ML17179B159
| ML17179B159 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Dresden, Byron, Braidwood, Quad Cities, Zion, LaSalle  |
| Issue date: | 10/21/1993 |
| From: | Siegel B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9311010196 | |
| Download: ML17179B159 (20) | |
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LICENSEE:
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 STN 50-45~STN 50-457~
STN 50-454, STN 50-455, 50-23 7?-50-249 ~0-2.54,v/
50-265~0-29S: 50-304,v 50-373, and 50-374.J' October 21, 1993 Commonwealth Edison Company FACILITIES:
Braidwood, Units l and 2 Byron, Units l and 2 Dresden, Units 2 and 3 LaSalle, Units l and 2 Quad Cities, Units l and 2 Zion, Units l and 2
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF MEETING WITH COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF REGULATORY BURDEN REDUCTION INITIATIVES A meeting was held between the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Commonwealth Edison Company (CECo) at One White Flint North in Rockville, Maryland on
,October 13, 1993.
The purpose of the meeting was for CECo to provide the staff an update the status of its Regulatory Burden Reduction Initiatives
{RBRI) since our initial meeting on September 18, 1993, when preliminary results were presented.
Enclosure l contains a list of all meeting attendees. contains a copy of the CECo handout which presents further details of their RBRI.
Mr. Steve Stimac, CECo, described the results of a one day internal workshop that was held to develop and categorize a list of cost benefit licensing actions (CBLAs).
During this workshop 260 potential CBLAs were identified; 63 that require potential licensing action by the staff, and 97 that are NRC related but CECo controlled. The prioritization criteria that included safety impact, cost savings, and degree of difficulty in obtaining technical resolution factors to be utilized in the determination of the high priority CBLAs was also discussed.
The CECo presentation also included a commitment change process flow chart that included FSAR commitments, Technical Specifications, and non-FSAR docketed commitments.
There was considerable discussion related to the portion of the flow chart that addressed the non-FSAR commitments, since it did not contain any mechanism to evaluate or assess the original bases for the commitment or the safety significance.
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OFC NAME DATE COPY CECo stated that it was their intention to hold periodic meetings with the NRC to update the RBRI program status and to meet with Region III to inform them of the program and its status.
Enclosures:
As stated cc w/enclosures:
See next page DISTRIBUTION w/enclosures I and 2:
Docket Fi 1 es NRC & Local PDRs PDIIl-2 r/f BSiegel BClayton, Rill w/enclosure I:
TMurley/FMiraglia JRoe JDyer RAssa JKennedy CShiraki EJordan BMcCabe, EDO JDonohew JPartlow JZwolinski CMoore JStang CPatel OGC ACRS(IO)
TMarsh Or1g!nal Signed By:
Byron L. Siegel, Project Manager Project Directorate 111-2 Division of Reactor Projects 111/IV/V Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 93 YES NO 93 YES NO
e Conunonwealth Edison Company cc:
Mr. William P. Poirier Westinghouse Electric Corporation Energy Systems Business Unit Post Office Box 355, Bay 236 West Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230 Joseph Gallo, Esquire Hopkins and Sutter 888 16th Street, N.W., Suite 700 Washington, D.C.
20006 Regional Administrator U. S. NRC, Region III 799 Roosevelt Road, Bldg. #4 Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 Ms. Bridget Little Rorem Appleseed Coordinator 117 North Linden Street Essex, Illinois 60935 Mr. Edward R. Crass Nuclear Safeguards and Licensing Division Sargent & Lundy Engineers 55 East Monroe Street Chicago, Illinois 60603 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspectors Office Rural Route #1, Box 79 Braceville, Illinois 60407 Mr. Ron Stephens, Director Illinois Emergency Services and Disaster Agency 110 East Adams Street Springfield, Illinois 62706 Robert Neumann Office of Public Counsel State of Illinois Center 100 W. Randolph, Suite 11-300 Chicago, Illinois 60601 EIS Review Coordinator Environmental Protection Agency Region V 230 S. Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois 60604 Attorney General 500 South 2nd Street Springfield, Illinois 62701 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Conunission Byron Resident Inspectors Office 4448 North German Church Road Byron, Illinois 61010-9750 Ms. Lorraine Creek Rt. 1, Box 182 Manteno, Illinois 60950 Mrs. Phillip B. Johnson 1907 Stratford Lane Rockford, Illinois 61107 Douglass Cassel, Esquire 17 East Monroe Street, Suite 212 Chicago, Illinois 60603 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Conunission Resident Inspectors Office 105 Shiloh Blvd.
