ML050330391

Summary of Meeting with Pacific Gas and Electric Company to Discuss the Application for the Humboldt Bay ISFSI (Tac No. L23683)

ML050330391
Person / Time
Site:	Humboldt Bay
Issue date:	02/02/2005
From:	Hall J NRC/NMSS/SFPO/SLID
To:	Bernard Thomas NRC/NMSS/SFPO
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TAC L23683
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February 2, 2005 MEMORANDUM TO: Brian Thomas, Acting Deputy Director Licensing and Inspection Directorate Spent Fuel Project Office, NMSS FROM: James R. Hall, Sr. Project Manager Licensing Section /RA/

Spent Fuel Project Office, NMSS

SUBJECT:

MEETING WITH PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY TO DISCUSS THE APPLICATION FOR THE HUMBOLDT BAY INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION (TAC NO. L23683)

On January 13, 2005, a meeting was held between representatives of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), its contractor, the Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses (CNWRA), and the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) to discuss PG&Es license application for an independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) at the Humboldt Bay site. Attachment 1 is a list of attendees. During the meeting, PG&E and the staff also discussed the review status of a requested amendment to the 10 CFR Part 50 license to support cask loading activities. The meeting was noticed on December 21, 2004.

The staff previously sent a Request for Additional Information (RAI) to PG&E concerning the ISFSI application, on July 22, 2004. During the meeting, the participants discussed the outstanding issues identified by the staff following its review of PG&Es response to the RAI, dated October 1, 2004. Attachment 2 provides a listing and status of those outstanding issues.

The meeting discussions helped to clarify the staffs position on several issues. For some of the RAIs listed in Attachment 2 (RAIs 2-12, 6-1 and 16-2), the staff indicated that no additional information from PG&E would be needed at this time. For the other issues, PG&E agreed to supplement its previous RAI response with additional or revised information to address the staffs concerns. Similar clarifications were obtained for the Part 50 amendment request.

No regulatory decisions were requested nor made during this meeting.

Docket Nos.: 72-27 and 50-133 Attachments: 1. Attendee List

2. Meeting Handout

MEMORANDUM TO: Brian Thomas, Acting Deputy Director Licensing and Inspection Directorate Spent Fuel Project Office, NMSS FROM: James R. Hall, Sr. Project Manager Licensing Section /RA/

Spent Fuel Project Office, NMSS

SUBJECT:

MEETING WITH PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY TO DISCUSS THE APPLICATION FOR THE HUMBOLDT BAY INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION (TAC NO. L23683)

On January 13, 2005, a meeting was held between representatives of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), its contractor, the Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses (CNWRA), and the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) to discuss PG&Es license application for an independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) at the Humboldt Bay site. Attachment 1 is a list of attendees. During the meeting, PG&E and the staff also discussed the review status of a requested amendment to the 10 CFR Part 50 license to support cask loading activities. The meeting was noticed on December 21, 2004.

The staff previously sent a Request for Additional Information (RAI) to PG&E concerning the ISFSI application, on July 22, 2004. During the meeting, the participants discussed the outstanding issues identified by the staff following its review of PG&Es response to the RAI, dated October 1, 2004. Attachment 2 provides a listing and status of those outstanding issues.

The meeting discussions helped to clarify the staffs position on several issues. For some of the RAIs listed in Attachment 2 (RAIs 2-12, 6-1 and 16-2), the staff indicated that no additional information from PG&E would be needed at this time. For the other issues, PG&E agreed to supplement its previous RAI response with additional or revised information to address the staffs concerns. Similar clarifications were obtained for the Part 50 amendment request.

No regulatory decisions were requested nor made during this meeting.

Docket Nos.: 72-27 and 50-133 Attachments: 1. Attendee List

2. Meeting Handout Distribution w/atts: (TAC No. L23683)

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Attachment 1 Meeting between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Pacific Gas and Electric Company on the proposed Humboldt Bay Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation January 13, 2005 ATTENDANCE LIST Name Affiliation Bob Tripathi NRC Mike Call NRC Carl Withee NRC Jorge Solis NRC Kim Hardin NRC Randy Hall NRC John Hickman NRC Claudia Craig NRC John Monninger NRC Larry Campbell NRC Geoff Hornseth NRC Mahendra Shah NRC Dennis Galvin NRC David Tang NRC Albert Wong NRC Hanry Wagage NRC Jerry Chuang NRC Jacqwan Walker NRC Cynthia Barr NRC Girija Shukla NRC Asad Chowdhury CNWRA*

Chandrika Manepally CNWRA*

Daniel Pomerening CNWRA Luis Ibarra CNWRA*

Doug Gute CNWRA Amitava Ghosh CNWRA*

John Stamatakos CNWRA**

Steve Green CNWRA*

Terry Grebel PG&E Larry Pulley PG&E Stefan Anton Holtec**

Evan Rosenbaum Holtec**

Paul Narbut Consultant/Self

• participated by videoconference

• • participated by teleconference

Attachment 2 Humboldt Bay ISFSI Review Status of Outstanding Issues RAI Number* Issue Status (date communicated to PG&E) 6-1 Thermal - heat transfer in vault; 12/21/04 concrete temperatures 7-1 Shielding - assumption on crud 12/10/04 buildup on fuel assemblies (RAI 7-3) 7-2 Shielding - GTCC waste activities, 12/10/04 TS 7-3 Shielding - Control of access to 12/10/04 public trail 11-1 RP - future HP org. structure 12/10/04 11-2 RP - rad protection services 12/10/04 11-3 RP - HP Program changes 12/10/04 11-4 RP - SAR 7.5.2 revisions 12/10/04 15-6 Accidents - Aircraft hazards analysis 12/21/04 assumptions 15-16 Accidents - volumes of liquid fuel in 12/21/04 barges

• RAI no. may not correspond to previous RAI in all cases

page 2 of 2 Humboldt Bay ISFSI Review Remaining Open Issues RAI Number Issue Status 2-12 Site Char. - Seismic design NRC and CNWRA developing staff requirements during transient basis; no additional info needed from activities PG&E at this time 5-1 Structural - MPC fuel basket spacer NRC to convey to PG&E and cell wall design 5-2 Structural - Fig. 3.3-3, sh. 3 NRC to convey to PG&E inconsistent with referenced calculations in HI-STAR 100 FSAR 5-3 Structural - Visual Nastran NRC to convey to PG&E validation; soil vs. concrete properties 5-4 Structural - SSI and amplification NRC to convey to PG&E effects 8-2 Criticality - misloading NRC to convey to PG&E considerations 16-2 Materials - use of Metamic as NRC to develop license condition neutron absorber