ML060650413

Summary of Category 2 Meeting with NEI to Discuss Design-Centered Approach to Reviewing COL Applications

ML060650413
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Issue date:	03/13/2006
From:	Steven Bloom NRC/NRR/ADRA/DNRL/NRBA
To:	Nuclear Energy Institute
Bloom S D, NRR/DNRL/NRBA/415-1313
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March 13, 2006 APPLICANT: Nuclear Energy Institute

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OF THE FEBRUARY 21, 2006, CATEGORY 2 MEETING WITH NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE TO DISCUSS DESIGN-CENTERED APPROACH TO REVIEWING COMBINED LICENSE APPLICATIONS On February 21, 2006, a public meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and representatives of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), at the NRC Headquarters in Rockville, MD. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the design-centered approach to review combined license applications (COLAs). A list of meeting attendees is included as Attachment 1, and the agenda is included as Attachment 2. contains the NRC meeting handouts on the design-centered approach, and contains NEIs handouts on the industrys perspective on COLA Standardization which can be accessed through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). This system provides text and image files of NRCs public documents. The handouts mentioned above may be accessed through the ADAMS system under Accession No. ML060550097. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the handouts located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737 or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. A summary of the meeting is included below.

The NRC staff started the meeting by discussing the design-centered review approach for COLAs. The NRC staff stated that one decision is made for a specific reactor design, and that decision is promulgated from the reference COLA to all COLAs referencing the same reactor design. This approach will ensure safety, timely decisions, and effective use of resources. The approach is dependent on the applicants maximizing standardization of their COLAs. The staff and industry representatives discussed various aspects of a reference COLA, including when one would be identified and submitted, and what portions of a reference COLA would be considered standard. Industry representatives gave their presentation on industry activities and plans for COLA standardization. NEI and NRC staff discussed areas of a COLA which could be standardized along technology specific areas as well as technology neutral areas.

Members of the public were in attendance.

Please direct any inquiries concerning this meeting to Steven Bloom at 301-415-1313, or sdb1@nrc.gov.

/RA/

Steven D. Bloom, Senior Project Manager New Reactor Licensing Branch Division of New Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Attachments: 1. List of Attendees

2. Agenda

3. Design-Centered Approach Handouts (ML0060550155)

4. Industry Perspective on COLA Standardization Handouts (ML060550163) cc w/atts: See next page

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Mr. Jeffrey T. Gasser Attorney General Executive Vice President Law Department Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. 132 Judicial Building P.O. Box 1295 Atlanta, GA 30334 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 Mr. Laurence Bergen Mr. Louis B. Long Oglethorpe Power Corporation Vice President Technical Support 2100 East Exchange Place Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. P.O. Box 1349 P.O. Box 1295 Tucker, GA 30085-1349 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 Arthur H. Domby, Esquire Mr. Charles R. Pierce Troutman Sanders ESP Project Manager NationsBank Plaza P.O. Box 1295 600 Peachtree Street, NE Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 Suite 5200 Atlanta, GA 30308-2216 Mr. Thomas O. McCallum ESP Project Manager Resident Inspector P.O. Box 1295 Vogtle Plant Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 8805 River Road Waynesboro, GA 30830 Mr. Steven M. Jackson Senior Engineer - Power Supply Office of the County Commissioner Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Burke County Commission 1470 Riveredge Parkway, NW Waynesboro, GA 30830 Atlanta, GA 30328-4684 Mr. Paul Gunter Mr. Reece McAlister Director of the Reactor Watchdog Project Executive Secretary Nuclear Information & Resource Service Georgia Public Service Commission 1424 16th Street, NW, Suite 404 244 Washington St., SW Washington, DC 20036 Atlanta, GA 30334 Mr. Russell Bell Mr. Harold Reheis, Director Nuclear Energy Institute Department of Natural Resources Suite 400 205 Butler Street, SE, Suite 1252 1776 I Street, NW Atlanta, GA 30334 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Mr. Adrian Heymer Mr. James Riccio Nuclear Energy Institute Greenpeace Suite 400 702 H Street, NW, Suite 300 1776 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Ms. Patricia Campbell Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004

Mr. Robert E. Sweeney IBEX ESI 4641 Montgomery Avenue Suite 350 Bethesda, MD 20814 Ms. Vanessa E. Quinn, Chief Radiological Emergency Preparedness Section Department of Homeland Security/FEMA 500 C Street, SW Washington, DC 20472 Mr. Paul Leventhal Nuclear Control Institute 1000 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 410 Washington, DC 20036 Dr. Jack W. Roe Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20006-3708 Mr. David Lochbaum Union of Concerned Scientists 1707 H Street, NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20006-3919 Mr. Marvin Fertel Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Nuclear Energy Institute Suite 400 1776 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20006-3708 External Email:

TOMCCALL@southernco.com CRPIERCE@southernco.com

Meeting with the New Plant Oversight Committee to Discuss the Design-Centered Approach to reviewing Combined License Applications Tuesday, February 21, 2006 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

NRC Headquarters Commissioners Hearing Room Name Organization Phone Number/Email Phillip Ray NRR/DNRL/NRPB (301) 415-2972, pmr@nrc.gov Cal Reid Bechtel (301) 228-6533 George Zinke Entergy/NuStart (601) 368-5381 Mike Callahan GSI (301) 526-7606 Ray Burski Enercon (504) 909-6436 Jenny Weil McGraw-Hill (202) 383-2161 Joe Mihalcik Constellation (410) 897-5196 Mark Geckle Constellation/NPOC (410) 783-2876 Steve Bouth Bechtel (301) 228-6245 Eric Oesterle NRR/NRBA (301) 415-1365 Peter Hastings Duke (980) 373-7820 Andrea Sterdis Westinghouse (412) 374-6306 Amy Monroe SCE&G (803) 345-4106 Ann Hodgden OGC (301) 415-1587 Mauri Lemoncelli OGC (301) 415-1778 Jean Pierre Berger EDF (202) 415-1071 George Thomas NRR (301) 415-1814 Y. Gene Hsii NRR (301) 415-2877 Don Hutchings Westinghouse (412) 374-5109 Lynne Neal NEI (202) 739-8037 Kathryn Sutton Morgan Lewis (202) 739-5738 Steven Frantz Morgan Lewis (202) 739-5460 Attachment 1

Name Organization Phone Number/Email Russ Bell NEI (202) 739-8087 Chalmer Myer SNC (205) 992-6335 Al Passwater EPRI (636) 458-2322 Charles Brinkman Westinghouse (301) 881-7040 Deann Raleigh Scientech (240) 626-9556 Ryuji Zwasalei Toshiba 81-3-3457-3734 Jose Calvo NRR/DNRL (301) 415-3257 Laura Dudes NRR/DNRL (301) 415-0146 Pat Madden NRR/DNRL (301) 415-1188 Jerry Dozier NRR/DNRL (301) 415-1014 A. K. Singh Sargent and Lundy (312) 269-7517 Cristiana Ionescu Progress Energy (919) 546-2517 Mark Wetterhaan Winston and Strawn (202) 282-5703 Garry Miller Progress Energy (919) 546-6107 Jim Warren NC WARN (919) 416-5077 April Rice SCE&G (803) 345-4232 Patrick Gove Black and Veatch (913) 458-7834 Martha Shields DOE (301)903-8098 Gary Curtis TVA (423) 751-8615 Melvin Gmynek AREVA (434) 832-4348 Joe Donahue Progress Energy (919) 546-3638 Alan Levin Framatome (301) 845-1655 Al Paglia SCE&G (803) 345-4191 Richard Hill Southern Nuclear (205) 992-5156 George Strambach GE Energy - Nuclear (408) 779-2317 Alan Beard GE Energy - Nuclear (301) 208-1460 Ray Reith GE Energy - Nuclear (910) 675-6364 Steven Bloom NRR/DNRL/NRBA (301) 415-1313 Carey Fleming Constellation (410) 783-3303

Name Organization Phone Number/Email Tom McCallum SNC (205) 992-6697 Challo Pierce SNC (205) 992-7872 Joe Williams NRR/DNRL (301) 415-1470 Bruce Musico NRC/NSIR (301) 415-2310 Christian Araguas NRR/DNRL/NRBA (301) 415-3637 Jerry Wilson NRR/DNRL/NRBA (301) 415-3145 A. Hull NRC/NRR (301) 415-4095 A. Baione Parallax (301) 428-1493 Amy Cubbage NRR/DNRL/NRBA (301) 415-2875 John ONeill Pillsbury (202) 663-8148 Beth Wetzel NRC/OEDO (301) 415-1784 Julie Simpson ORNL (865) 576-8130 Bruce Bevard ORNL (865) 576-8130 Dan Barss NRR/NSIR/DPR/EPD (301) 415-2922 Gabe Taylor NRR/NRR (301) 415-1305 John Thorp NRR/DNRL/NRBA (301) 415-6584 Joe Hegner Dominion (804) 273-2770

Agenda for Public Meeting with Progress Energy Regarding Planning Related to Possible Combined License (COL) Application November 1, 2005, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Room O1G-16 1:00 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. Introductory Remarks NRC 1:10 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Design-Centered Approach NRC 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Strategies for Success NRC 3:00p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Industry Perspective on COLA Standardization NEI 3:45 Opportunity for Public Comments 4:00 p.m. Adjourn Attachment 2