Zion, Illinois 60099 George L. Edgar Newman & Holtzinger, P.C.
1615 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20036 Commonwealth Edison Company Byron Station Manager 4450 North German Church Road Byron, Illinois 61010 Illinois Dept. of Nuclear Safety Office of Nuclear Facility Safety 1035 Outer Park Drive Springfield, Illinois 62704 Commonwealth Edison Company Braidwood Station Manager Rt. 1, Box 84 Braceville, Illinois 60407 Chairman, Ogle County Board Post Office Box 357 Oregon, Illinois 61061 Chairman Will County Board of Supervisors Will County Board Courthouse Joliet, Illinois 60434 Mayor of Zion Zion, Illinois 60099
Michael I. Miller, Esquire Sidley and Austin One First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60690 Mr. G. Spedl Plant Manager Dresden Nuclear Power Station Rural Route #1 Morris, Illinois 60450 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspectors Office Dresden Station 6500 North Dresden Road Morris, Illinois 60450-9766 Chairman Board of Supervisors of Grundy County Grundy County Courthouse Morris, Illinois 60450 Phillip P. Steptoe, Esquire Sidley and Austin One First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60603 Assistant Attorney General 100 West Randolph Street Suite 12 Chicago, Illinois 60601 Resident Inspector/LaSalle, NPS U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Rural Route No. 1 P. O. Box 224 Marseilles, Illinois 61341 Chairman LaSalle County Board of Supervisors LaSalle County Courthouse Ottawa, Illinois 61350 Dr. Cecil Lue-Hing Director of Research and Development Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago 100 East Erie Street Chicago, Illinois 60611 Robert Cushing Chief, Public Utilities Division Illinois Attorney General's Office 100 West Randolph Street Chicago, Illinois 60601 Mr. G. Diederich LaSalle Station Manager LaSalle County Station Rural Route 1 P. 0. Box 220 Marseilles, Illinois 61341 Chairman Illinois Commerce Commission Leland Building 527 East Capitol Avenue Springfield, Illinois 62706 Mr. Stephen E. Shelton Vice President Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company P. 0. Box 4350 Davenport, Iowa 52808 Mr. Richard Bax Station Manager Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station 22710 206th Avenue North Cordova, Illinois 61242 Resident Inspector U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 22712 206th Avenue North Cordova, Illinois 61242 Chairman Rock Island County Board of Supervisors 1504 3rd Avenue Rock Island County Office Bldg.
Rock Island, Illinois 61201 Mr. D. L. Farrar Manager, Nuclear Regulatory Services Commonwealth Edison Company Executive Towers West III, Suite 500 1400 OPUS Place Downers Grove, Illinois 60515
ENCLOSURE I LIST OF MEETING ATTENDEES COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY'S REDUCTION IN REGULATORY BURDEN INITIATIVES OCTOBER 13. 1993 Tad Marsh Byron Siegel James Dyer Jack Donohew Dennis Farrar Steve Stimac Sheldon Trubatch AFFILIATION NRC, Group Leader, CBLA NRC, Project Manager NRC, Project Director, PD 3-2 NRC, CBLA CECo, Manager, Nuclear Regulatory Services CECo Winston and Strawn
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY
~MEETING WITH ENCLOSURE 2 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION TO DISCUSS REGULATORY BURDEN REDUCTION OCTOBER 13, 1993 REGULATORY BURDEN REDUCTION WORKSHOP RESULTS REGULATORY BURDEN REDUCTION ACTION PLAN CBLA PRIORITIZATION PROCESS COMMITMENT CHANGE PROCESS GUIDELINE CONSOLIDATED LISTING OF POTENTIAL CBLAs
