ML14314A435
| ML14314A435 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Harris, Brunswick, Robinson  |
| Issue date: | 01/08/1993 |
| From: | Le N Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9301130164 | |
| Download: ML14314A435 (7) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION C
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 January 8, 1993 Docket Nos. 50-325, 50-324, 50-261, and 50-400 LICENSEE:
Carolina Power & Light Company FACILITIES:
Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2 H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit 2 Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1
SUBJECT:
COUNTERPART MEETING WITH CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff participated in a counterpart meeting with Carolina Power & Light Company (CP&L or the licensee) on September 23, 1992, at the Durham Life Office Park in Raleigh, North Carolina. The purpose of the meeting was to (1) foster better communications between the staff and licensee based on lessons learned, (2) identify areas of misunderstanding, and (3) emphasize quality improvement and expectations regarding license amendment requests. Enclosure 1 is the list of attendees, and Enclosure 2 is a copy of the meeting handout.
The meeting was opened with a review of issues resulting from a previous counterpart meeting in August 1990.
Among issues discussed were (1) the format in preparing no significant hazards considerations (NSHC) using the three criteria of 10 CFR 50.92(c), (2) the use of symbols and subscripts in the NSHC discussion, (3) the timing and method of providing final technical specification (TS) pages prior to amendment issuance, and (4) the requirement to provide responses to amendments under oath and affirmation. The staff agreed to provide the licensee with the Federal Register guidance for symbols and to explore the ability to share the staff conventions for preparing and changing TS pages with the licensee. The staff also advised the licensee that this guidance is in the licensing assistants' handbook which is being updated.
This handbook is available to the public. CP&L offered to share their draft guide for preparation of TS for the purpose of identifying differences with NRC conventions. Other issues discussed were the timing and mechanisms for changes to the bases, the adequacy of the safety evaluation for one recent application, and the recent reorganization within NRR. The staff agreed to get back with CP&L regarding the bases changes.
The licensee then provided the staff with status and highlights of their activities regarding the following topics:
(1) Individual Plant Examination of Externally Initiated Events (IPEEE) related issues:
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-2 Highlights regarding this topic included discussion of the status of licensee activities related to the IPEEE's internal events, as well as a time frame for CP&L's response to the staff's request for improvement of IPEEE submittal dates for all CP&L facilities. The licensee stated that Individual Plant Examination (IPE) submittal for the Brunswick and Robinson plants were submitted, and that IPE for the Harris plant will be one year later. The licensee will also attempt to keep all their probabilistic risk assessment models up-to-date to support plant safety evaluations and project scheduling activities.
(2) Responses to Bulletin 92-01 regarding Thermo-lag:
The licensee stated that current acceptance criteria regarding this issue are ambiguous, the significance of the staff concern is not well explained, and information in the Bulletin is not specific enough. The licensee feels that current plant procedures and TS requirements on compensatory actions are satisfactory and the licensee will be able to comply with the fire protection requirements.
(3) CP&L's Positions regarding Revised/Improved Standard Technical Specifications:
The licensee has actively participated in the Westinghouse Owners Group (WOG) reviewing process, and the WOG has submitted some 400 comments to the NRC regarding the recently-issued Improvement of Standard Technical Specifications (STS), Revision 0. The licensee stated that currently there is no CP&L position on adopting the STS and cited transitional problems at the Brunswick plant as an example for not adopting the STS.
(4) Emergency Response Data System Implementation:
The licensee stated that direct hard-wiring from each plant to the Incident Response Center will be completed by February 1993.
System functional tests for the Harris and Robinson plants are planned for late 1992, and testing of the Brunswick plant is planned for early 1993.
The licensee also plans to use plant-specific simulators during their future emergency exercises, and the NRC will retransmit the simulated data to the states.
(5) CP&L's Initiatives on Corrective Action Program/Operational Experience Feedback Program:
The licensee has established a data base system to identify documents related to events, and has improved generic communication among CP&L plant sites and corporate offices. The system can generate management level summaries regarding operational events feedback, corrective actions required by the NRC (e.g., Generic Letters, Bulletins, Safety Evaluations), and the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations' Significant Operating Event Reports, etc. From this data base, the licensee personnel from plant sites or corporate office can also perform searches for different types of reports.
-3 (6) CP&L's Implementation of Electronic Search and Retrieval of TS and Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) Information:
The licensee has entered all plant TSs and FSARs into a new PC-based area wide network, which provides indexes of each word in the document in its data base.
(7) Maintenance Rule:
The licensee has implemented the performance-based maintenance program for all critical safety systems and components and, currently, has in place a task force to evaluate the applicability of the maintenance rule requirements.
(8) Emergency Core Cooling System Reporting Requirements (10 CFR 50.46):
The licensee stated that they will use the appropriate model to detect changes or errors for any changes greater than 50 degrees F in peak cladding temperature. The licensee also questioned how the staff reviews their submitted 10 CFR 50.46 and other related annual reports.
The staff stated that the question will be referred to the appropriate NRC technical branch.
Currently, the staff will perform a cursory review of all licensee submittals; and no actions are taken unless the reported changes are significant.
(9) CP&L Standards and Philosophy:
The licensee stated that a corporate wide document regarding management policies and standards of work has been approved. This document prescribes CP&L's overall work planning hierarchy and addresses the amount of work to be done, how it is to be performed, and resource requirements to accomplish the company's business plan. These standards apply both internally to CP&L employees and externally to CP&L-hired contractors.
