ML093490387

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

ML093490387
Person / Time
Site:	Nuclear Energy Institute, Boiling Water Reactor Owners Group, PROJ0704, PROJ0669, PROJ0700, PROJ0710, PROJ0694
Issue date:	12/17/2009
From:	Tanya Mensah NRC/NRR/DPR/PSPB
To:	Rosenberg S NRC/NRR/DPR/PSPB
Mensah T, NRR/DPR, 415-3610
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TAC MD4832
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December 17, 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

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

SUMMARY

OF THE NOVEMBER 19, 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 November 19, 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 October 22, 2009, public meeting notice available in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) as Accession No. ML092880784.

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

A.

The current status of LIC-500, Draft Revision 4 B.

Request for planned TR submittals C.

Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) interest in TRs D.

Revising completed TR reviews E.

Pilot license amendment requests in conjunction with TR reviews F.

Consolidated Line Item Improvement Process (CLIIP) - like process for TRs G.

Impact of NRC staff turnover H.

NRC metrics I.

Standard TR format J.

Future monthly TR public meetings Opening remarks were provided by Ms. Stacey Rosenberg, Branch Chief, Special Projects Branch, Division of Policy and Rulemaking (DPR), Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR).

Ms. Rosenberg 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

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. To summarize:

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: Complete. LIC-500, Revision 4, was still in concurrence at the time this public meeting occurred. At the time of issuance of this meeting summary, LIC-500, Revision 4, was issued by the NRC and is available to the public (ADAMS Accession No. ML091520370). Copies of LIC-500, Revision 4, will be made available to attendees at the next TR public meeting.

1. 2: 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: In progress. The TR Team will track data for TRs that are prioritized within each branch. The information that will be tracked to form a basis for reassessing the TR metrics will be discussed internally in more detail.

After discussion of the near-term TR priorities, Ms. Mensah provided a discussion on the following issues:

NRC Request For Planned TR Submittals Ms. Mensah informed the industry representatives that as part of its ongoing efforts to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the TR program, the NRC was seeking up-to-date information on future TR submittals for planning and budgeting purposes by December 24, 2009.

Ms. Rosenberg stated that this information would be requested in writing and that the NRC was specifically seeking a list of planned TR submittals for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010, FY2011, and FY2012 (if available), including those that will be submitted for NRC staff review, those that will be submitted for information only, and if they contain proprietary information.

Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Interest In TRs Industry representatives have previously raised concerns with the timing of ACRS-requested briefings for TRs currently under NRC staff review. Since some of the ACRS briefings for TRs were requested during the latter part of the NRC staffs review, the industry representatives expressed concerns that the briefings to the ACRS could impact the NRC staffs ability to issue a draft safety evaluation on schedule.

Ms. Mensah provided feedback during the meeting that LIC-500, Revision 4, has been revised to provide additional guidance to inform the ACRS of incoming TRs. The goal for the revision in LIC-500 is to support any requests for ACRS briefings earlier in the TR review.

S. Rosenberg Revisiting Completed TR Reviews As a topic for future consideration, the NRC staff discussed a need to develop a process to revisit completed TR reviews. Specifically, there have been several concerns raised within NRR and the Office of New Reactors, regarding the process that should be used by the staff to revisit the technical basis in completed TR reviews, when new technical or policy information is developed. Ms. Rosenberg stated that a process needs to be developed for incorporation into a future revision of LIC-500. The NRC staff, when ready, will provide a discussion of any NRC staff proposals during a future TR public meeting.

Pilot license amendment requests in conjunction with TR reviews Industry representatives asked for an update regarding the NRCs development of a process to support pilot license amendments in conjunction with TR reviews. Ms. Mensah provided feedback during the public meeting that the NRC was not prepared to proceed with developing this process until LIC-500, Revision 4, was issued.

Industry representatives provided a discussion of the following topics:

CLIIP-like process for TRs Industry representatives expressed interest in developing a CLIIP-like process that could be applied to TRs. They proposed to develop a future presentation describing this concept in more detail for NRC staff consideration.

Impact of NRC staff turnover Industry representatives expressed concern with the frequency of NRC staff turnover due to promotions, retirements, etc. They proposed that more monitoring is needed within the NRC to determine the impacts that NRC staff turnover has on the budget and on workload (i.e.,

schedule delays).