CECO RBR WORKSHOP RESULTS ONE DAY INTERNAL WORKSHOP HELD ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1993 CATEGORIZED LISTS OF CANDIDATE ITEMS FROM STATION INTERVIEWS CREATED CONSOLIDATED LIST, SORTED BY CLASSIFICATION:
POTENTIAL CBLAS NRC RELATED/CECO CONTROLLED NOT NRC RELATED/NRC RELATED - GENERIC COMPLETED OR INAPPROPRIATE TO ADDRESS FURTHER ADDITIONAL FOLLOW UP REQUIRED IDENTIFIED MULTIPLE SITE CANDIDATES AND POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE PARTNERSHIPS DISCUSSED AND CRITIQUED DRAFT COMMITMENT CHANGE PROCESS GUIDELINE DISCUSSED PLANS FOR PRIORITIZATION AND IMPLEMENTATION
CECO RBR ACTION PLAN CBLAs FINALIZE 1 PRIORITIZATION PROCESS PRIORITIZE CBLAs CREATE FOCUS LIST OF CBLAs FOR NEAR TERM SUBMITTAL DEVELOP AND SUBMIT CBLAs CECO CONTROLLED FINALIZE COMMITMENT CHANGE PROCESS GUIDELINE SELECT APPROPRIATE CANDIDATES, DEVELOP ACTION PLANS AND IMPLEMENT CREATE CORPORATE RBR TEAM TO ATTACK SELECTED FOCUS ITEMS SELECT SEVERAL HIGH VALUE ADDED ITEMS AS FOCUS LIST FOR RBR TEAM DEVELOP ACTION PLANS AND IMPLEMENT (PROVIDE FULL PACKAGE OF RESEARCH, POSITIONS, LETTERS, 50.59s, DRAFT PROCEDURE CHANGES, ETC. )
"REFILL" RBR TEAM FOCUS LIST WITH ADDITIONAL ITEMS MISCELLANEOUS MEET WITH NRR PERIODICALLY TO UPDATE STATUS MEET WITH NRC RIII TO INTRODUCE/STATUS PROCESS
CECO CBLA PRIORI'l'IZA'l'ION PROCESS PROCESS DESIGNED TO FACILITATE SELECTION OF HIGH PRIORITY CBLAs INCORPORATES FEEDBACK FROM INTERACTIONS WITH NRC UTILIZES COMBINATION OF SCREENING CRITERIA AND GRADING SYSTEM SCREENING CRITERIA (GO/NO-GO) :
PLANT/COMPANY SPECIFIC VERSUS* GENERIC APPLICABILITY NEAR TERM VERSUS LONG TERM BENEFITS GRADING SYSTEM (POINT SYSTEM):
SAFETY IMPACT EMPHASIZES THE SAFETY NEUTRALITY OF POTENTIAL CBLAs COST SAVING EMPHASIZES SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS AND ACCURACY OF ESTIMATES CBLA CONCERNS FOCUSES ON ACCEPTABILITY OF THE POTENTIAL CBLA BY NRC TECHNICAL STAFF
CBLA Prioritization Criteria Safety Impact Highest Priority Safety Neutral shown by a no significant hazards consideration ("NSHC") analysis Moderate Priority Minimal increase in safety shown by a NSHC analysis.
Low Priority Minimal decrease in safety as shown by a NSHC analysis.
Disqualifying Priority Substantial increase or decrease in safety.
Cost Saving Highest Priority Substantial saving by quantitatively confirmable analysis.
Moderate Priority Substantial cost saving shown by a semi-quantitative analysis which also relies on arguable assumptions.
Low Priority Modest cost savings shown by a clearly substantiated analysis.
Disqualifying Priority Low cost savings shown by a clearly substantiated analysis or modest cost saving shown by a semi-quantitative analysis which also relies in part on arguable assumptions.
4 pts.
3 pts.
2 pts.
1 pt.
4 pts.
3 pts.
2 pts.
1 pt.
CBLA Prioritization Criteria CBLA Concerns Highest Priority Either clearly no technical disagreements or all resolved.
Moderate Priority Technical issues should be easily resolved because no previous staff disagreement or inconsistency with industry position.
Low Priority New information addresses previous staff concerns or supports specific deviation from industry position.
Disqualifying Priority Special NRC concern or no new information to overcome either prior concerns or compliance by other licensees.
4 pts.
3 pts.
2 pts.
1 pt.
