ML090540483

PINGP Lr - Followup RAI

ML090540483
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Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	02/23/2009
From:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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PrairieIslandNPEm Resource From: Richard Plasse Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 8:00 AM To: Vincent, Robert; Eckholt, Gene F.

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Followup RAI Attachments: PINGP RAI AMR#2 LETTER.doc 1

Hearing Identifier: Prairie_Island_NonPublic Email Number: 743 Mail Envelope Properties (Richard.Plasse@nrc.gov20090223080000)

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Followup RAI Sent Date: 2/23/2009 8:00:00 AM Received Date: 2/23/2009 8:00:00 AM From: Richard Plasse Created By: Richard.Plasse@nrc.gov Recipients:

"Vincent, Robert" <Robert.Vincent@xenuclear.com>

Tracking Status: None "Eckholt, Gene F." <Gene.Eckholt@xenuclear.com>

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Recipients Received:

February 20, 2009 Mr. Michael D. Wadley Site Vice President Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 Northern States Power Company, Minnesota 1717 Wakonade Drive East Welch, MN 55089

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE REVIEW OF THE PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT, UNITS 1 & 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC Nos. MD8513 AND MD8514)

Dear Mr. Wadley:

By letter dated April 11, 2008, Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC), now known as Northern States Power Company, Minnesota (NSPM), submitted an application pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54) to renew the operating license for Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2, for review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff). The staff is reviewing the information contained in the license renewal application and has identified, in the enclosure, areas where additional information is needed to complete the review. Further requests for additional information may be issued in the future.

Items in the enclosure were discussed with Gene Eckholt, of your staff, and a mutually agreeable date for the response is within 30 days from the date of this letter. If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-1427 or e-mail Richard.Plasse@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Richard Plasse, Project Manager Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-282 and 50-306

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: See next page

February 20, 2009 Mr. Michael D. Wadley Site Vice President Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 Northern States Power Company, Minnesota 1717 Wakonade Drive East Welch, MN 55089

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE REVIEW OF THE PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT, UNITS 1 & 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC Nos. MD8513 AND MD8514)

Dear Mr. Wadley:

By letter dated April 11, 2008, Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC), now known as Northern States Power Company, Minnesota (NSPM), submitted an application pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54) to renew the operating license for Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 for review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff). The staff is reviewing the information contained in the license renewal application and has identified, in the enclosure, areas where additional information is needed to complete the review. Further requests for additional information may be issued in the future.

Items in the enclosure were discussed with Gene Eckholt, of your staff, and a mutually agreeable date for the response is within 30 days from the date of this letter. If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-1427 or e-mail Richard.Plasse@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Richard Plasse, Project Manager Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-282 and 50-306

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: See next page ADAMs Accession Number: ML090340684 OFFICE LA:DLR PM:RPB2:DLR BC:RPB2:DLR NAME SFigueroa RAPlasse DWrona DATE 02/4/09 02/18/09 02/20/09 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

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SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE REVIEW OF THE PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT, UNITS 1 & 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NOS. MD8513 AND MD8514)

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Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 cc:

Peter M. Glass Dennis L. Koehl Assistant General Counsel Chief Nuclear Officer Xcel Energy Services, Inc. Northern States Power Company, 414 Nicollet Mall (MP4) Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55401 414 Nicollet Mall (MP4)

Minneapolis, MN 55401 Manager, Regulatory Affairs Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Joel P. Sorenson Northern States Power Company, Director, Site Operations Minnesota Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant 1717 Wakonade Drive East Northern States Power Company, Welch, MN 55089 Minnesota 1717 Wakonade Drive East Manager - Environmental Protection Welch, MN 55089 Division Minnesota Attorney General=s Office 445 Minnesota St., Suite 900 St. Paul, MN 55101-2127 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspector's Office 1719 Wakonade Drive East Welch, MN 55089-9642 Administrator Goodhue County Courthouse Box 408 Red Wing, MN 55066-0408 Commissioner Minnesota Department of Commerce 85 7th Place East, Suite 500 St. Paul, MN 55101-2198 Tribal Council Prairie Island Indian Community ATTN: Environmental Department 5636 Sturgeon Lake Road Welch, MN 55089 Charles R. Bomberger Vice President Nuclear Projects 414 Nicollet Mall, (MP4)

Minneapolis, MN 55401

Request for Additional Information (RAI) 4.3.1-1 The Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant (PINGP) metal fatigue of reactor coolant pressure boundary management program relies on transient cycle monitoring to evaluate the fatigue usage described in the license renewal application. This approach tracks the number of occurrences of significant thermal and pressure transients (significant events) and compares the cumulative cycles, projected to cover the renewal period, against the number of design cycles specified in the design specifications. The projected cycles are then used to evaluate the total cumulative usage factor (CUF) which covers the period of extended operation. For this approach to work, none of the significant events tracked should produce stresses greater than those that would be produced by the design transients. That is, the P-T (Pressure and Temperature) characteristics, including their values, ranges, and rates, all must be bounded within those defined in the design specifications.

(a) Please describe the procedures that PINGP has been using for tracking thermal activities so the staff can confirm that the PINGP aging management program will ensure that P-T characteristics, including their values, ranges, and rates remain bounded within the range defined in the design specifications during the renewed license term.

(b) Please provide a histogram (cycle accumulating charts) of heatup transient history, and a histogram for the cooldown transient as well.

RAI 3.3.2.9-2 In License Renewal Application (LRA) Table 3.3.2-9, page 3.3-198, 199 and 200, fire protection system, for copper alloy heat exchanger components and heat exchanger tubes in an internal environment of raw water, PINGP has credited the Fire Water System Program to manage the aging effects loss of material and heat transfer degradation. These lines reference footnote E, and NUREG-1801, Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report, Revision 1, item VII.C1-3.

The GALL Report item recommends AMP XI.M20, Open-Cycle Cooling Water Program to manage these aging effects for heat exchangers. The GALL AMP recommends chemical treatment whenever the potential for biofouling species exists as part of the preventive actions and a test program to verify heat transfer capabilities.

Please justify why Open-Cycle Cooling Water System Program is not used.

ENCLOSURE