ML052230323
| ML052230323 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Monticello  |
| Issue date: | 08/11/2005 |
| From: | Daniel Merzke NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| To: | |
| Merzke, D., NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-3777 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML052230323 (6) | |
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August 11, 2005 LICENSEE:
Nuclear Management Company, LLC FACILITY:
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF A TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL HELD ON AUGUST 4, 2005, BETWEEN THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC)
AND NUCLEAR MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC, CONCERNING INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff (the staff) and representatives of Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC) held a telephone conference on August 4, 2005, to discuss and clarify the applicants response to a question raised during the Aging Management Program (AMP) audit concerning the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant license renewal application. The conference call was useful in clarifying the intent of the staffs question. On the basis of the discussion, the staff plans to submit a formal RAI, and the applicant plans to submit a written response. provides a listing of the meeting participants. Enclosure 2 contains the RAI, including a brief description of its status.
The applicant had an opportunity to comment on this summary.
/RA/
Daniel J. Merzke, Project Manager License Renewal Section A License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No.: 50-263
Enclosures:
As stated cc w/encls: See next page
DOCUMENT NAME: E:\\Filenet\\ML052230323.wpd OFFICE PM:RLEP LA:RLEP SC:RLEP NAME DMerzke MJenkins SLee DATE 08/10/05 08/10/05 08/11/05
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant cc:
Jonathan Rogoff, Esquire Vice President, Counsel & Secretary Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspector's Office 2807 W. County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362 Manager, Regulatory Affairs Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362-9637 Robert Nelson, President Minnesota Environmental Control Citizens Association (MECCA) 1051 South McKnight Road St. Paul, MN 55119 Commissioner Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 520 Lafayette Road St. Paul, MN 55155-4194 Regional Administrator, Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Commissioner Minnesota Department of Health 717 Delaware Street, S. E.
Minneapolis, MN 55440 Douglas M. Gruber, Auditor/Treasurer Wright County Government Center 10 NW Second Street Buffalo, MN 55313 Commissioner Minnesota Department of Commerce 85 7th Place East, Suite 500 St. Paul, MN 55101-2198 Manager - Environmental Protection Division Minnesota Attorney Generals Office 445 Minnesota St., Suite 900 St. Paul, MN 55101-2127 John Paul Cowan Executive Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 Nuclear Asset Manager Xcel Energy, Inc.
414 Nicollet Mall, R.S. 8 Minneapolis, MN 55401 Mr. James Ross Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Patrick Burke License Renewal Project Manager Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362-9637 Mr. Douglas F. Johnson Director, Plant Life Cycle Issues Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016
DISTRIBUTION: Note to NMC, re: Summary of telecon held 8/4/2005, Dated: August 11, 2005 ADAMS Accession No.: ML052230323 HARD COPY RLEP RF E-MAIL:
RidsNrrDrip RidsNrrDe G. Bagchi K. Manoly W. Bateman J. Calvo R. Jenkins J. Fair RidsNrrDssa RidsNrrDipm D. Thatcher R. Pettis G. Galletti C. Li K. Winsberg (RidsOgcMailCenter)
R. Weisman M. Mayfield A. Murphy S. Smith (srs3)
S. Duraiswamy Y. L. (Renee) Li RLEP Staff L. Raghavan L. Padovan A. Stone, RIII B. Burgess, RIII P. Lougheed, RIII R. Orlikowski, RIII T. Mensah OPA LIST OF PARTICIPANTS FOR TELEPHONE CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS THE MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION AUGUST 4, 2005 Participants Affiliations Daniel Merzke U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Peter Wen NRC Greg Cranston NRC Mark Lintz NRC Bob Jackson Advanced Technologies and Laboratories International, Inc. (ATL)
Joe Pairitz Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC)
Bill OBrien NMC Madalin OBrien NMC Scott Tradup NMC Dave Musolf NMC Jim Rootes NMC Rick Deopere NMC DRAFT REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (D-RAI)
MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION AUGUST 4, 2005 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff (the staff) and representatives of Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC) held a telephone conference call on August 4, 2005, to discuss and clarify the applicants response to a question raised during the Aging Management Program (AMP) audit concerning the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant license renewal application. The following D-RAI was discussed during the telephone conference call.
D-RAI B2.1.2-1 In lieu of the ASME Section XI examination requirements described in the GALL Report for the Reactor Vessel Stabilizer Bracket attachment welds (Examination Category B-K for welded attachments for vessels, piping pumps and valves), MNGPs current relief request allows visual examination of the accessible areas of those welds to provide adequate aging management during the extended period of operation. The NRC staff considers this an exception to the GALL Report for the ASME Section XI In-Service Inspection, Subsection IWB, IWC, and IWD Program. MNGP completed a VT-3 examination of the accessible areas of those welds during the 2005 refueling outage with no reportable indications recorded.
To support the NRC staff evaluation, the applicant is requested to describe details of the type of weld that is used for this attachment. Describe applicable examination requirements at the time of vessel manufacture (when the attachments were welded to the vessel) and, if readily available, provide applicable examination results. Describe inspections or examinations, if any, of the welds that have been performed since initial start-up of the plant, including the inspection or examination methodology and available results. Describe stressors (or absence thereof) that are experienced by the welds (e.g., mechanical or thermal forces, fatigue) during normal operation, and state, based on MNGPs operating history, whether the welds have experienced stressors different from the normal operating stressors. Provide a summary of industry operating experience, to the extent known by the applicant, that is related to failures or indicated defects in similar welds or to successful examination of similar welds. Provide any other additional information that MNGP considers appropriate for the NRC staff to consider in its evaluation of this proposed exception to the GALL Reports description for the ASME Section XI ISI, Subsection IWB, IWC, and IWD AMP.
Discussion: The applicant indicated that the question is clear. This D-RAI will be sent as a formal RAI.