ML070230095

Summary of Meeting with Tennessee Valey Authority to Discuss Various Topics Regarding TVAs Power Uprate Amendment Request for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

ML070230095
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	01/29/2007
From:	Mauricio Gutierrez NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLII-1
To:
Brown Eva, NRR/DORL, 415-2315
References
TAC MC3743, TAC MC3744, TAC MC3812, TAC MD3048
Download: ML070230095 (5)

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January 29, 2007 LICENSEE:

Tennessee Valley Authority FACILITIES:

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3

SUMMARY

OF JANUARY 4, 2007, PUBLIC MEETING WITH TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY CONCERNING THE STATUS OF BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT POWER UPRATE APPLICATIONS (TAC NOS. MC3812, MC3743, MC3744, MC3812, AND MD3048) (TS-431 AND TS-418)

On January 4, 2006, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff conducted a Category 1 public meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA, the licensee) at NRC Headquarters, Rockville, Maryland. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss various topics regarding TVAs power uprate amendment request for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN). The meeting was open to the public. Enclosure 1 contains a list of participants.

BACKGROUND By letters dated June 25 and June 28, 2004, TVA submitted amendment requests for BFN Units 1, 2, and 3. The proposed amendments would change the operating licenses to increase the maximum authorized power level to 3952 megawatts thermal. This change represents an increase of approximately 20-percent above the current maximum authorized power level for Unit 1 and 15-percent for Units 2 and 3. The proposed amendment would also change the BFN licensing bases and any associated technical specifications for containment overpressure.

SUMMARY

The meeting was a discussion of the agenda to be covered at the January 16 - 17 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Power Uprate Subcommittee Meeting. The ACRS meeting would cover the 105-percent power uprate restart and updates on selected topics for the 120-percent extended power uprate (EPU).

Members of the NRC staff questioned TVA officials with regards to how and when TVA will present new data with regards to steam dryer testing. TVA stated that a new analysis was expected on Sunday, January 7, and that a submittal would be forthcoming. A brief status of the steam dryers was to be provided at the ACRS meeting.

A discussion on the need for containment accident pressure credit followed. The licensee indicated that a broad overview of TVAs overpressure credit request would be presented. It was decided that an overview of how the NRC treats risk assessment with regards to an application like TVAs was appropriate prior to the containment accident pressure discussion.

The NRC staff noted that the fuel methodology review is still open for 120-percent EPU. An explanation of why the information is bounding and acceptable for the 105-percent power uprate would be presented at the ACRS meeting by the NRC staff. TVAs intention to submit an update to the Supplemental Reload Licensing Report for Cycle 7, Unit 1 at the end of January was also discussed. The update to the report will reflect the proposed operation at 105-percent power.

Members of the public were present at the meeting. Public Meeting Feedback forms were not received. No commitments or regulatory decisions were made by the NRC staff during the meeting. No proprietary information was discussed.

Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-2788, or [mrg3@nrc.gov].

Mauricio Gutierrez, General Engineer /RA/

Plant Licensing Branch II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296

Enclosure:

List of Participants cc w/encl: See next page

ML070230095 NRC-001 OFFICE LPL2-2/PM LPL2-2/PM LPL2-2/LA LPL2-2/BC NAME EBrown MChernoff BClayton PMilano for LRaghavan DATE 1/29/07 1/29/07 1/29/07 1/29/07 List of Attendees U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Public Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority January 4, 2006 U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Tim McGinty Martin Stutzke Richard Lobel Ralph Caruso (ACRS Staff)

John Wu Tom Scarbrough Zeynab Abdullahi Eva Brown Margaret Chernoff Lisa Regner Mauricio Gutierrez TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY Greg Storey - BWR Fuel Manager Bill Crouch - Site Licensing Manager Anthony Langley - Browns Ferry Units 2 and 3 Licensing Manager JD Walcott - TVA EPU Engineering GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY Pat Campbell PPL SUSQUEHANNA John Bartos Richard Crowthers Kevin Browning John Geosits

Mr. Karl W. Singer BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT Tennessee Valley Authority cc:

Mr. Ashok S. Bhatnagar, Senior Vice President Nuclear Operations Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Mr. Larry S. Bryant, Vice President Nuclear Engineering & Technical Services Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Brian OGrady, Site Vice President Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609 Mr. Preston D. Swafford, Senior Vice President Nuclear Support Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority ET 11A 400 West Summit Hill Drive Knoxville, TN 37902 Mr. John C. Fornicola, General Manager Nuclear Assurance Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Mr. Bruce Aukland, Plant Manager Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609 Mr. Masoud Bajestani, Vice President Browns Ferry Unit 1 Restart Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609 Mr. Robert G. Jones, General Manager Browns Ferry Site Operations Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609 Mr. Larry S. Mellen Browns Ferry Unit 1 Project Engineer Division of Reactor Projects, Branch 6 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 61 Forsyth Street, SW.

Suite 23T85 Atlanta, GA 30303-8931 Ms. Beth A. Wetzel, Manager Corporate Nuclear Licensing and Industry Affairs Tennessee Valley Authority 4X Blue Ridge 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Mr. William D. Crouch, Manager Licensing and Industry Affairs Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant 10833 Shaw Road Athens, AL 35611-6970 State Health Officer Alabama Dept. of Public Health RSA Tower - Administration Suite 1552 P.O. Box 303017 Montgomery, AL 36130-3017 Chairman Limestone County Commission 310 West Washington Street Athens, AL 35611 Mr. Robert H. Bryan, Jr., General Manager Licensing and Industry Affairs Tennessee Valley Authority 4X Blue Ridge 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801