. CECO COMMI'l'MENT CHANGE PROCESS GUIDELINE THE PROCESS PROVIDES A LOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR MODIFYING NRC COMMITMENTS TO ENSURE:
CONSISTENCY COMPLIANCE TO ALL REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS (50.90, 50.59, 50.54, ETC)
MINIMAL INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT EXPOSURE FOR CECo NO UNNECESSARY UTILIZATION OF CECo AND NRC RESOURCES SPECIAL CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO DOCUMENTATION WHEN ISSUES ARE UNCLEAR:
DEVELOP POSITION COMMUNICATE WITH NRC FEEDBACK RESULTS OF COMMUNICATION INTO POSITION FOLLOW THROUGH GUIDELINE BASED ON THREE GENERAL CATEGORIES OF COMMITMENT LICENSE CONDITION OR TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION FSAR COMMITMENT NON-FSAR DOCKETED COMMITMENT ALSO ADDRESSES 10CFR50.9 AND 10CFR50.54 ISSUES
CECO COMMITMENT CHANGE PROCESS FSAR COMMITMENTS NOUSQ REPORT PER 10CFR50.59 UCENSE CONDITION OR TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION APPLY 1 OCFRS0.90 YES REPORT PER OTHER REQUIREMENT' NO CONSIDER IDENTIFICATION As CBLA YES YES YES NON* FSAR DOCKETED COMMITMENTS REPORT PER APPLICABLE REQUIREMENT i NO NO CONSIDER REPORT PER 1 OCFR50.9 CONSIDER REPORT PER 1 OCFR50.9 IMPLEMENT CHANGE IMPLEMENT CHANGE AFTER NRC APPROVAL IMPLEMENT CHANGE
Item A02.
A03.
A04.
A06.
AIO.
A22.
A33.
A49.
A55.
A58.
A63.
CE Co Regulatory Burden Item Summary Potential Licensing Actions Description Category Change 120 MESAC proc from monthly to quarterly.
c Change Surv AF051/055 from monthly to quarterly.
c Change H-2 monitor surv, 1APS310/311 form monthly c
to quarterly.
Change loose part monitoring surv (BwIS 3.3.8-200)
- c form monthly to quarterly.
Reduce Containment tendon surv from annually to 5 c
years as allowed by the NUREG.
Diesel survs are performed too frequently. Should c
beperformed bi-monthly with the SSPS tests.
Consider deleting the shiftly daily SV AG valve c
verification.Ops Should be able to trust the OOS.
Review the inspection frequency of the larger snubbers; c
perhaps institute a graduated inspection program Evaluate and implement recommendations of initiative c
to remove security access within protected area.
Investigate lengthening the LCOAR time for instrument c
inverters.
Eliminate requirement for in-line instrumentation in c
post-accident conditions (NUREG-0737).
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Item B06.
Bll.
Bl2.
Bl4.
Bl5.
B16.
B19.
B27.
B28.
CE Co Regulatory Burden Item Summary Potential Licensing Actions Description Category Perform T.S. Functional Test quarterly vs. monthly c
- PZR aux spay line thermal stratification instrumentation Pursue ISi Code Class 3 hydro test relief c
- Eliminate 10 year hydro requirements (Class 1 and 2 already approved by the NRC)
Eliminate T.S. on AFP monthly recirc flow requirements c
Eliminate Security E-field testing c
- Current testing was designed for the old E-field; the new E-field does not need this test Take credit for boron in SFP to avoid need to re-rack c
- Rack degradation may lead to a SFP re-rack unless the criticality analysis takes credit for the boron Pursue reducing T. S. Surveillance frequencies c
- This activity already being pursued by Station RA Simplify RETS program - reduce sampling frequency c
- Reduce work load by 25% (save 200 hours0.00231 days <br />0.0556 hours <br />3.306878e-4 weeks <br />7.61e-5 months <br /> of labor)
Simplify Rad Env Mon Program - eliminate/reduce c
samples
- Reduce work load by 25% (save 200 hours0.00231 days <br />0.0556 hours <br />3.306878e-4 weeks <br />7.61e-5 months <br /> of labor)
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Item B29.
B30.
Bn07.
Bn08.
Bn09.
Bnl7.
005.
015.
018.
022.
CE Co Regulatory Burden Item Summary Potential Licensing Actions Description Category Eliminate T.S. 3.11.1.4 sampling requirements c
- Reduce work load by 25% (save 200 hours0.00231 days <br />0.0556 hours <br />3.306878e-4 weeks <br />7.61e-5 months <br /> of labor)
Eliminate T. S. 3.11.2.6 test requirements c
- Reduce work load by 25% (save 200 hours0.00231 days <br />0.0556 hours <br />3.306878e-4 weeks <br />7.61e-5 months <br /> of labor)
Eliminate Spent Fuel Visual Inspection Surveillance.
c
- 10% of discharged assemblies are inspected that have already been UT'd Eliminate l/M plots during core reload c
- Requires one person for 4 days around the clock Eliminate l/M plots during SDB withdrawal after refuel c
Minimize unnecessary T. S. Section 6 title changes c
stems Review need for enhanced surveillance program once c
all affected Rosemount transmitters are replaced (IEB 90-01)
Review Tech Spec surveillance frequencies.
c Review requirements/frequency of diesel generator c
surveillances (DOS 6600 series) 3
Item D23.
