ML061000574
| ML061000574 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Brunswick  |
| Issue date: | 04/27/2006 |
| From: | Mozafari B NRC/NRR/DLPM |
| To: | Carolina Power & Light Co |
| Mozafari B, NRR/ADRO/DORL, 415-2020 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML061000574 (7) | |
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April 27, 2006 LICENSEE:
Carolina Power & Light Company FACILITY:
Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF MARCH 10, 2006, MEETING WITH CAROLINA POWER &
LIGHT COMPANY (CP&L) REGARDING THE FUEL TRANSITION PROCESS AND LICENSING SUBMITTALS FOR BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 On March 10, 2006, a Category 1 public meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), representatives of Carolina Power & Light Company (the licensee), and Framatome ANP at NRC headquarters in Rockville, Maryland. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss Progress Energys plan to change the Brunswick Unit 1 and 2 reload fuel vendor (supplier) from GNF-A to Framatome ANP (currently AREVA). The licensee requested the meeting to initiate communications regarding the transition process from Global Nuclear Fuel GE14 fuel to Framatome ANP ATRIUM-10 fuel. The meeting was open to the public as stated in the meeting notice dated February 24, 2006. A list of attendees is provided as an enclosure. The presentation viewgraphs are available in ADAMS at ML060790305.
CP&L presented an overview of the transition approach, analyses and methodology, and schedule for licensing submittals. The licensee also informed the NRC staff of its plans to upgrade the core monitoring code system (from POWERPLEX II to POWERPLEX III) prior to the fuel transition. The licensee presented plans to use a licensing approach that minimizes changes to the current licensing basis for the Brunswick Plant. CP&L stated that the fuel transition analyses will be performed using assumptions that will bound future use of an expanded operating domain (i.e., Maximum Extended Load Line Limit Analysis Plus); however, the licensee indicated that approval to use an expanded operating domain is being handled separately from the fuel transition.
CP&L identified the scope of the Technical Specification (TS) changes that will be required for the fuel transition, as well as their proposed schedule for submittal of the license amendment applications to request those TS changes. The NRC staff indicated the submittal schedule and scope appeared reasonable based on the licensee's plans to begin using the ATRIUM-10 fuel in March 2008.
The NRC staff noted that the new fuel introduction and reload analyses may not cover all of the analyses required for Extended Power Uprate (EPU) operation. The NRC staff advised the licensee to review and update all of the analyses-of-record for EPU operation based on the transition core and Framatome core, whichever is bounding. The main objective is to ensure all of the analyses required for EPU operation are performed and updated based on the Framatome fuel/core design, analytical methods, and licensing methodologies.
The attendees agreed that a subsequent pre-application working level meeting should be held once CP&L and Framatome develop further information in their fuel transition process. In addition, the NRC staff indicated that a future meeting should be scheduled to discuss in greater detail the content of a future expanded operating domain submittal.
Members of the public were not in attendance. Public Meeting Feedback forms were not received.
Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-2020, or BLM@nrc.gov.
/RA/
Brenda Mozafari, Senior Project Manager Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-324 and 50-325
Enclosure:
List of Meeting Attendees cc w/encl: See next page
ML061000574 NRR-001 OFFICE LPL2-2/PM LPL2-2/LA SBWB/BC LPL2-2/BC NAME BMozafari BClayton GCranston MMarshall DATE 4 / 19 /06 4/ 19 /06 4/ 19 /06 4 / 27 /06
LIST OF ATTENDEES Nuclear Regulatory Commission Francis Akstulewicz Zena Abdullahi Tai Huang Michelle Flanagan Brenda Mozafari Lisa Regner Carolina Power & Light Bill Murray Tom Dresser Michael Blom Lambros Lois John Siphers Eric Geyer Framatome ANP Michael Garrett Jerald Holm Enclosure
Carolina Power and Light Company Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2 cc:
Mr. James Scarola Carolina Power & Light Company Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Post Office Box 10429 Southport, North Carolina 28461-0429 David T. Conley Associate General Counsel II -
Legal Department Progress Energy Service Company, LLC Post Office Box 1551 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551 Mr. David R. Sandifer, Chairperson Brunswick County Board of Commissioners Post Office Box 249 Bolivia, North Carolina 28422 Resident Inspector U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 8470 River Road Southport, North Carolina 28461 Mr. John H. ONeill, Jr.
Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge 2300 N Street NW.
Washington, DC 20037-1128 Ms. Beverly Hall, Section Chief Division of Radiation Protection N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources 3825 Barrett Dr.
Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-7721 Mr. Ben Waldrep Plant General Manager Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Post Office Box 10429 Southport, North Carolina 28461-0429 Public Service Commission State of South Carolina Post Office Drawer 11649 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Ms. Margaret A. Force Assistant Attorney General State of North Carolina Post Office Box 629 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Mr. Robert P. Gruber Executive Director Public Staff - NCUC 4326 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4326 Mr. T. P. Cleary Director - Site Operations Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Post Office Box 10429 Southport, North Carolina 28461-0429 Mr. Norman R. Holden, Mayor City of Southport 201 East Moore Street Southport, North Carolina 28461 Mr. Warren Lee Emergency Management Director New Hanover County Department of Emergency Management Post Office Box 1525 Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1525 Mr. Chris L. Burton, Manager Performance Evaluation and Regulatory Affairs PEB 7 Progress Energy Post Office Box 1551 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551 Mr. Edward T. ONeil Manager - Support Services Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Post Office Box 10429 Southport, North Carolina 28461