NRC Metrics Industry representatives discussed their future efforts to re-evaluate their own TR metrics. They expressed that the NRC metrics for TRs and license amendment requests should also be identical. The NRC TR Team stated that based upon the data collected as a result of the draft prioritization, the NRC may have justification to support changes to the current metrics (Yellow Ticket Item #3).

Standard TR Format In August 2009, the Pressurized Water Reactor Owners Group (PWROG) proposed a new TR format, WCAP-17100-P, Revision 0, "PRA Model for the Westinghouse Shut Down Seal." In TR WCAP-17100, the PWROG developed a TR format that was similar to the sections that currently appear in NRC safety evaluations. The goal of the PWROG was to take the first step towards standardizing the format that industry currently uses when submitting a TR. The PWROG asked if the NRC TR Team could obtain feedback from the technical leads who are reviewing

S. Rosenberg TR WCAP-17100 to determine if they found the new format useful. The TR Team will provide this input either prior to or during the next public meeting.

Future Public Meetings:

A public meeting date was not proposed during the meeting. Once a date has been confirmed, a meeting notice will be issued with additional detail.

No members of the public were present. No public meeting feedback forms were provided.

Project Nos.: 669, 689, 691, 694, and 700, 704, 710

Enclosure:

List of Attendees cc w/encl: See next pages

ML093490520 (Package);

ML092880784 (Notice);

ML093490387 (Summary)

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SUMMARY

OF THE NOVEMBER 19, 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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PUBLIC PSPB Reading File RidsNrrAdro RidsNrrDpr RidsNrrDprPspb RidsNrrPMTMensah RidsNrrDe RidsAcrsAcnwMailCT RidsOpaMail RidsNrrLADBaxley SPhilpott RidsOgcMailCenter WRuland CTucci CGratton JDonoghue McCoppin EBowman MHoncharik AMendiola GCranston RElliott TMcGinty HCruz SRosenberg WBurton TBlount GBacuta JLubinski SBurrowns External Email:

jyk@nei.org, Frederick.emerson@ge.com Gayle.elliott@areva.com Jin_chung@mnes-us.com ralvarado@mpr.com naotaka.oda@toshiba.co.jp HolderCM@westinghouse.com Sean.m.smith@lmco.com brinkmcb@westinghouse.com dennis.buschbaum@luminant.com dwcoleman@energy-northwest.com jmr@nei.org

ENCLOSURE List of Meeting Attendees for November 19, 2009 Sheryl Burrows NRC Dennis Buschbaum PWROG/Luminant Douglas Coleman BWROG/Energy Northwest Holly Cruz NRC Galye Elliott AREVA NP Jim Harrison GE-Hitachi Julie Keys NEI Anthony Mendiola NRC Tanya Mensah NRC Craig Nichols BWROG Steve Philpott NRC Stacey Rosenberg NRC

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

Mr. Anthony Pietrangelo, Senior Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer Nuclear Generation 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 Nuclear Operations 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 Mr. Chris Larsen Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer EPRI 3412 Hillview Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94304-1338 cblarsen@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 dsteinin@epri.com Mr. Neil Wilmshurst EPRI 1300 W. T. Harris Boulevard Charlotte, NC 28262-8550 nwilmshu@epri.com

4 BWR Owners= Group Project No. 691 Mr. Oscar Limpias BWROG, Executive Chairman Entergy Nuclear 1340 Echelon Parkway.

Jackson, MS 39213-8202 olimpia@entergy.com Paul J. Davison BWROG, Executive Vice Chairman Hope Creek Generating Station P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 paul.davison@pseg.com Mr. Dennis Madison Hatch Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Co.

11028 Hatch Parkway North Baxley, GA 31515-2010 drmadiso@southernco.com Mr. Richard Libra Exelon Generation Co, LLC Route 441 South Three Mile Island Middletown, PA 17057 Rick.libra@exeloncorp.com Mr. James F. Klapproth GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy M/C A50 3901 Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, NC 28401 james.klapproth@ge.com Mr. Douglas Coleman BWROG, Chairman Energy Northwest Columbia Generating Station Mail Drop PE20 P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352-0968 dwcoleman@energy-northwest.com Mr. Ted Schiffley BWROG, Vice Chairman Exelon Generation Co., LLC.

