ML13133A367
| ML13133A367 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Fermi, Framatome, Bell Bend  |
| Issue date: | 06/06/2013 |
| From: | Mitra S NRC/NRO/DNRL/LB1 |
| To: | John Segala NRC/NRO/DNRL/LB1 |
| S K Mitra 415-2783 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML13133A367 (15) | |
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June 6, 2013 MEMORANDUM TO: John Segala, Chief Licensing Branch 1 Division of New Reactor Licensing Office of New Reactors FROM:
Sikhindra K. Mitra, Project Manager /RA/
Licensing Branch 1 Division of New Reactor Licensing
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF APRIL 16, 2013, MEETING WITH THE U.S. EPR DESIGN CENTER WORKING GROUP On April 16, 2013, a Category 2 public meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and representatives U.S. EPR Design Center Working Group (DCWG) at NRC Headquarters, 6003 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss issues of common interest as they relate to the NRC staffs review of the U.S. EPR Design Certification (DC) application, and the Combined License Applications (COLA) for the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3 (CCNPP3) and the Bell Bend Nuclear Power Plant (BBNPP). The agenda was included as part of the meeting notice (Agency wide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML13079A237). A list of attendees is provided as Enclosure 1.
After introductions, Greg Gibson of UniStar proposed next meeting on June 11, 2013, as an Executive DCWG meeting involving NRC management. UniStar will provide a meeting agenda.
The attendees also reviewed the action items list (presented in Enclosure 2) via overhead projection. The status of those items is as shown in the enclosure. The remainder of the agenda was addressed in the following order:
DCWG Agenda Item: DC Design Specification Completion Strategy The NRC staff indicated that an audit plan for the design specification audit has not been finalized. The NRC staff likes to conduct an audit after the entire design specification is complete by June 30, 2013, selecting a sample for their review at that time. Also the NRC staff indicated that an audit plan is not intended to select an audit sample, but will rather define the audit criteria and attributes to be reviewed. The NRC staff indicated it will finalize the audit plan and convey the audit schedule to AREVA as soon as possible.
DCWG Agenda Item: Feedback on AREVA Advanced Response to Bulletin 2012-01 The NRC staff (Roy Mathew) indicated that the AREVA advance response to Request For Additional Information (RAI) 564, regarding Bulletin 2012-01 is not acceptable because the existing protection scheme is inadequate. The NRC staff requested that AREVA detect and provide a design feature for electrical Design vulnerability due to phase failure. The NRC staff will provide a written response to AREVA. The NRC staff also advised EPR DCWG to participate in the industry forum on this topic.
DCWG Agenda Item: Seismic Margin Assessment DCWG presented a markup of the AREVA U.S. EPR final safety analysis report (FSAR)
Section 19.1.5.1.1.3, Seismic Fragility Evaluation to address ongoing NRC staff review. The NRC staff provided detail comments on the proposed markup. AREVA will assess these comments and reevaluate the issue in an upcoming public meeting.
DCWG Agenda Item: Status of Fukushima Issues The DCWG presented an update of the Fukushima Response Status (ADAMS Accession No. ML13007A066). The discussion addressed items that remained open from the April 3, 2013, U.S.EPR Fukushima Mitigation Strategies Update. The following issues were discussed.
- 1. The NRC staff questioned, if testing was already being done to complete Fukushima actions, it should be documented the results with inspection, test, analysis, and acceptance criteria ITAAC. AREVA indicated that no specific (ITAAC) are needed for Reactor Coolant Pump (RCP) Seal Leakage and Accumulator Addition Rate. The NRC staff requested that AREVA articulate the need for ITAAC in their Fukushima Technical Report Submittal.
- 2. AREVA and combined operating license (COL) applicant agreed that determination of COL Items should await the finalization of Fukushima Technical Report. The NRC staff asked whether COL items needed for multi-unit dose, integrated procedures, etc.
- 3. Station Blackout (SBO) rulemaking status was discussed. The DCWG is preparing comments to the proposed SBO rulemaking. Comments will be compiled by AREVA and submitted to NRC staff by the end of May 2013.
- 4. AREVA indicated that the response to RAI 563 and the Fukushima Technical Report will be submitted by end of April 2013. A public meeting to walk through the Technical Report was proposed with NRC reviewer some time at the end of May 2013. AREVA asked the NRC staff to provide feedback in a public meeting during week of June 10, 2013. The RCOLA will submit its response to RAI 379 and RAI 388 by middle of June 2013.
In another topic, AREVA commented that several of the DCWG topics had evolved into technical issue status update, which should be more appropriate for schedule technical meeting and not for DCWG meeting. Accordingly, AREVA requested future DCWG meeting agenda should have both the NRC and industry management approval.
