ML071580627

Summary of June 5, 2007, Meeting with the Licensee to Discuss Pre-Application Issues Related to a Future Extended Power Uprate Amendment Application

ML071580627
Person / Time
Site:	Monticello
Issue date:	06/19/2007
From:	Robert Sun NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLIII-1
To:	Nuclear Management Co
tam P, NRR/ADRO/DORL, 415-1451
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ML071710328	List: ML071580627
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TAC MD5531
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June 19, 2007 LICENSEE: Nuclear Management Company FACILITY: Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant

SUMMARY

OF THE JUNE 5, 2007, MEETING WITH THE LICENSEE TO DISCUSS PRE-APPLICATION ISSUES RELATED TO A FUTURE EXTENDED POWER UPRATE AMENDMENT APPLICATION (TAC NO. MD5531)

On June 5, 2007, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff held a Category 1 public meeting with representatives of Nuclear Management Company (NMC) at EXCEL offices located at 11921 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss various programmatic, schedular, and technical aspects regarding the licensees future application for an extended power uprate (EPU) license amendment. A list of attendees is provided as Enclosure 1. The licensees handout material has been docketed and is publicly available at Accession No. ML071580606.

NMC presented a brief overview of its operational strategy, project strategy, proposed submittal format, and planned concurrent submittal process. NMC also provided a description of its steam dryer evaluation status, as well as intended Phase I and Phase II modifications. NRC staff stated that for the steam dryer evaluation, NMC should submit completed results in the EPU submittal as opposed to a work in progress.

The licensee provided a draft sample of the new NMC EPU license amendment request format to solicit NRC feedback on the report format. The NRC staffs feedback was positive. Due to its draft status, all copies were collected by the licensee prior to the end of the meeting.

The NRC staff noted the short turnaround time (about 12 months) the licensee proposed for NRC review of the EPU amendment. It appears to be shorter than previous EPU reviews and did not appear to allocate additional time for the staff's acceptance review of the initial application. Based on past experience, there is no reason to assume that the staff can adhere to the proposed Monticello EPU schedule. The staff asked the licensee to carefully consider all possible measures to save review time, and meanwhile plan for the contingency that the staffs review may not be completed within the 12-month time frame.

Before the meeting adjourned, the public was given the opportunity to communicate with the NRC staff both verbally and through the use of public meeting feedback forms. No comment or feedback was received at this time.

Please direct any inquiries to Mr. Peter Tam, NRC project manager for Monticello, at 301-415-1451, or pst@nrc.gov

/RA/

Robert Sun, General Engineer Plant Licensing Branch III-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-263

Enclosure:

List of Attendees cc w/encl: See next page

June 19, 2007 Please direct any inquiries to Mr. Peter Tam, NRC project manager for Monticello, at 301-415-1451, or pst@nrc.gov

/RA/

Robert Sun, General Engineer Plant Licensing Branch III-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-263

Enclosure:

List of Attendees cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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• Lead project manager for EPU review OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

JUNE 5, 2007, MEETING BETWEEN NRC AND NUCLEAR MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIST OF ATTENDEES MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT Name Organization

1. Tim Abney GE Hitachi Nuclear

2. Kenneth Albrecht NMC

3. Tom Alexion NRC/NRR

4. Patricia Campbell GE Hitachi Nuclear

5. Lauren Darling --

6. Theresa Darling Constellation

7. John Dosa Constellation

8. Lynne Gunderson NMC

9. Steven Hammer NMC

10. Carl Hinds GE Hitachi Nuclear

11. Diane Jackson NRC/NRR

12. Tim Kobetz NRC/NRR

13. Dan Livermore NRC/OIG

14. Kamal Manoly NRC/NRR

15. Todd Newkirk IBEW

16. Craig J. Nichols GE Hitachi Nuclear

17. Jim ODriscoll NRC/NRR

18. Robert Pettis NRC/NRR

19. Ahsan Sallman NRC/NRR

20. Carl Schulten NRC/NRR

21. Robert Sun NRC/NRR

22. Peter Tam NRC/NRR

23. Alexander Tsirigotis NRC/NRR

24. Edward Weinkam NMC

25. Allen Williams NMC

26. Cheng Wu NRC/NRR

Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant cc:

Jonathan Rogoff, Esquire Commissioner Vice President, Counsel & Secretary Minnesota Department of Commerce Nuclear Management Company, LLC 85 7th Place East, Suite 500 700 First Street St. Paul, MN 55101-2198 Hudson, WI 54016 Manager - Environmental Protection Division U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Minnesota Attorney Generals Office Resident Inspector's Office 445 Minnesota St., Suite 900 2807 W. County Road 75 St. Paul, MN 55101-2127 Monticello, MN 55362 Michael B. Sellman Manager, Nuclear Safety Assessment President and Chief Executive Officer Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street 2807 West County Road 75 Hudson, MI 54016 Monticello, MN 55362-9637 Nuclear Asset Manager Commissioner Xcel Energy, Inc.

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 414 Nicollet Mall, R.S. 8 520 Lafayette Road Minneapolis, MN 55401 St. Paul, MN 55155-4194 Douglas E. Cooper Regional Administrator, Region III Senior Vice President and Chief U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Officer Suite 210 Nuclear Management Company, LLC 2443 Warrenville Road 700 First Street Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Hudson, WI 54016 Commissioner Minnesota Department of Health 717 Delaware Street, S. E.

Minneapolis, MN 55440 Douglas M. Gruber, Auditor/Treasurer Wright County Government Center 10 NW Second Street Buffalo, MN 55313 November 2005