ML091200360

Summary of Category 2 Public Meeting Between NRC and Industry Representatives Regarding NRCs Topical Report Process

ML091200360
Person / Time
Site:	Nuclear Energy Institute, Boiling Water Reactor Owners Group, PROJ0669, PROJ0700, PROJ0710, PROJ0694
Issue date:	05/19/2009
From:	Tanya Mensah NRC/NRR/DPR/PSPB
To:	Rosenberg S Office of New Reactors, NRC/NRR/DPR/PSPB
Mensah T
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ML091210153	List: ML091200360
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TAC MD4832
Download: ML091200360 (12)

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May 19, 2009 MEMORANDUM TO: Stacey L. Rosenberg, Chief Special Projects Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM:

Tanya M. Mensah, Senior Project Manager /RA/

Special Projects Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

SUMMARY

OF THE APRIL 23, 2009, CATEGORY 2 PUBLIC MEETING BETWEEN THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION AND INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES REGARDING THE NRCS TOPICAL REPORT PROCESS (TAC NO. MD4832)

On April 23, 2009, a Category 2 public meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff and industry representatives at NRC headquarters to discuss issues regarding Topical Report (TR) process improvements. A list of meeting attendees is enclosed and the meeting agenda is contained in the April 23, 2009, public meeting notice available in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) as Accession No. ML090900610.

In summary, the NRC staff and industry representatives provided updates and exchanged perspectives on the following:

A.

Draft Topical Report Prioritization Scheme B.

Additional Industry Feedback on LIC-500, Draft Revision 4 C.

Future Monthly TR Public Meetings Opening remarks were provided by Mr. Tom Blount, Deputy Director, Division of Policy and Rulemaking (DPR), Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR). Mr. Blount thanked the NRC staff and industry representatives for its continued support of the monthly TR meetings.

CONTACT: Tanya M. Mensah, NRR/DPR 301-415-3610 Tanya.Mensah@nrc.gov

S. Rosenberg To open the meeting, Ms. Tanya Mensah, Senior Project Manager, provided an update to the industry representatives on the near-term priorities that were assigned to DPR. The NRC handout provides additional detail on the following items (ADAMS Accession No. ML091200330). To summarize, Ms. Mensah provided a current status for each of the following near-term priorities:

1. 1: DPR should continue its current progress on TR reviews, including its current assessment of LIC-500 by May 30, 2009.

o Current Status: On schedule. The NRC TR Team and industry representatives use the monthly TR meetings to assess and discuss recommended changes to LIC-500 (ADAMS Accession No. ML091200325). The NRC TR Team anticipates that all internal and external comments received will be tracked and resolved by May 20, 2009, to support issuance of the revised LIC-500 by May 30, 2009.

1. 2: DPR should develop a prioritization/valuation scheme for TRs, including consideration of internal and external views. A draft prioritization scheme developed with implementation plan and presented to the NRR Leadership Team (LT) by May 30, 2009.

o Current Status: On schedule. The revised LIC-500 incorporates guidance to support implementation of the prioritization scheme. Industry representatives plan to select a few TRs that have already been accepted for NRC staff review, and run them through the draft prioritization scheme to determine how the TRs rank against one another. Their input will be provided to Ms. Mensah via the NEI.

1. 3: DPR to reassess TR metrics for timeliness and resource expenditures, based on the new prioritization/valuation scheme. Provide results of metrics assessment to NRR LT for the first and second quarters following prioritization scheme implementation, but no later than January 30, 2010.

o Current Status: On hold. The NRC TR Team anticipates focusing on this recommendation once the draft prioritization scheme has been presented to the NRR LT in May 2009.

1. 4: DPR should establish a process for the assignment of a Technical Champion for the more technically challenging TRs. Include attributes for decision to have a Technical Champion in LIC-500 procedure by May 30, 2009.

o Current Status: On schedule. The technical champion process has been integrated into the revised LIC-500.

After discussion of the near-term priorities, the NRC staff and the industry representatives discussed the following issues:

S. Rosenberg Industry Feedback on LIC-500, Draft Revision 4: The industry representatives provided additional comments in its meeting handout dated April 23, 2009 (ADAMS Accession No. ML091170503). The NRC TR Team will consider the following input and provide feedback to the industry representatives during the May 2009 status call (to be scheduled).

A. Section 4.2.1 of LIC-500, Draft Revision 4: Industry representatives asked that the TR Team consider, for first-of-a-kind/complex TRs, that more than one non-fee billable meeting may be needed to support conceptual development of the TR and planning.

B. Section 4.2.1.2 of LIC-500, Draft Revision 4: Consider removing some of the language in Section 4.2.1.2 (1st paragraph) which discusses the industry interactions involving the Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF).