(10)
Shutdown Risk Management:
The licensee has in place a task force to evaluate shutdown risk.
For each plant outage the evaluation is performed by plant walkdowns and review of planned outage activities. The licensee stated that three such evaluations have been performed.
(11)
Corrective Action Program (CAP):
The licensee stated their past performance regarding this program has not been effective. This is due to management shifting of program emphasis from implementation assurance to a management tool for measuring program performance. A CAP corporate-wide procedure has recently been signed off by CP&L-management. Management guidance for further development of the program's implementation is anticipated in the near future.
January 8, 1993
-4 (12) 10 CFR Part 20 Implementation:
A team of corporate/site health physics personnel has been formed to consider all implementation measures of the revised rule with a due date for completion of January 1993.
Licensee activities regarding radiological effluent TS removal were also discussed.
(13)
CP&L's Video Conference Module:
The licensee stated that they are moving toward the use of video conferences for both corporate and plant sites by early 1993.
The licensee also expressed their interest in using this same method for future conferences with the NRC staff.
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:
Ngoc B. Le, Project Manager Project Directorate II-1 Division of Reactor Projects -
I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosures:
- 1. List of attendees
- 2. Meeting handout cc w/enclosures:
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Mr. H. Ray Starling Manager - Legal Department Mr. C. R. Dietz, Vice President Carolina Power & Light Company Robinson Nuclear Department Post Office Box 1551 H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Post Office Box 790 Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 Mr. H. A. Cole Special Deputy Attorney General Mr. Heyward G. Shealy, Chief State of North Carolina Bureau of Radiological Health Post Office Box 629 South Carolina Department of Health Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 and Environmental Control 2600 Bull Street U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Resident Inspector's Office H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Mr. R. B. Starkey, Vice President Route 5, Box 413 Nuclear Services Department Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 Carolina Power & Light Company Post Office Box 1551 Regional Administrator, Region II Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 101 Marietta St., Ste. 2900, N.W.
Harris Nuclear Power Station Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Resident Inspector/Harris NPS Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. Ray H. Chambers, Jr.
Route 1, Box 315B General Manager New Hill, North Carolina 27562 H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Post Office Box 790 Mr. Gerald E. Vaughn, Vice President Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 Harris Nuclear Project and Plant Post Office Box 165 Mr. Dayne H. Brown, Director New Hill, North Carolina 27562 Department of Environmental Health and Natural Resources Mr. C. S. Hinnant Division of Radiation Protection Plant General Manager Post Office Box 27687 Harris Nuclear Plant Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 Post Office Box 165 New Hill, North Carolina 27562 Mr. Robert P. Gruber Executive Director Mr. R. B. Richey, Vice President Public Staff - NCUC Brunswick Nuclear Project Post Office Box 29520 Post Office Box 10429 Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0520 Southport, North Carolina 28461 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. Kelly Holden, Chairman Resident Inspector Board of Commissioners Star Route 1, Post Office Box 208 Post Office Box 249 Southport, North Carolina 28461 Bolivia, North Carolina 28422 Mr. R. A. Watson Mr. J. W. Spencer Senior Vice President Plant General Manager Nuclear Generation Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Post Office Box 10429 Post Office Box 1551 Southport, North Carolina 28461 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602
ENCLOSURE 1 CP&L COUNTERPARTS MEETING NAMES ORGANIZATIONS Lewis Rowell CP&L -
Licensing David C. McCarthy CP&L -
Licensing Bill Murray CP&L -
Licensing Fred Emerson CP&L -
Litcensing Al Burkhart CP&L -
Licensing Chuck Olexik CP&L -
Licensing Mgr. Reg. Compl. HNP Tillie Wilkins CP&L -
Licensing Peggy Morris CP&L -
Licensing Paul M. Byron NRC - Resident Inspector BNP Chuck Ogle NRC -
Robinson RI Jeff Tedrow NRC -
Harris SRI Chris Christensen NRC - RII Section Chief James L. Harrison CP&L -
Mgr. RNP Tommy Le NRC -
Harris PM Pat Anderson NRC -
Licensing Assistant E. G. Adensam NRC -
NRR POII-1 Ronnie Lo NRC -
Mgr. BNP Licensing Dale Dusenbury NC Division of Radiation Protection Jan Kozyra CP&L -
Licensing Paul Lassiter Public Staff -
NCUC Tom Lam Public Staff -
NCUC Bob Prunty CP&L -
Licensing
ENCLOSURE 2 LOCATION: Durham Life Office Park, Raleigh, North Carolina DATE:
September 23, 1992 TIME:
8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Proposed Schedule and Agenda 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Introductions
General NRC Topics Open Enforcement Conferences Generic Letter on Changes in SALP process NRC/CPL interface on licensing issues Outstanding inquiries 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Counterparts Meeting Discussion on Plant Specific Concerns with respect to Generic or Multiplant actions 11:30 - 12:30 p.m.
Working Lunch 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
CP&L Initiatives Standard - Philosophy 10 CFR Part 20 Implementation Electronic FSAR and TS Corrective Action Program/Operation Experience Feedback Update Shutdown Risk Management Video Conferencing 2:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Open Discussion