ML072140044

Summary of Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority on the Browns Ferry Power Uprate ACRS Presentation

ML072140044
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	08/08/2007
From:	Ellen Brown NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLII-2
To:	NRC/NRR/ADRO
Brown Eva, NRR/DORL, 415-2315
Shared Package
ML072140103	List: ML072140044
References
TAC MD5262, TAC MD5263, TAC MD5264
Download: ML072140044 (11)

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August 8, 2007 LICENSEE: Tennessee Valley Authority FACILITIES: Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3

SUMMARY

OF JULY 18, 2007, MEETING WITH TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY ON THE BROWNS FERRY POWER UPRATE ACRS PRESENTATION (TAC NOS. MD5262, MD5263, AND MD5264)

On July 18, 2007, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff conducted a Category 1 public meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA, the licensee) at NRC Headquarters, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the presentation of the results of the NRC staffs review of TVAs extended power uprate (EPU) amendment request for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN), to the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS). The meeting was open to the public. contains a list of participants.

The meeting was a discussion of how the containment overpressure portion of the submittal should be covered at the ACRS Extended Power Uprate Subcommittee meeting tentatively scheduled for February of 2008. The ACRS meeting will cover selected topics for the BFN 120-percent extended power uprates.

The participants focused on the information TVA intended to provide to the ACRS regarding the licensees request for containment overpressure. A draft presentation provided an overview of TVAs overpressure credit request. (See the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) accession number ML072150156.) The NRC staff discussed the remaining questions regarding the risk-information being reviewed in support of the deterministic evaluation. It was decided that the ACRS should be provided an in-depth discussion on how the staff treats risk assessment and a detailed discussion of the assumptions for the Appendix R scenario with regards to EPU.

The licensee also took the opportunity to put forward some questions regarding the risk-related questions provided in a request for additional information to TVA dated July 5, 2007. The cognizant NRC staff member was unavailable, so the NRC staff took an action to conduct a conference call to clarify the NRC staffs questions. It was determined that TVA and the NRC staff would meet again to discuss the scope of topics that will need to be presented to the ACRS.

A member of the public was present at the meeting. No commitments or regulatory decisions were made by the NRC staff during the meeting. No proprietary information was discussed.

/RA/

Eva A. Brown, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-2 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/enc: See next page

NRR-001 Package: ML072140103 Ltr: ML072140044 TVA Handouts: ML072150156 OFFICE LPL2-2/PM LPL2-2/LA LPL2-2/BC NAME EBrown BClayton TBoyce DATE 8/3/07 8/2/07 8/8/07 List of Attendees U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Public Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding Browns Ferry Power Uprate July 18, 2007 U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Eva Brown Steven Laur David Bessette TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY D. Tony Langley J.D. Wolcott Paul Heck PUBLIC SERVICE ENERGY GROUP NUCLEAR Paul Duke

Tennessee Valley Authority BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT cc:

Mr. Ashok S. Bhatnagar Ms. Beth A. Wetzel, Manager Senior Vice President Corporate Nuclear Licensing Nuclear Generation Development and Industry Affairs and Construction Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority 4X Blue Ridge 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Mr. William D. Crouch, Manager Mr. Preston D. Swafford Licensing and Industry Affairs Senior Vice President Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Nuclear Support Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 6A Lookout Place Decatur, AL 35609 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. Walter M. Justice II Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Interim Vice President 10833 Shaw Road Nuclear Engineering & Technical Services Athens, AL 35611-6970 Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place State Health Officer 1101 Market Street Alabama Dept. of Public Health Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 RSA Tower - Administration Suite 1552 Brian OGrady, Site Vice President P.O. Box 303017 Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Montgomery, AL 36130-3017 Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Chairman Decatur, AL 35609 Limestone County Commission 310 West Washington Street General Counsel Athens, AL 35611 Tennessee Valley Authority 6A West Tower Mr. Robert H. Bryan, Jr., General Manager 400 West Summit Hill Drive Licensing and Industry Affairs Knoxville, TN 37902 Tennessee Valley Authority 4X Blue Ridge Mr. John C. Fornicola, General Manager 1101 Market Street Nuclear Assurance Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place Mr. William R. Campbell, Jr.

1101 Market Street Chief Nuclear Officer and Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority Mr. Robert G. Jones, General Manager 6A Lookout Place Browns Ferry Site Operations 1101 Market Street Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35609