B. Section 4.2.10 of LIC-500, Draft Revision 4: Allow various options (as proposed in the NEI meeting handout) for the formatting of the approved version of the TR.

Future Public Meetings:

A. A status call is currently being planned for the month of May 2009.

B. A public meeting is currently being planned for the month of June 2009. A meeting notice will be issued with additional detail.

The industry handout is available in ADAMS as Accession No. ML091170503.

The NRC handouts are available in ADAMS as Accession Nos. ML091200325 and ML091200330.

Members of the public were present and provided feedback during the public comment portion of the meeting regarding:

Ensuring that the linkage between 10 CFR Part 52 and Part 50 for the TR process are consistent.

Alignment of the TR prioritization scheme with the TR acceptance review.

Process for documenting TR changes in the responses to a request for additional information.

No public meeting feedback forms were provided.

Project Nos.: 669, 689, 691, 694, and 700, 710

Enclosure:

List of Attendees cc w/encl: See next pages

ML091170503). The NRC TR Team will consider the following input and provide feedback to the industry representatives during the May 2009 status call (to be scheduled).

A. Section 4.2.1 of LIC-500, Draft Revision 4: Industry representatives asked that the TR Team consider, for first-of-a-kind/complex TRs, that more than one non-fee billable meeting may be needed to support conceptual development of the TR and planning.

B. Section 4.2.1.2 of LIC-500, Draft Revision 4: Consider removing some of the language in Section 4.2.1.2 (1st paragraph) which discusses the industry interactions involving the Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF).

C. Section 4.2.10 of LIC-500, Draft Revision 4: Allow various options (as proposed in the NEI meeting handout) for the formatting of the approved version of the TR.

Future Public Meetings:

A. A status call is currently being planned for the month of May 2009.

B. A public meeting is currently being planned for the month of June 2009. A meeting notice will be issued with additional detail.

The industry handout is available in ADAMS as Accession No. ML091170503.

The NRC handouts are available in ADAMS as Accession Nos. ML091200325 and ML091200330.

Members of the public were present and provided feedback during the public comment portion of the meeting regarding:

Ensuring that the linkage between 10 CFR Part 52 and Part 50 for the TR process are consistent.

Alignment of the TR prioritization scheme with the TR acceptance review.

Process for documenting TR changes in the responses to a request for additional information.

No public meeting feedback forms were provided.

Project Nos.: 669, 689, 691, 694, 700, and 710

Enclosure:

List of Attendees cc w/encl: See next pages ADAMS Accession No: ML091210153(Package); ML090900610 (Notice); ML091170503, ML091200325, ML091200330 (Handouts); ML091200360 (Summary) NRC-001 OFFICE PSPB/PM PSPB/LA PSPB/BC PSPB/PM NAME TMensah DBaxley (GLappert for)

SRosenberg TMensah DATE 5/ 04/09 5/07/09 5/18/09 5/19/09 Memo to Stacey L. Rosenberg from Tanya M. Mensah dated May 19, 2009

SUMMARY

OF THE APRIL 23, 2009, CATEGORY 2 PUBLIC MEETING BETWEEN THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION AND INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES REGARDING THE NRCS TOPICAL REPORT PROCESS (TAC NO. MD4832)

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List of Meeting Attendees for April 23, 2009 George Bacuta NRC Tom Blount NRC Charles Brinkman Westinghouse Dennis Buschbaum PWROG/Luminant Patricia Campbell GE Hitachi Jin Chung Mitsubishi Douglas Coleman BWROG/Energy Northwest Holly Cruz NRC Galye Elliott AREVA NP Chad Holderbaum Westinghouse/PWROG Anthony Mendiola NRC Tanya Mensah NRC Steve Philpott NRC Jeannie Rinckel NEI Stacey Rosenberg NRC Mike Schoppman NEI Ram Subbaratnam NRC ENCLOSURE

Nuclear Energy Institute Project No. 689 Electric Power Research Institute Project No. 669 cc:

Mr. Anthony Pietrangelo, Vice President Regulatory Affairs Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 arp@nei.org Mr. Jack Roe, Director Security Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 jwr@nei.org Mr. Charles B. Brinkman Washington Operations ABB-Combustion Engineering, Inc.

