ML092010119

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Email Re Request for Additional Information, Generic Letter 2004-02, Potential Impact of Debris Blockage on Emergency Recirculation During Design Basis Accidents at Pressurized-Water Reactors
ML092010119
Person / Time
Site: Callaway Ameren icon.png
Issue date: 12/18/2008
From: Thadani M
Plant Licensing Branch IV
To:
Union Electric Co
Thadani, M C, NRR/DORL/LP4, 415-1476
Shared Package
ML092010114 List:
References
GL-04-002, TAC MC4671
Download: ML092010119 (2)


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From: Thadani, Mohan Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 3:40 PM To: Internet:; Internet:

Cc: Leon Whitney; Scott, Michael; Harrison, Donnie

Subject:

FW: Callaway GL 2004-02 RAIs Attachments: Callaway RAIs.doc Importance: High Scott/Tom:

By letter dated February 29, 2008 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession Nos. ML080810491), Union Electric Company (the licensee) submitted a supplemental response to Generic Letter (GL) 2004-02, Potential Impact of Debris Blockage on Emergency Recirculation During Design Basis Accidents at Pressurized Water Reactors, for Callaway.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has reviewed the licensees submittals.

The process involved detailed review by a team of approximately 10 subject matter experts, with a focus on the review areas described in the NRCs Content Guide for Generic Letter 2004-02 Supplemental Responses (ADAMS Accession No. ML073110389). Based on these reviews, the staff has determined that additional information is needed in order to conclude that there is a reasonable assurance that GL 2004-02 has been satisfactorily addressed for Callaway. The attached document describes these requests for additional information (RAIs).

The NRC requests that the licensee respond to these RAIs within 90 days of the date of the formal letter. However, the NRC would like to receive only one response letter for all RAIs with exceptions stated below. If the licensee concludes that more than 90 days are required to respond to the RAIs, the licensee should request additional time, including a basis for why the extension is needed.

If the licensee concludes, based on its review of the RAIs, that additional corrective actions are needed for GL 2004-02, the licensee should request additional time to complete such corrective actions as needed. Criteria for such extension requests are contained in SECY-06-0078 (ADAMS Accession No. ML053620174), and examples of previous requests and approvals can be found on the NRCs sump performance website, located at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/ops-experience/pwr-sump-performance.html.

Any extension request should also include results of contingency planning that will result in near term identification and implementation of any and all modifications needed to fully address GL 2004-02. The NRC strongly suggests that the licensee discuss such plans with the staff before formally transmitting an extension request.

The exception to the above response timeline is RAI 17 in the enclosure. The NRC staff considers in-vessel downstream effects to not be fully addressed at Callaway, as well as at other pressurized water reactors. The licensee's submittal refers to draft WCAP-16793-NP, Evaluation of Long-Term Cooling Considering Particulate, Fibrous, and Chemical Debris in the Recirculating Fluid. At this time, the NRC staff has not issued a final safety evaluation (SE) for WCAP-16793.

The licensee may demonstrate that in-vessel downstream effects issues are resolved for Callaway, by showing that the licensees plant conditions are bounded by the final WCAP-16793 and the corresponding final NRC staff SE, and by addressing the conditions and limitations in the final SE. The licensee may also resolve RAI 17 by demonstrating, without reference to WCAP-16793 or the NRC staff SE, that in-vessel downstream effects have been addressed at Callaway. The specific issues raised in RAI 17 should be addressed regardless of the approach the licensee chooses to take.

The licensee should report how it has addressed the in-vessel downstream effects issue and the associated RAI referenced above within 90 days of issuance of the final NRC staff SE on WCAP-16793. The NRC staff is currently developing a Regulatory Issue Summary to inform licensees of the staffs expectations and plans regarding resolution of this remaining aspect of Generic Safety Issue 191, Assessment of Debris Accumulation on PWR Sump Performance.

Please review the attached RAI, and let me know when you would like to discuss the RAI with the NRC's subject experts for any clarifications needed on the RAI. I will setup a phoncon at mutually convenient time.

Thanks.

Mohan C Thadani Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (301) 415-1476 Mohan.Thadani@nrc.gov