ML071560470

G. Meyer Received Email from R. Webster on Conference Call on 05/24/07 Oyster Creek Operability

ML071560470
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Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	05/25/2007
From:	Webster R Rutgers Environmental Law Clinic
To:	Bellamy R, Conte R, Meyer G Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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From: "Richard Webster" crwebsterQkinoy.rutgers.edu>

To: "Glenn Meyer" <GWMQnrc.gov>, cRRB1 Qnrc.gov>, "Richard Conte" cRJCQnrc.gov>

Date: 05/25/2007 10:58: 12 AM

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Conference call on 5/24/07 Re: Oyster Creek operability Thanks for being so responsive to my concerns by convening a conference call yesterday. I would like to confirm the outcome of that call with you. My understanding of the discussion is as follows:

i) it is uncertain whether NRC staff have reviewed licensee calculations that show that the 2006 external UT results meet the local area acceptance criterion stated in calculation C-l302-187-E310-041 page 11 as criterion number 2.

ii) it is also uncertain whether NRC staff reviewed licensee calculations that show that the 2006 external UT results meet any other local area acceptance criterion (i.e. a criterion that applies to areas that are less than 0.736 inches thick, but larger than 2 inches in diameter).

iii) we agreed that the 2006 external results are of better quality than the 1992 external results.

iv) NRC does not believe there is a current operability concern. I could not understand from the call how NRC had made this determination.

v) I stated that I believed that the new information I submitted did not raise an immediate operability concern, because the most critical loadings occur during refueling. However, my conclusion is based primarily on the Sandia study, which I understand NRC may not rely upon because it is not part of the CLB. I continue to believe that the new information shows that NRC has no reasonable assurance that the plant meets the CLB.

vi) we agreed that in addition to answering my previous questions, which I reiterated in the March 30, 2007 letter, NRC staff would also advise me how NRC reached its conclusion that the external UT results complied with the local area acceptance criterion in November 2006 before the plant restarted.

If you do not agree with this summary, please let me know within the next week. Thank you for your consideration.

Richard Webster Staff Attorney Rutgers Environmental Law Clinic 123 Washington Street Newark, NJ 07102 Phone: 973-353-5695 Fax: 973-353-5537 CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL COMMUNICATIONNVORK PRODUCT This e-mail may contain privileged and confidential attorney-client communications and/or attorney work product. If you receive this e-mail inadvertently, please reply to the sender and delete all versions on

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Thank you.

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