12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 330 Rockville, MD 20852 brinkmcb@westinghouse.com Mr. James Gresham, Manager Regulatory Compliance and Plant Licensing Westinghouse Electric Company P.O. Box 355 Pittsburgh, PA 15230-0355 greshaja@westinghouse.com Ms. Barbara Lewis Assistant Editor Platts, Principal Editorial Office 1200 G St., N.W., Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005 Barbara_lewis@platts.com Mr. Alexander Marion Vice President (Acting)

Nuclear Operations & Engineering Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 am@nei.org Mr. John Butler, Director Operations Support Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 jcb@nei.org Mr. James H. Riley, Director Engineering Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20006-3708 jhr@nei.org Mike Melton, Senior Project Manager 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 man@nei.org Mr. Chris Larsen Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer EPRI 3412 Hillview Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94304-1338 dblarsen@epri.com Mr. David J. Modeen Director, External Affairs EPRI 1300 W. T. Harris Boulevard Charlotte, NC 28262-8550 dmodeen@epri.com Dr. Sean Bushart EPRI 3412 Hillview Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94304-1338 sbushart@epri.com Mr. Kurt Edsinger EPRI 3412 Hillview Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94304-1338 kedsinge@epri.com

Mr. Ken Canavan EPRI 1300 W.T. Harris Boulevard Charlotte, NC 28262-8550 kcanavan@epri.com Mr. Greg Selby EPRI 1300 W. T. Harris Boulevard Charlotte, NC 28262-8550 gselby@epri.com Mr. David Steininger EPRI 3412 Hillview Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94304-1338 dstenin@epri.com Mr. Neil Wilmshurst EPRI 1300 W. T. Harris Boulevard Charlotte, NC 28262-8550 nwilmshu@epri.com

BWR Owners= Group Project No. 691 Mr. Doug Coleman Chairman, BWR Owners= Group Energy Northwest Columbia Generating Station Mail Drop PE20 P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352-0968 DWCOLEMAN@energy-northwest.com Mr. Richard Libra Executive Vice Chair, BWR Owners= Group Exelon Generation Co, LLC 200 Exelon Way Mail Code KSA 2-N Kennett Square, PA 19348 Rick.libra@exeloncorp.com Mr. Richard Anderson BWROG, Executive Chair FPL Energy (DAEC)

Duane Arnold Energy Center 3277 DAEC Road Palo, IA 52324 richard_l_anderson@fpl.com Mr. James F. Klapproth GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy M/C A50 3901 Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, NC 28401 james.klapproth@ge.com Mr. Joseph E. Conen Regulatory Response Group Chair BWR Owners= Group DTE Energy-Fermi 2 200 TAC 6400 N. Dixie Highway Newport, MI 48166 conenj@dteenergy.com Frederick Emerson BWROG, Project Manager Frederick.emerson@ge.com Mr. J. A. Gray, Jr.

Regulatory Response Group Vice-Chair BWR Owners= Group Entergy Nuclear Northeast 440 Hamilton Avenue Mail Stop 12C White Plains, NY 10601-5029 JGray4@entergy.com Mr. Ken A. McCall, Program Manager GE Energy M/C F12 3901 Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, NC 28401 kenneth.mccall@ge.com Mr. Tim E. Abney GE Energy M/C A-16 3901 Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, NC 28401 tim.abney@ge.com Oscar Limpias Entergy Nuclear Northeast 1340 Echelon Parkway.

Jackson, MS 39213-8202 olimpia@entergy.com Joe Donahue Progress Energy Inc.

410 S. Wilmington St.

PEB 6A Raleigh, NC 27601-1849 joe.w.donahue@pgnmail.com Paul J. Davison Hope Creek Generating Station P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 paul.davison@pseg.com Dennis Madison, Hatch Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Co.

11028 Hatch Parkway North Baxley, GA 31515-2010 drmadiso@southernco.com

PWR Owners Group Project No. 694 Westinghouse Electric Project No. 700 cc:

Mr. James A. Gresham, Manager Regulatory Compliance and Plant Licensing Westinghouse Electric Company P.O. Box 355 Pittsburgh, PA 15230-0355 greshaja@westinghouse.com

GHNE Project No. 710 cc:

Mr. George B. Stramback GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC 1989 Little Orchard Street M/C HME San Jose, CA 95125-1030 george.stramback@ge.com Mr. James F. Harrison GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC Project Manager - Fuel Licensing P.O. Box 780 M/C A45 Wilmington, NC 28401 james.harrison@ge.com Ms. Patricia L. Campbell Washington Regulatory Affairs Director GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 9th Floor Washington, DC 20004 patricia.campbell@ge.com Mr. Andrew A. Lingenfelter Manager, GNF Fuel Engineering P.O. Box 780 M/C F12 Wilmington, NC 28401 andy.lingenfelter@gnf.com Rick Kingston GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC Project Manager, Methods Licensing 3901 Castle Hayne Road PO Box 780 Wilmington, NC 28401-0780 rick.kingston@ge.com