D28.
032.
D33.
D34.
D35.
036.
038.
042.
043.
046.
049.
- '"*"'l'r CE Co Regulatory Burden Item Summary Potential Licensing Actions Description Category Review requirements/frequency of fire equipment c
surveillance.
Change to lab-based PASS instrumentation this yr.
c Review Tech Spec requirement to analyze reactqr c
waterchloride content during start-up.
Review necessity of maintaing an SRO in the control c
room at all times Reevaluate IGSCC piping inspection program (IEB 80-c
- 01)
Review Tech Spec requirement to maintain nitrogen c
levels Reevaluate the QA manual use of "shalls" with respect c
to ANSI standards, which use "shoulds" Eliminate unnecessary GSEP drills.
c Review surveillance/testing requirements to allow for c
24 month fuel cycles.
Review BWR Owner's Group commitment that all c
BWRs install reactor scram on all instabilities Review scope of RWCU piping replacement c
Review necessity of the monthly operating report c
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Item Dn02.
Zl6.
Z17.
Z27.
Z28.
Z30.
Z35.
Z38.
Z39.
Z42.
Z43.
CE Co Regulatory Burden Item Summary Potential Licensing Actions Description Category Reevaluate hydrogen addition benefits to water c
chemistry.
Reevaluate 48 hour5.555556e-4 days <br />0.0133 hours <br />7.936508e-5 weeks <br />1.8264e-5 months <br /> time period to return to service a c
containment spray pump whenever 1/3 pumps is inoperable Clarify Tech Spec Table 3.4-1 c
Reevaluate diesel fuel oil chemistry parameters c
Review PASS acceptable operability level c
Review steam generator commitments to ensure c
flexibility for new technology Eliminate unneccessary !ST/surveillance testing, e.g.,
c check valve backleakage testing.
Reevaluate fire protection requirement c
Reevaluate acceptance criteria for environmental clean-c up systems/ECCS components leakage (NUREG-0737)
Reevaluate need for diesel driven containment spray c
pump Reevaluate upgrade of containment recirculation sump c
level instruments 5
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Item Z45.
Z46.
Z48.
Z50.
Z51.
GCl.
GC2.
GC3.
GCla.
CE Co Regulatory Burden Item Summary Potential Licensing Actions Description Category Eliminate unneeded accelerated testing of diesel c
generators Reevaluate diesel generator requirements (Reg Guide c
1.137) oil storage tank inspection Eliminate MOV stroke time testing c
Review vehicle control requirements as a result of c
recent U.S. terrorist events Review benefits of the current major effort of Corporate c
Security Replace onsite review with technical review function c
similar to procedure changes or reload 50.59's.
Establish streamlined process for NRC review of utility c
reload licensing methodology topicals (?) note - this is being worked on.
Remove Tech Spec section 6 references. Use approved c
methods used in establishing COLR limits and place in COLR - staff receptive.
(BWR's) Consider increasing MSIV leakage allowance c
using BWROG methodology.
Eliminate Zion IVSW Commitments c
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- .. CECo stated that it was their intention to hold periodic meetings with the NRC
- to update the RBRI program status and to meet with Region III to inform them of the program and its status.
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Enclosures:
- As* stated OFC NAME DATE COPY cc w/enclosures:
See next page DISTRIBUTION w/enclrisures 1 and 2:
Docket Files NRC & Local PDRs PDIII-2 r/f
- BSiegel
~Clayton,. RI I I w/enclosure 1:
TMurley/FMiraglia JRoe JDyer RAssa *.
JKennedy CShiraki EJordan BMcCabe, EDO JDonohew JPartlow JZwol inski CMoore JStang CPatel OGC
- ACRS ( 10)
TMarsh Original Signed By:
Byron L. Siegel, Project Manager Project Directorate III-2 Division of Reactor Projects III/IV/V Office of Nuclear. Reactor Regulation.* * *.
- D: PDII I-2.
93 93 93 YES NO YES NO YES/NO