Cornerstone II at Cantera 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 frederick.schiffley@exeloncorp.com Mr. Randy C. Bunt Chairman, Regulatory Response Group Southern Nuclear Operating Company 40 Inverness Center Parkway/Bin B057 Birmingham, AL 35242 rcbunt@southernco.com Mr. Craig J. Nichols BWROG, Program Manager GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy PO Box 780 M/C F12 3901 Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, NC 28402 craig.nichols@ge.com 11/18/09

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

GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas Project No. 710 cc:

Mr. James F. Harrison GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC Vice President - Fuel Licensing P.O. Box 780, M/C A-55 Wilmington, NC 28401-0780 james.harrison@ge.com Ms. Patricia L. Campbell Vice President, Washington Regulatory Affairs GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 9th Floor Washington, DC 20004 patricia.campbell@ge.com Mr. Andrew A. Lingenfelter Vice President, Fuel Engineering Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas, LLC P.O. Box 780, M/C A-55 Wilmington, NC 28401-0780 Andy.Lingenfelter@gnf.com Edward D. Schrull GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC Vice President - Services Licensing P.O. Box 780, M/C A-51 Wilmington, NC 28401-0780 Edward.schrull@ge.com Mr. Richard E. Kingston GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC Vice President, ESBWR Licensing PO Box 780, M/C A-65 Wilmington, NC 28401-0780 rick.kingston@ge.com 08/03/09

BWRVIP Project No. 704 cc:

Randy Stark, EPRI BWRVIP Integration Manager Raj Pathania, EPRI BWRVIP Mitigation Manager Ken Wolfe, EPRI BWRVIP Repair Manager Larry Steinert, EPRI BWRVIP Electric Power Research Institute 3420 Hillview Ave.

Palo Alto, CA 94304 rstark@epri.com rpathani@epri.com kwolfe@epri.com ldsteine@contractor.epri.com Bob Geier, Technical Chairman BWRVIP Assessment Committee Exelon Corporation Cornerstone II at Cantera 4300 Winfield Rd.

Warrenville, IL 60555 robert.geier@exeloncorp.com Dennis Rickertsen, Technical Chairman BWRVIP Mitigation Committee Southern Nuclear Operating Company P. O. Box 1295 (M/S B234)

Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 ddricker@southernco.com Paul J. Davison, Executive Chairman BWRVIP Assessment Committee PSEG Nuclear, LLC Salem/Hope Creek Nuclear Station 11 Yubas Ave.

Burlington, NJ 08016 paul.davison@pseg.com Denver Atwood, Chairman BWRVIP Repair Focus Group Southern Nuclear Operating Co.

Post Office Box 1295 40 Inverness Center Parkway (M/S B031)

Birmingham, AL 35242-4809 dgatwood@southernco.com Rich Ciemiewicz, Chairman BWRVIP Inspection Focus Group Exelon Corporation 200 Exelon Way, Suite 210 (M/S KSA 2-N)

Kennett Square, PA 19349 richard.ciemiewicz@exeloncorp.com Charles J. Wirtz, Technical Chairman BWRVIP Integration Committee FirstEnergy Corp.

Perry Nuclear Power Plant (M/S A250) 10 Center Road Perry, OH 44081 cjwirtz@firstenergycorp.com Oscar Limpias, Executive Chairman BWRVIP Integration Committee Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Echelon One 1340 Echelon Parkway.

Jackson, MS 39213-8202 olimpia@entergy.com Joe Donahue BWRVIP Vice Chairman V. P., Nuclear Engineering & Services Progress Energy, Inc.

410 S. Wilmington St. (M/S PEB6)

Raleigh, NC 27601-1849 joe.w.donahue@pgnmail.com Richard Anderson BWRVIP Executive Oversight Committee Site Vice President NextEra Energy Duane Arnold Duane Arnold Energy Center 3277 DAEC Road Palo, IA 52324-9785 rich.anderson@nexteraenergy.com Robert Carter, EPRI BWRVIP Assessment Manager Jeff Landrum, EPRI BWRVIP Inspection Manager EPRI NDE Center P.O. Box 217097 1300 W. T. Harris Blvd.

Charlotte, NC 28221 bcarter@epri.com jlandrum@epri.com Dennis Madison, Executive Chairman BWRVIP Mitigation Committee Site Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Co.

Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant US Hwy 1 N Baxley, GA 31515-2010 drmadiso@southernco.com 7/21/09