ML090550769

Notice of Pre-Application Meeting with Palisades to Discuss Spent Fuel Criticality Amendment for Palisades Nuclear Plant

ML090550769
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	02/25/2009
From:	Mahesh Chawla Plant Licensing Branch III
To:	Lois James Plant Licensing Branch III
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TAC M30708
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 25, 2009 MEMORANDUM TO: Lois James, Branch Chief Plant Licensing Branch 111-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation L

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Division of Operating Reactor Licensing SUB,JECT: FORTHCOMING PRE-APPLICATION MEETING WITH ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. (ENO), TO DISCUSS SPENT FUEL CRITICALITY AMENDMENT FOR PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT (TAC NO. ME0708)

DATE & TIME: Thursday, March 12, 2009 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

LOCATION: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike, Room 0-3B02 Rockville, MD 20852 PURPOSE: This is a pre-application meeting between ENO and NRC staff to discuss the pending spent fuel criticality license amendment request for Palisades Nuclear Plant. Certain portions of this meeting will be closed to the public. if the information discussed is determined to be proprietary in nature.

CATEGORY 1*: This is a Category 1 meeting. The public is invited to observe this meeting and will have one or more opportunities to communicate with the NRC after the business portion, but before the meeting is adjourned. The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation to participate in this meeting, or need this meeting notice or the transcript or other information from the meeting in another format (e.g., Braille, large print),

please notify the NRC's meeting contact. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

MEETING CONTACTS: Mahesh Chawla, NRR Thomas Wengert, NRR 301-415-8371 301-415-4037 Mahesh.Chawla@nrc.gov Thomas.Wengert@nrc.gov

• Commission's Policy Statement on "Enhancing Public Participation in NRC Meetings",

(67 FR 36920) May 28, 2002

L. James -2 PARTICIPANTS: Participants from the NRC include members of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR).

NRC ENO AREVA M. Chawla, NRR L. Lahti P. Broda G. Cranston, NRR M. McKinney T. Delorey K. Wood, NRR R. Schmidt et al.

E. Wong, NRR T. Allen M. Khanna, NRR et al.

et al.

Docket No. 50-255

Enclosure:

Agenda cc w/encl: Distribution via ListServ

AGENDA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION PRE-APPLICATION MEETING WITH ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS. INC.

SPENT FUEL CRITICALITY LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST MARCH 12, 2009 TIME 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

• Introductions

• Results of Palisades BADGER testing to determine degradation of neutron absorbing material

• Credit for neutron absorbing material

• Spent fuel rack swelling model

• Burnup credit

• Methodology (including use of CASMO)

• Conservatisms/margin

• Lessons learned

• Questions and answers

• Opportunity for public comments

• Closing remarks

• Adjourn Enclosure

L. James -2 PARTICIPANTS: Participants from the NRC include members of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR).

NRC ENO AREVA M. Chawla, NRR L. Lahti P. Broda G. Cranston, NRR M. McKinney T. Delorey K. Wood, NRR R. Schmidt et al.

E. Wong, NRR T. Allen M. Khanna, NRR et al.

et al.

Docket No. 50-255

Enclosure:

Agenda cc w/encl: Distribution via ListServ DISTRIBUTION:

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TWFN Receptionist (paper)

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