ML072000526

Summary of Meeting with Carolina Power & Light Company Regarding the Transition to Areva Fuel at Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2 (TAC Nos. MD4063 and 4064)

ML072000526
Person / Time
Site:	Brunswick
Issue date:	07/20/2007
From:	Stewart Bailey NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLII-2
To:	Carolina Power & Light Co
Bailey S, NRR/ADRO/DORL, 415-1321
References
TAC MD4063, TAC MD4064
Download: ML072000526 (5)

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July 20, 2007 LICENSEE: Carolina Power & Light Company FACILITY: Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2

SUMMARY

OF MEETING WITH CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY REGARDING THE TRANSITION TO AREVA FUEL AT BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. MD4063 AND 4064)

On May 23, 2007, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff held a Category 1 public meeting with representatives of Carolina Power & Light Company (CP&L, the licensee) and representatives of AREVA. The meeting was held at the offices of EXCEL Services Corporation in Rockville, Maryland. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the licensees application, submitted January 22, 2007, to change the reload fuel vendor for the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (Brunswick) from GNF-A to AREVA. Enclosed is a list of attendees. The licensee presented viewgraphs (see the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) accession number ML071990376).

To support the fuel transition, the licensees January 22, 2007, submittal proposed to add a new definition to the Brunswick Technical Specifications (TSs) and to add the AREVA topical reports to the TS list of methodologies that are approved for use in developing the core operating limits report. The licensee stated that these TS changes were required to use AREVA methodologies for core reload analyses.

In April, the NRC staff informed CP&L that, even though the AREVA topical reports have been approved, the NRC staff still reviews the application of the methodologies to the plant that is undergoing a fuel transition. In a conference call on April 25, 2007, the NRC staff and CP&L discussed the information that needed to be provided to support the NRC staffs review. The subject meeting is a follow-up to the conference call.

During the meeting, the NRC staff and CP&L discussed the types of documents that would be submitted, the types of information the NRC staff would audit either at Brunswick or at AREVAs offices in Richland, Washington, and the overall review schedule. The licensees planned submittals are described in the presentation viewgraphs.

The licensee and the NRC staff agreed that the licensees planned submittals and the NRC staffs audit schedule will allow the NRC staff to complete its review before Brunswick is scheduled to start up with AREVA fuel.

Members of the public were not in attendance. Public Meeting Feedback forms were not received.

Please direct any inquiries to me at (301) 415-1321 or snb@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Stewart N. Bailey, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-324 and 50-325

Enclosure:

List of Meeting Attendees cc w/enclosure: See next page

Carolina Power & Light Company Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Units 1 and 2 cc:

David T. Conley Mr. Robert P. Gruber Associate General Counsel II - Executive Director Legal Department Public Staff - NCUC Progress Energy Service Company, LLC 4326 Mail Service Center Post Office Box 1551 Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4326 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551 Ben Waldrep Mr. David R. Sandifer, Chairperson Director, Site Operations Brunswick County Board of Commissioners Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Post Office Box 249 Carolina Power & Light Company Bolivia, North Carolina 28422 Post Office Box 10429 Southport, North Carolina 28461-0429 Resident Inspector U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. Norman R. Holden, Mayor 8470 River Road City of Southport Southport, North Carolina 28461 201 East Moore Street Southport, North Carolina 28461 Mr. John H. ONeill, Jr.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Mr. Warren Lee 2300 N Street NW. Emergency Management Director Washington, DC 20037-1128 New Hanover County Department of Emergency Management Ms. Beverly Hall, Section Chief Post Office Box 1525 Division of Radiation Protection Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1525 N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources Mr. J. Paul Fulford 3825 Barrett Dr. Manager, Performance Evaluation and Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-7721 Regulatory Affairs PEB5 Carolina Power & Light Company Mr. Terry D. Hobbs Post Office Box 1551 Plant General Manager Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551 Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Mr. Randy C. Ivey Post Office Box 10429 Manager - Support Services Southport, North Carolina 28461-0429 Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Public Service Commission Post Office Box 10429 State of South Carolina Southport, North Carolina 28461 Post Office Drawer 11649 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Mr. James Scarola, Vice President Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Ms. Margaret A. Force Carolina Power & Light Company Assistant Attorney General Post Office Box 10429 State of North Carolina Southport, North Carolina 28461 Post Office Box 629 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602

LIST OF ATTENDEES MAY 23, 2007, MEETING U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION AND CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY REGARDING TRANSITION TO AREVA FUEL BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Tony Attard Stewart Bailey Tony Nakanishi Carolina Power & Light Eric Geyer Bill Murray John Siphers AREVA Michael Garrett Ralph Grummer Jerry Holm Enclosure

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