications.
The morning session was dedicated to dry cask storage issues. The licensee has loaded 22 casks and placed them on the storage pad located on site property and there has been a steady decline in dose received to personnel during the loading operations. APS stated that approval of Amendment 4 to the Certificate of Compliance for the NAC International Universal Storage System (NAC-UMS) storage cask would lower the risks associated with cask loading and would simplify other aspects of this operation. However, the schedule for staff approval of Amendment 4 will not occur early enough in 2005 to support the licensee's planned cask loading in 2005. The morning session ended with a discussion of future dry cask storage needs by the licensee. There will be a need to load high burnup fuel by 2007 and a control element assembly disposal option will also be needed. Since there is no licensed cask that can meet all the conditions established by the licensee, a contract award is anticipated to be awarded in mid-2005.
During the afternoon session, APS updated the staff on recent fuel performance, their long term fuel design strategies, the replacement program for control element assemblies, and planned licensing submittals. Details of these agenda items are explained in the meeting slides. The slides are available in ADAMS under accession numbers ML050240096 and ML050240124.
A list of attendees is attached. There were no members of the public represented at the meeting.
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Meeting Attendees cc w/att: See next page
ML050240435 NRC-001 OFFICE PDIV-2/PM PDIV-1/LA PDIV-2/SC NAME MFields:sp DBaxley RGramm DATE 1/25/05 1/25/05 2/1/05
November 2003 Palo Verde Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 cc:
Mr. Steve Olea Arizona Corporation Commission 1200 W. Washington Street Phoenix, AZ 85007 Douglas Kent Porter Senior Counsel Southern California Edison Company Law Department, Generation Resources P.O. Box 800 Rosemead, CA 91770 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 40 Buckeye, AZ 85326 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Harris Tower & Pavillion 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-8064 Chairman Maricopa County Board of Supervisors 301 W. Jefferson, 10th Floor Phoenix, AZ 85003 Mr. Aubrey V. Godwin, Director Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency 4814 South 40 Street Phoenix, AZ 85040 Mr. M. Dwayne Carnes, Director Regulatory Affairs/Nuclear Assurance Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034 Mr. Hector R. Puente Vice President, Power Generation El Paso Electric Company 310 E. Palm Lane, Suite 310 Phoenix, AZ 85004 Mr. John Taylor Public Service Company of New Mexico 2401 Aztec NE, MS Z110 Albuquerque, NM 87107-4224 Ms. Cheryl Adams Southern California Edison Company 5000 Pacific Coast Hwy Bldg DIN San Clemente, CA 92672 Mr. Robert Henry Salt River Project 6504 East Thomas Road Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Mr. Jeffrey T. Weikert Assistant General Counsel El Paso Electric Company Mail Location 167 123 W. Mills El Paso, TX 79901 Mr. John Schumann Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Southern California Public Power Authority P.O. Box 51111, Room 1255-C Los Angeles, CA 90051-0100 Brian Almon Public Utility Commission William B. Travis Building P. O. Box 13326 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701-3326 Mr. Gregg R. Overbeck Senior Vice President, Nuclear Arizona Public Service Company P. O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034
MEETING WITH PALO VERDE LICENSEE LIST OF ATTENDEES DECEMBER 9, 2004 Arizona Public Service Company Glenn Michael Bob Bandera Craig Seaman Brian Hansen NAL International Tom Dannier NRC Wayne Hodges Larry Campbell John Monninger Ray Wharton Amy Snyder Shih-Liang Wu Undine Shoop Heremy Tapp Zena Abdullahi Francis Akstulewicz Mel Fields