ML062340160
| ML062340160 | |
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| Site: | PROJ0690 |
| Issue date: | 08/21/2006 |
| From: | Hoffman S NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR/RLRB |
| To: | Nuclear Energy Institute |
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| Download: ML062340160 (8) | |
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August 21, 2006 ORGANIZATION:
Nuclear Energy Institute
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF THE LICENSE RENEWAL TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL AND MEETING HELD BETWEEN THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STAFF AND THE NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE LICENSE RENEWAL TASK FORCE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff and the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)
License Renewal Task Force held a public telephone conference call and meeting on July 27, 2006, to discuss generic license renewal topics, lessons learned from the audit process, and license renewal process improvements. Enclosure 1 provides a listing of the conference call participants. contains the agenda for the conference call. A summary of the discussions follows:
- 1. Response to NEI letter re. 10 CFR 54.37(b)
NEI submitted a letter dated March 8, 2006, regarding implementation of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 54.37(b) and the applicability of the backfit rule (10 CFR 50.109) (ADAMS Accession No. ML060750262). A meeting was held on April 26, 2006 (ADAMS Accession No. ML061810299), to discuss the NEI letter and the NRC staffs position.
The staff indicated that its goal is to respond to NEIs letter by August 31, 2006.
- 2. Endorsement of severe accident mitigation alternatives (SAMA) guidance The staff summarized the discussion of the SAMA review guidance from the June 28, 2006, NEI meeting and asked if a follow-up meeting is needed. NEI responded that a follow-up meeting was not needed and that the SAMA review guidance was adequate. NEI will work to educate future applicants on lessons learned with respect to the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (Pilgrim) and Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (Vermont Yankee) license renewal applications (LRAs) and the associated requests for additional information.
- 3. Response to NEI letter on acceptance reviews This topic was discussed in the June 28, 2006, meeting between the NRC staff and NEI.
The staff agreed with the key points made in NEIs June 16, 2006, letter (ADAMS Accession No. ML061670254) and, as agreed, the summary of the June 28, 2006, meeting (ADAMS Accession No. ML062340020) will document the staffs response to NEIs letter.
- 4. Lessons learned from recent safety review audits Audits and public exit meetings were performed for the Pilgrim and Vermont Yankee LRAs.
The audits included review of scoping and screening methodology, aging management programs (AMPs), aging management reviews, and time-limited aging analyses (TLAAs).
Staff observations from these audits are as follow:
A. It is highly beneficial to make the audit question and answer data base publicly available. The public is interested in knowing what topics are being discussed between the NRC and the applicants.
B. The scope of the audit exit meetings does not appear to always be what the public expects. Members of the public wanted to hear more discussion of issues and any controversy between the NRC staff and the applicant, not just the result of the audits.
NRC will assess how it conducts these meetings in the future.
C. Applicants senior management involvement in the audits helps assure the success of the audit and the public meeting.
D. Neither the Pilgrim or Vermont Yankee LRAs contained a commitment to provide an AMP for electrical cable connections as described in XI.E6 of the Generic Aging Lessons Learned Report (NUREG-1801). The need for this program has been discussed on a generic basis in past meetings and telephone calls between the staff and NEI. NEI is preparing a position paper on this subject that will be submitted in the future.
E. Pilgrim and Vermont Yankee are the first two LRAs for which the audit team had primary responsibility for reviewing TLAAs. The staff found that this change in the process was beneficial. Through the onsite audits, the staff can better understand the original plant design calculations, including fatigue analyses and any updates or revisions.
- 5. Public participation No members of the public participated in the meeting.
/RA/
Stephen T. Hoffman, Senior Project Manager License Renewal Branch B Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Project No. 690
Enclosures:
As Stated cc w/encls: See next page
- 4. Lessons learned from recent safety review audits Audits and public exit meetings were performed for the Pilgrim and Vermont Yankee LRAs.
The audits included review of scoping and screening methodology, aging management programs (AMPs), aging management reviews, and time-limited aging analyses (TLAAs).
Staff observations from these audits are as follow:
A. It is highly beneficial to make the audit question and answer data base publicly available. The public is interested in knowing what topics are being discussed between the NRC and the applicants.
B. The scope of the audit exit meetings does not appear to always be what the public expects. Members of the public wanted to hear more discussion of issues and any controversy between the NRC staff and the applicant, not just the result of the audits.
NRC will assess how it conducts these meetings in the future.
