ML100740716

Summary of Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) & Areva Regarding Transition to Areva Fuel

ML100740716
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	03/26/2010
From:	Stewart Bailey Plant Licensing Branch II
To:
Bailey S , NRR/ADRO/DORL, 415-1321
References
TAC ME3291
Download: ML100740716 (4)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 March 26, 2010 LICENSEE: Tennessee Valley Authority FACILITIES: Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 1

SUMMARY

OF FEBRUARY 17, 2010, MEETING REGARDING TRANSITION TO AREVA FUEL (TAC NO. ME3291)

On February 17, 2010, a public meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and representatives of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and AREVA at NRC's Church Street facility in Rockville, MD. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the TVA's plans to transition the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Unit 1 (BFN-1) to AREVA fuel and analysis methodologies. A list of attendees is provided in the enclosure.

As background, TVA submitted an application on October 23,2009, to change the BFN-1 technical specifications to support the transition to AREVA fuel. TVA provided supplemental information by letter dated November 17, 2009. The NRC requested further information by letter dated December 23, 2009. TVA responded by letter dated January 15, 2010; however, the NRC staff concluded that the additional information was incomplete. By letter dated February 2, 2010, TVA withdrew the application. The NRC staff acknowledged the withdrawal by letter dated February 25,2010.

The licensee presented information (see Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML100500476). The meeting focussed on the technical issues that led to nonacceptance of the submittal. The most significant issue was the small-break loss-of coolant-accident (SBLOCA) analysis. The analysis had not considered a single failure of automatic depressurization system (ADS) initiation. Preliminary analysis had confirmed that failure to automatically initiate ADS could be the limiting SBLOCA case. TVA discussed the root cause of the oversight, and actions going forward. TVA plans to credit operator action to manually initiate ADS, consistent with the original licensing basis for BFN. The staff asked TVA to provide justification for the operator action in the resubmittal, which is scheduled for April 2010.

No commitments or regulatory decisions were made by the NRC staff during the meeting.

No members of the public were in attendance and no feedback was received.

-2 Please direct any inquiries to Stewart Bailey at 301-415-1321, or Stewart.Bailey@nrc.gov.

~ail~~ect Plant Licensing Branch 11-2 Manager Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-259

Enclosure:

List of Attendees cc w/enclosure: Distribution via Listserv

List of Attendees U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Public Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Unit 1 Transition to AREVA Fuel and Analysis Methodologies February 17, 2010 U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION S. Bailey E. Brown G. Cranston A. Mendiola M. Panicker B. Parks P. Yarsky TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY T. Eichenberg D. Green G. Storey AREVA D. Brown M. Garrett R. Grummer D. McBurney A. Meginnis Enclosure

-2 Please direct any inquiries to Stewart Bailey at 301-415-1321, or Stewart.Bailey@nrc.gov.

IRA!

Stewart N. Bailey, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 11-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket 1\10. 50-259

Enclosure:

List of Attendees cc w/enclosure: Distribution via Listserv DISTRIBUTION:

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