The next DCWG meeting proposed date is June 11, 2013. The subsequent DCWG meetings were proposed for July 23, and September 10, 2013.
This concluded the public portion of the meeting. Jana Bergman from Scientech is only member of the public was in attendance in-person. No member of public was attending via telephone conference line.
Please direct any inquiries concerning this meeting to either Sikhindra K. Mitra, who can be contacted by email at sikhindra.metra@nrc.gov or by telephone at 301-415-2783 or Michael Canova who can be contacted by email at michael.canova@nrc.gov or telephone at 301-415-0737.
Docket Nos.: 50-016,52-020, and 52-039
Enclosures:
- 1. List of Attendees
- 2. Action Item List cc: See next page
- via email NRC-001 OFFICE DNRL/LB1:PM DNRL/LB1:LA*
DNRL/LB1:PM NAME SMitra JMcLellan MCanova DATE 05/22/2013 05/29/2013 06/06/2013
APRIL16, 2013, MEETING WITH THE U.S. EPR DESIGN CENTER WORKING GROUP Attendance List Name Affiliation 1
George Kuczynsky PPL Bell Bend LLC 2
Mike Caverly PPL Bell Bend LLC 3
Greg Gibson UniStar Nuclear 4
Wayne Massie UniStar Nuclear 5
Mark Finley UniStar Nuclear 6
Mark Hunter UniStar Nuclear 7
Paul Infanger UniStar Nuclear 9
Tony Robison AREVA NP 10 Joseph Delrue AREVA NP 11 Brian Vance AREVA NP 12 Len Gucwa AREVA NP 13 Dennis Williford AREVA NP 14 Martin Owens AREVA NP 15 Mike Canova NRC/NRO/DNRL 16 Surinder Arora NRC/NRO/DNRL 17 Amy Snyder NRC/NRO/DNRL 18 John Segala NRC/NRO/DNRL 19 Sikhindra (S.K.) Mitra NRC/NRO/DNRL
20 Perry Buckberg NRC/NRO/DNRL 21 Anne Marie Grady NRC/NRO/DSRA/SCVB 22 Shanlai LU NRC/NRO/DSRA 23 Roy Mathew NRR/DE/EEEB 24 Terry Jackson NRO/DE/ICE1 25 Samir Chakrabarti NRO/DE/SEB2 26 Y.C. (Renee) LI NRO/DE/EMB 27 Hanh Phan NRO/DSRA/SPRA 28 John McKirgan NRO/DSRA/SCVB
Review of Actions - Joint DCWG/NRC Public Meeting, April 16, 2013 Revised Actions are marked with redline strikeout/green addition. New actions were added marked below as New. Items completed are shown shaded out.
DCWG - NRC Action Items Number Description Action Taken Respons ible Due Date 12-2-1 NRC identified a number of current COL items with legal wording problems that will not allow closure as written (see U.S. EPR RAI 533) - a call needs to be scheduled to resolve after NRC refines the impacted list with the staff AREVA submitted RAI 533 response with corrected COL Item. NRC to issue a follow-up RAI for other COL item concerns.
NRC issued RAI 547 Complete 12-2-4 NRC will issue an RAI on the Before Fuel Load License Condition for the SFCTF to COLA applicants concerning this issue to provide a path for the proposed response submittal to NRC Next action for NRC to issue RAI to COLA so the RAI response can be processed to close this issue (RAI CC3 347, BB 118) - no longer needed will be included in next COLA revisions NRC Complete
12-5-1 Action for NRC to have follow-up call with DCWG once the direction of Fukushima steering committee recommendation 4.2 is known.
NRC is assembling recommended actions. Once compiled, will share with AREVA by briefing or other means.
NRC Complete 12-5-2 AREVA will determine schedule date for providing NRC Chapter 4 Fuel pilot Tier 2* FSAR mark-up.
AREVA Complete 6/01/2012 12-9-1 COL Applicants will include revised response to COL Item on Spent Fuel cask Transfer facility in next COLA revisions UniStar/P PL Complete 3/31/2013-CC3 4/15/2013-BB 12-11-2 New: NRC will issue a follow-up RAI to DC RAI 410, requesting more specificity in the proposed ITAAC on CIV placement.
NRC follow-up RAI issued 12/11/12 NRC Closed 12-11-3 New: NRC will accelerate the compiling of reviewer comments on DC RAI 547 for forwarding to AREVA Activity ongoing.
