ML15225A375
| ML15225A375 | |
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| Site: | Watts Bar  |
| Issue date: | 09/17/2015 |
| From: | Dion J Watts Bar Special Projects Branch |
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| Dion J, NRR/DORL/LPWB, 415-1349 | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 September 17, 2015 Tennessee Valley Authority Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1
SUMMARY
OF AUGUST 12, 2015, MEETING WITH TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY REGARDING WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 1, LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST TO INCREASE TRITIUM PRODUCTION (MF6050)
On August 12, 2015, a Category 1 public meeting with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was held at U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Headquarters, 3 White Flint North, 11601 Landsdown Street, Rockville, Maryland. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss a license amendment request (LAR) to increase the maximum number of tritium-producing burnable absorber rods (TPBARs) permitted to be loaded into the reactor core at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 (WBN). Representatives from TVA, the Department of Energy (DOE),
National Nuclear Security Association, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, attended the meeting. Participants from Westinghouse, Savanah River National Laboratories, and several other DOE departments joined the meeting remotely via GoToMeeting. A list of attendees is enclosed.
TVA's presentation is available in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at Accession No. ML15225A377. The presentation included a brief summary of the tritium production program background and a high level overview of the TVA's March 31, 2015, LAR (ADAMS Accession No. ML15098A446) to increase the number of TPBARs allowed to be loaded from 704 to 1, 792. TV A supplemented its March 31, 2015, submittal with letters dated May 27, 2015, and June 15, 2015 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML15147A611 and ML15167A359, respectively). If the LAR is approved by the NRC, TVA plans to incrementally increase the number of TPBARs in the core over three refueling cycles starting with cycle 15 in March 2017.
During the meeting, TVA requested monthly updates from the NRC licensing project manager and requested a public meeting before March 2016 to discuss any remaining technical open items related to the NRC staff's review. TVA stated that it will support the NRC's requests for information to support the safety evaluation being issued before August 2016.
The NRC plans to continue frequent interaction with TVA to resolve technical issues and to complete the safety review by TVA's requested date. The review schedule is contingent on TVA providing timely and thorough responses to the NRC staff's requests for additional information.
Several members of the public joined the meeting via telephone and GoToMeeting. The NRC staff addressed questions regarding the background of the tritium production program at WBN, the scope of the NRC's safety and environmental reviews, and questions regarding the radiological effluents monitoring reports. Multiple members of the public requested background references about the tritium production program at WBN. Public Meeting Feedback forms were not received.
Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-1349 or Jeanne.Dion@nrc.gov.
Docket No. 50-390
Enclosure:
List of Attendees cc w/enclosure: Distribution via Listserv
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Jeanne A. Dion, Project Manager Watts Bar Special Projects Branch Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
LIST OF ATTENDEES AUGUST 12, 2015, MEETING WITH TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY REGARDING THE WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 1, LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST TO INCREASE TRITIUM PRODUCTION Licensee: Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Subject:
License Amendment to Increase Tritium Production Plant: Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. Unit 1 Date:
August 12, 2015 Location: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Time:
9:00 a.m. - 11 :00 a.m.
Headquarters, 3 White Flint North NAME TITLE ORGANIZATION James Trapp Acting Deputy Director NRC/NRR/DORL Robert Taylor Deputy Director NRC/NRR/DSS Jessie Quichocho Branch Chief NRC/NRR/DORL/LWBSP Undine Shoop Branch Chief NRC/NRR/DRA/ARCB Christopher Jackson Branch Chief NRC/NRR/DSS/SRXB David Wrona Branch Chief NRC/NRR/DLR/RERB Jeanne Dion Project Manager NRC/NRR/DORL/LWBSP NAME TITLE ORGANIZATION Scott Krepel Nuclear Engineer NRR/DSS/SRXB William Rautzen Health Physicist NRR/DLR/RERB Jared Nadel*
Senior Resident Inspector NRC/Rll/DRP/RPB6/WBRO Roger Pedersen*
Senior Health Physicist N RR/DRA/ ARCB Kristy Bucholtz*
Reactor Engineer NRR/DRA/ARCB Senior Vice President, David Czufin Engineering and System TVA Support Cheryl Thornhill Project Manager Tritium Pacific Northwest National Readiness Laboratories (PNNL)
Carla Borrelli Senior Program Manager TVA Tritium Production David Brown General Manager, Reactor TVA Engineering and Fuels John Evans Deputy ADA for Major National Nuclear Security Association Modernization Programs (NNSA)
Margaret Schwenker Technical Advisor NNSA NAME TITLE ORGANIZATION Jeff McGuire*
Tritium Program Manager TVA Larry Bagaasen*
Tritium Technology Program PNNL Licensing Task Manager Bruce Reid*
Tritium Technology Program PNNL Chief Engineer Ed Love*
Tritium Technology Program PNNL Design Task Manager David Senor*
Tritium Technology Program PNNL Chief Scientist Clinton Szabo Corporate Nuclear Licensing TVA Engineer Marvin Lewis*
Member of the Public Don Safer*
Member of the Public Tennessee Environmental Council Ruth Thomas*
Member of the Public Curtis Chambellan*
NNSA Tritium Project NNSA Manager Nanette Founds*
Tritium Manager NNSA NNSA NAME TITLE ORGANIZATION James Chapman*
NNSA Contractor NNSA Maureen Holloway*
NNSA Contractor NNSA Kevin Lasswell*
Westinghouse - TVA Support Westinghouse Gary Wolfram*
Westinghouse - TVA Support Westinghouse Bob Snyder*
Manager, Tritium Extraction Savanah River National Laboratories (SRNL)
Steve Wyrick*
SRNL Steve Wach*
SRNL Mike Nelson*
SRNL Jason Wilson*
SRNL
- participated via telephone or GoToMeeting
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