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Public Meeting Summary - Regulatory & Pre-Decision Enforcement Conference Mtg. - Turkey Point Unit 3, 05000250
ML101170041
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Issue date: 04/27/2010
From: Marvin Sykes
NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB3
To: Nazar M
Florida Power & Light Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 April 27, 2010 Mr. Mano Nazar Executive Vice President Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer Florida Power and Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420

SUBJECT:

PUBLIC MEETING

SUMMARY

- CATEGORY ONE - REGULATORY AND PRE-DECISIONAL ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE MEETING -

TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR UNIT 3, DOCKET NO. 05000250

Dear Mr. Nazar:

This refers to the Regulatory and Pre-Decisional Enforcement Conference meeting conducted at your request at the Region II Office in Atlanta, Georgia on April 14, 2010. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss degradation of Turkey Point Unit 3 Boraflex spent fuel pool storage racks. Enclosed are a list of attendees and FPL=s presentation slides.

The discussions focused on the following topics: (1) The Apparent Violations; (2) The Turkey Point Unit 3 Spent Fuel Pool (SFP) and Boraflex Management Program; and (3) FPLs conclusions regarding the Apparent Violations associated with Boraflex degradation identified in the Turkey Point Unit 3 Spent Fuel Pool. During the conference, Florida Power and Light Company (FPL) agreed that the following violations of NRC requirements occurred: (1) Failure to comply with Technical Specifications (TS) 5.5.1.1.a requirements; (2) Failure to update the UFSAR in accordance with 10 CFR 50.71(e); and (3) Failure to make notification to the NRC in accordance with requirements of 10 CFR 50.73.

Although FPL agreed that a violation of TS 5.5.1.1.a requirements did occur, they respectfully disagreed that a violation of 10 CFR 50.68(b)(4) occurred because they believe that Keff for the SFP storage racks was always maintained within requirements under all conditions specified in 10 CFR 50.68. With regard to the 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, Criterion XVI violation, FPL respectfully disagreed with the violation as written. FPL stated that the SFP storage cells described in the Criterion XVI violation summary had degraded below the administrative limit, not the design limit as described in the violation summary. FPL also respectfully disagreed that a violation of 10 CFR 50.59 occurred because they believe that the inability to implement License Amendment Request 234 that credited Metamic inserts, did not constitute a proposed change, test or experiment within the context of 10 CFR 50.59. FPL believed that they were following the guidance currently described in Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2005-20 with respect to the Boraflex degradation and resulting compensatory measures.

FP&L 2 Several technical questions were raised to the licensee during the meeting by the NRC. The licensee committed to provide the following additional technical information to the NRC to answer questions needing further explanation: (1) A copy of the 10 CFR 50.59 review performed for the compensatory measures implemented in the Unit 3 SFP; (2) A copy of the analysis performed that concluded that the most reactive fuel assembly available could be safely placed in the most degraded cell, without credit for either soluble boron or interim compensatory measures, and Keff would be maintained less than 1.0; (3) Copies of NETCO reports for the three BADGER testing campaigns performed in the Unit 3 SFP; (4) Explanation of the statements in FPL Letter L-2001-115 that concluded that the areal density of a measured panel was 0.004 gms-B10/cm2; (5) Documentation explaining how the uncertainty associated with RACKLIFE and BADGER testing is handled consistent with the requirement to determine Keff with a 95% probability and 95% confidence level. The results of NRC=s review and decision will be discussed in NRC Inspection Report 05000250/2010009.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). Should you have any questions concerning this meeting, please contact me at (404) 997-4629.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Marvin D. Sykes, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 3 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No.: 50-250 License No: DPR-31

Enclosures:

1. List of Attendees
2. Licensee=s Presentation Slides
3. Licensees Criticality Analysis of Worst Degraded Storage Cell
4. Licensees Description of Racklife Prediction and Badger Testing Uncertainties
5. NETCO Results
6. 50.59 Analysis
7. Explanation of the Reported Areal Densities in FPL Letter L-2001-115 cc w/encl. (See page 3)

_________________________ X SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE OFFICE RII:DRP RII:DRP RII:DRP SIGNATURE SON SNinh MDS NAME SNinh NSmith MSykes DATE 04/26/2010 04/26/2010 04/26/2010 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO

FP&L 3 cc w/encl: William A. Passetti Alison Brown Chief Nuclear Licensing Florida Bureau of Radiation Control Florida Power & Light Company Department of Health Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Larry Nicholson Ruben D. Almaguer Director Director Licensing Division of Emergency Preparedness Florida Power & Light Company Department of Community Affairs Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Michael Kiley Mano Nazar Site Vice President Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Officer Florida Power and Light Company Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution P. O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408 Niel Batista Emergency Management Coordinator Senior Resident Inspector Department of Emergency Management Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station and Homeland Security U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Electronic Mail Distribution 9760 SW 344th St.

Florida City, FL 33035 Robert J. Tomonto Licensing Manager Attorney General Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Department of Legal Affairs Florida Power & Light Company The Capitol PL-01 Electronic Mail Distribution Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050 Paul Rubin Mike A. Shehadeh, P.E.

Plant General Manager City Manager Turkey Point Nuclear Plant City of Homestead Florida Power and Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution County Manager of Miami-Dade County Mitch S. Ross 111 NW 1st Street, 29th Floor Vice President and Associate General Miami, FL 33128 Counsel Florida Power & Light Company Gene St. Pierre Electronic Mail Distribution Vice President, Fleet Support Florida Power & Light Company Marjan Mashhadi Electronic Mail Distribution Senior Attorney Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

FP&L 4 Letter to Mano Nazar from Marvin D. Sykes dated April 27, 2010

SUBJECT:

PUBLIC MEETING

SUMMARY

- CATEGORY ONE - REGULATORY AND PRE-DECISION ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE MEETING - TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR UNIT 3, DOCKET NO. 05000250 Distribution w/encl:

C. Evans, RII EICS L. Slack, RII EICS OE Mail RIDSNRRDIRS PUBLIC RidsNrrPMTurkeyPoint Resource

LIST OF ATTENDEES Nuclear Regulatory Commission V. McCree, Deputy Regional Administrator - Operations, RII L. Wert, Director, Division of Reactor Projects (DRP), RII M. Sykes, Chief, DRP Branch 3, RII C. Evans, Enforcement Officer/Regional Counsel, RII S. Sparks, Senior Enforcement Specialist, RII M. Checkle, Allegations Coordinator, RII S. Ninh, Senior Project Engineer, DRP Branch 3, RII N. Smith, Project Engineer, DRP Branch 3, RII J. Giessner, Chief, DRP Branch 4, RIII K. Wood, Reactor Systems Engineer, Reactor Systems Branch, NRR A. Ulses, Chief, Reactor Systems Branch, NRR E. Wong, Chemical Engineer, SG Tube Integrity & Chem Eng Branch, NRR M. Yoder, Sr. Chemical Engineer, SG Tube Integrity & Chem Eng Branch, NRR G. Bowman, Senior Enforcement Specialist, OE Florida Power and Light Company G. St. Pierre, Vice President, Fleet Organizational Support M. Kiley, Site Vice President, Turkey Point L. Nicholson, Director of Licensing R. Tomonto, Licensing Manager, Turkey Point C. OFarrill, Nuclear Fuel Engineering Manager J. Laffrey, Senior Licensing Engineer, Corporate W. Blair, Senior Attorney Public Attendance (via teleconference)

T. Saparito J. Bremen S. McCrackine P. Roberts J. Garrisey B. Frebairn E. Redmond Enclosure 1

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