NRC to have comments compiled by 1/18/13 NRC Closed
12-11-4 New: Follow-up meeting to review impact on the SARs (DC and COLAs) of the Fukushima resolution items and COL License Conditions Issue discussed at 1/15/13 DCWG AREVA/U NE/
PPL Closed 12-11-5 New: Submit presentation slides for the AREVA November 8, 2012 Go-To-Meeting. NRC to schedule a follow-up public meeting NRC compiling Go-To comments, will transmit conclusion to AREVA AREVA/N RC Closed 12-11-6 New: Address post cutoff COL Item incorporation Issue discussed at 1/15/13 DCWG UNE Closed 12-11-7 New: Fukushima 7.1 -
DCWG and NRC will review requirement for COLA response to indicate issue resolution progress NRC Closed 12-11-8 Fukushima 8 - NRC will review timing and content of RAI addressing NTTF 8 NRC to issue proposed rule 1Q14, final rule 4Q15. Given schedule, NRC considering how US EPR Design Center to address NTTF 8.
NRC January 2013 Need date: 6/11/2013 for COLAs.
12-11-9 Fukushima 4.1 - NRC considering modifying 10CFR50.63, Station Blackout (SBO) Mitigation Capability NRC deliberation continuing NRC Closed Draft SBO Rulemaking issued 4/10/13 12-11-10 Fukushima 4.2 - NRC is receptive to using License Conditions for 4.2, but will clarify upcoming RAI to request more specificity on how license conditions would be implemented Have final RAI for CC3 and BB.
Awaiting RAI for BB NRC 12/2012 Closed 12-11-11 Flex Capability - AREVA to reconsider its position that US EPR addresses ASCE 07-05 vs ASCE 07-10 AREVA to address ASCE 07-10 for new Flex mitigation equipment AREVA January 2013 Closed 13-01-1 AREVA Reading Room Accessibility - NRC will confirm access of their subcontractors.
NRC Closed 13-01-2 ITAAC Review Issues -
NRC took an action to schedule a public meeting to provide feedback on ITAAC inspectability and technical acceptability.
NRC reviewer compiling comments.
NRC Closed 4/4-4/5
13-01-3 Fukushima 4.2 - NRC took an action to internally discuss the acceptability of a proposed license condition for NTTF 4.2.
NRC requested to issue site-specific RAIs to CCNPP Unit 3 and BB.
NRC Closed CCNPP3 Closed BB 13-01-4 DC Load Shedding -
Battery Life - AREVA took an action to propose the applicable testing requirements to demonstrate the 6.5 hour5.787037e-5 days <br />0.00139 hours <br />8.267196e-6 weeks <br />1.9025e-6 months <br /> battery capability.
NRC action to convey what is required for Fukushima testing (acceptance criteria)
AREVA/N RC AREVA Closed NRC Closed 4/3/2013 Meeting 13-01-5 Fukushima Technical Report - AREVA took an action to propose whether additional public meetings would be necessary before submittal of the Fukushima technical report.
AREVA Closed with NRC Interactions presentation 3/5 13-01-6 Review of Fukushima Technical Report - NRC will determine the need for an audit following submittal and review of the AREVA technical report in April 2013.
NRC Need for Audit decision by 5/31/13.
13-03-1 DC Tier 2* Review NRC will issue new RAIs to AREVA capturing reviewer Tier 2* comments NRC June 11, 2013 Initial RAI 583 issued 13-03-2 Testing Program NRC requested additional public meeting to discuss AREVA testing for other disciplines, i.e., mechanical equipment, valves, pumps, etc.
AREVA Closed April 3, 2013 13-03-3 Venting Strategy NRC requested additional public meeting to discuss AREVA venting strategy AREVA Closed April 3, 2013 13-03-4 GOTHIC Interface Requirements NRC requested that AREVA clarify any interface requirements from this analysis (COL Items or actual interface reqts).
AREVA April 16, 2013 Will follow AREVA Tech. Report 4/30/13
13-03-5 GOTHIC Analysis ERR Posting NRC requested that the GOTHIC analysis be made available on the AREVA electronic reading room.
AREVA April 16, 2013 April 30, 2013 13-04-1 Executive DCWG Meeting UniStar requested and will propose an agenda for an Executive DCWG or Drop-In Meeting to be held on June 11, 2013 UniStar April 19, 2013 13-04-2 Design Specification Audit Plan NRC agreed to finalize the Design Specification Audit Plan and decide on the official audit schedule.
NRC May 1, 2013 13-04-3 Bulletin 2012-01 Response NRC will document their RAI 564 advanced response comments and forward to AREVA.
NRC April 22, 2013
13-04-4 Seismic Margin Assessment AREVA and DCWG will assess the reviewer comments on the proposed DC FSAR markup, and readdress the Seismic Margin Assessment issue in upcoming NRC interactions.
AREVA/D CWG June 11, 2013 13-04-5 Fukushima ITAAC NRC asked that AREVA articulate the need for ITAAC in their Fukushima Technical Report submittal.
AREVA April 30, 2013 13-04-6 SBO Rulemaking Comments will be compiled by AREVA and submitted to the staff.
AREVA May 28, 2013
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