C. Applicants senior management involvement in the audits helps assure the success of the audit and the public meeting.
D. Neither the Pilgrim or Vermont Yankee LRAs contained a commitment to provide an AMP for electrical cable connections as described in XI.E6 of the Generic Aging Lessons Learned Report (NUREG-1801). The need for this program has been discussed on a generic basis in past meetings and telephone calls between the staff and NEI. NEI is preparing a position paper on this subject that will be submitted in the future.
E. Pilgrim and Vermont Yankee are the first two LRAs for which the audit team had primary responsibility for reviewing TLAAs. The staff found that this change in the process was beneficial. Through the onsite audits, the staff can better understand the original plant design calculations, including fatigue analyses and any updates or revisions.
- 5. Public participation No members of the public participated in the meeting.
/RA/
Stephen T. Hoffman, Senior Project Manager License Renewal Branch B Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Project No. 690
Enclosures:
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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS FOR THE TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL AND MEETING HELD BETWEEN THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STAFF AND THE NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE July 27, 2006 PARTICIPANTS AFFILIATIONS P.T. Kuo U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Jacob Zimmerman NRC Louise Lund NRC Rani Franovich NRC Ken Chang NRC Stephen Hoffman NRC Linh Tran NRC Hans Ashar NRC Jim Davis NRC Robert Sun NRC Roy Matthew NRC Kiyoto Tanabe NRC Kaihwa Hsu NRC Yoira Diaz Sanabria NRC James Ross Nuclear Energy Institute Mike Detamore PPL Susquehanna John Oddo PPL Susquehanna Roger Rucker Beaver Valley Steve Dort Beaver Valley Alan Cox Entergy Eric Blocher Strategic Teaming and Resource Sharing (STARS)
Paul Crawley STARS Ken Brune Tennessee Valley Authority Chalmer Myer Southern Nuclear Company Fred Polaski Exelon Ken Albright Prairie Island Gene Eckholt Prairie Island Paul Aiken Dominion Tom Snow Dominion Joe Pairitz Monticello Kristen Mason Fort Calhoun Bill Horin Winston and Strawn Vince Zabielski Morgan Lewis Deann Raleigh LIS, Scientech ENCLOSURE 1
Teleconference Agenda Between the U.S. NRC Staff and the Nuclear Energy Institute July 27, 2006 Topic Lead
- 1. Response to NEI letter re. 10 CFR 54.37(b)
NRC
- 2. Endorsement of severe accident mitigation alternatives guidance NRC
- 3. Response to NEI letter on acceptance reviews NRC
- 4. Lessons learned from recent safety review audits NRC/NEI
- 5. Public participation All ENCLOSURE 2
NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE Project No. 690 cc:
Mr. Joe Bartell U.S. Department of Energy NE-42 Washington, DC 20585 Ms. Christine S. Salembier, Commissioner State Liaison Officer Department of Public Service 112 State St., Drawer 20 Montipelier, VT 05620-2601 Mr. James Ross Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I St., N.W., Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Mr. Frederick W. Polaski Manager License Renewal Exelon Corporation 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, PA 19348 Peter A. Mazzaferro Site Project Manager - License Renewal Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC P.O. Box 63 Lycoming, NY 13093 Mr. David Lochbaum Union of Concerned Scientists 1707 H St., NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20006-3919 Mr. Clifford I. Custer Project Manager, License Renewal FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company P.O. Box 4 Route 168 (Mail Stop SIM-2)
Shippingport, PA 15077 Mr. Paul Gunter, Director Reactor Watchdog Project Nuclear Information & Resource Service 6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite 340 Takoma Park, MD 20912 Mr. Hugh Jackson Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy &
Environment Program 215 Pennsylvania Ave., SE Washington, DC 20003 Mary Olson Nuclear Information & Resource Service Southeast Office P.O. Box 7586 Asheville, NC 28802 Talmage B. Clements Manager - License Renewal Progress Energy P.O. Box 1551 Raleigh, NC 27602 Mr. Garry G. Young Manager, License Renewal Services 1448 SR 333, N-GSB-45 Russellville, AR 72802 Patrick Burke License Renewal Project Manager Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362-9637 Robert A. Vincent Licensing Lead - License Renewal Project Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043
Summary of Meeting from Stephen Hoffman dated August 21, 2006
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF THE LICENSE RENEWAL TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL AND MEETING HELD BETWEEN THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STAFF AND THE NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE LICENSE RENEWAL TASK FORCE HARD COPY DLR R/F E-MAIL:
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